Districts + Staff + Parents = Success!
Head Start/Early Head Start Services
The Head Start/Early Head Start Services area within Region 10 Education Service Center collaborates with schools and communities to promote and support high quality programs and services for young children and their families.
Region 10 Head Start/Early Head Start Services is the source for high-quality Early Childhood Education. Our team of Early Childhood Experts serves various entities and organizations including Head Start and Early Head Start. Our goal is to help ensure our youngest learners and their families have the best possible foundation for their future and next educational setting. We offer professional development, coaching, technical assistance, high-quality products, training specifically designed to meet the needs of your organization; as well as other requested services.
Head Start Overview
The Region 10 Head Start/Early Head Start program falls under the direction of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. Since its inception in 1965, Head Start has succeeded by promoting school readiness in children and self-sufficiency for their families. We are required to adhere to a set of guidelines known as the Head Start Performance Standards.
Region 10 Education Service Center (ESC) is the grantee for Head Start and Early Head Start services while partnering with twelve (12) school districts serving 830 children in Head Start and 168 expectant women and children in Early Head Start for a total funded enrollment of 998.
Head Start is a federally funded program for preschool children from income eligible families living in the following counties: Collin, Ellis, Grayson, Kaufman and Rockwall. The specific school district boundaries include campuses in Crandall, Denison, Ennis, Italy, Kemp, Mabank, McKinney, Pottsboro, Royse City, S & S Consolidated and Sherman. This comprehensive early childhood program provides services in education, health, social services, nutrition, mental health, and parent/family engagement.
For additional information or questions regarding our program, please contact one of our Head Start team members at (972) 348-1626.
Early Head Start Overview
Early Head Start is a federally funded program for pregnant women and children birth to age three from income eligible families living in the following counties: Collin, Grayson and Rockwall. The school district boundaries include campuses in McKinney, Rockwall, and Sherman. This comprehensive early childhood program provides services in education, health, social services, nutrition, mental health, and parent involvement. Primary eligibility is based on income and may include but is not limited to pregnant and parenting teens, children in foster care, homeless families and children with Individualized Education Plans and Individualized Family Service Plans.
Program Options
Home Based Program Option
In Early Head Start, families can consider a more flexible program through the Home Based Early Childhood Education Program.
Parent Educators make weekly home visits scheduled collaboratively with the families. Playgroups are scheduled twice a month to foster learning through socializations.
By working together in an environment most familiar to the participants and using items from the home that promote learning and development, families and educators become partners with the same important goal: preparing children to succeed in school.
Center Based Program Option
Early Head Start programs provide similar services as preschool Head Start programs, but they are tailored for the unique needs of infants and toddlers.
Early Head Start programs promote the physical, cognitive, social and emotional development of infants and toddlers through safe and developmentally enriching caregiving. This prepares children for continued growth and development and eventual success in school and life.
In the Center Based Program Option, education and child development services are delivered primarily in classroom settings, which are located in an Early Head Start center, school, or child care center. Staff members also visit family homes at least twice per year. Following the general Head Start model, Early Head Start programs supports the child's primary caregiver (mom, dad, aunt, grandparent, foster parent), in their role as caregiver and teacher of their children.
For additional information or questions regarding our program, please contact one of our Early Head Start team members at (972) 348-1144.
We look forward to serving you. Contact us today! (972) 348-1626 (se habla español)
This website is supported by Grant Number 06CH012327 from the Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of Region 10 ESC and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start.