Early Head Start and Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to children and families, focusing on early childhood education, health, nutrition, and family support. These programs offer developmental activities, screenings, and resources to enhance children's learning, as well as support services such as parenting education, mental health services, and assistance with securing basic needs. The goal is to prepare children for school and foster family well-being.

Provides a comprehensive preschool program that provides children with activities that help them grow mentally, socially, emotionally and physically as they prepare for kindergarten and beyond.

Head Start is a federally-funded program that serves children from ages three to five and pregnant women, offering a school readiness program in addition to comprehensive services to children and their families who meet income guidelines.

Family resource program to support parents in educating and nurturing their children. The program provides parents with opportunities to move toward self-sufficiency by working with other community organizations. Health and mental health services are also provided to participants.

Program helps parents better understand their child's stages of development with individualized visits in the home. The weekly visits are 90 minutes in length and are designed to meet the needs of each family. Staff will assist families in planning activities that encourage the child's growth. Social activities will be held twice monthly to provide the opportunity to interact with your child and other families.

Provides evaluation and intervention services that identify developmental needs, deliver and coordinate early childhood special education programs.

Offers child care, preschool, before/after school, school days out, and summer programs, as well as Early Head Start.

All children six weeks to 12 years old are eligible, depending on space available; financial assistance is available to those who qualify through. Language support is available for those whose first language is not English.

Provide life-long learning opportunities by partnering with schools, families and neighborhood residents to promote youth development and stronger communities through before and after school programs, Community Learning Centers and youth summer programs.

Providing creative arts large and small motor skill development, math and manipulative activities. Offering different opportunities for learning are provided using center-based exploration, sensory tubs, developmentally appropriate literacy and math lessons, props, and manipulative's.

Offers a range of educational services to migrant families with children. Services include family literacy services are offered to migrant families and use interactive activities to improve parenting skills, intergenerational literacy, and early childhood education. Cobden's after school program is also offered that assists with bilingual homework assignment help and computer access.

Head Start gives children, ages 3 and 4, the opportunity to grow and learn in a high quality early childhood setting. Head Start offers half-day, full-day, and homebased options.

Head Start gives children, ages 3 and 4, the opportunity to grow and learn in a high quality early childhood setting. Head Start offers half-day, full-day, and homebased options.

Offers a variety of parks, trails, and programs for all ages, as described in periodical activity guides that are available online or from any FVPD facilities.

Programs and services include:

- 4 fitness centers (Eola, Prisco, Vaughan, and Copley).

- Preschool programs.

- Orchard Valley Golf Course and Restaurant.

- Blackberry Farm History Museum.

- Red Oak Nature Center.

Provides a preschool experience for low-income and disabled children 3-5 years of age. Head StartT is a holistic approach to early childhood education that addresses not only the educational needs of the children but also the health, nutrition, social, mental health and literacy needs as well. Call for locations and enrollment information.

Head Start and Early Head Start are comprehensive child development programs that serve children from birth to age five, pregnant women and their families. The programs are child-focused and have the overall goal of increasing the school readiness of young children in low-income families.

Both programs provide a range of individualized services in the areas of education, medical, dental and mental health, nutrition and social service to children and their families. Parent involvement is encouraged and support is offered for children with disabilities.

Local school contacts in Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie and Sac Counties are listed below:

-- Audubon, Carroll, Coon Rapids: (712) 830-9442

-- Adel, Waukee: (515) 987-7428 or (712) 830-1327

-- Guthrie Center, Jefferson, Panora: (712) 830-6990

-- Rockwell City, Lytton, Sac City, Schaller, Crestland, Southern Cal: (712) 830-1326

-- Perry: (515) 238-2194

Provides services to pregnant moms and children, including early childhood education for children under five years old, and their families through full-day, part-time, home-based and center-based services at various locations.

Administers Head Start, a comprehensive developmental preschool program for children. At the three center locations throughout McHenry County, open enrollment is available at any time and emphasis is on school readiness.

Also provided the following classes, parent training, health and dental screening, social services and a nutrition program.

Transportation may be available in certain areas For qualifying families.

Provides a childcare service. Services include an early childhood development center for children ages 6 weeks to preschool.

Offers children to participate in various activities and staged play to explore with a balance of language, sensory, fine and gross motor, art, math, music, cognitive and social-emotional concepts.