Head Start - Early Head Start

Getting Young Children and Their Families Ready for School and Ready for Life!

Head Start and Early Head Start programs offer center and home-based education services to families with children and foster children ages 0-5, along with pregnant mothers. We proudly support kindergarten readiness while engaging parents as partners every step of the way.

Early Childhood & Family Development

Head Start promotes early childhood and family development by:

• Promoting school readiness. Social and cognitive skills are enhanced by providing education health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and their families.
• Working to achieve healthy prenatal outcomes for women.
• Enhancing the development of a young child.
• Strengthening the parent-child bond while improving family relations.
• Engaging parents in their children’s learning and helping them in make progress towards their educational, literacy and employment goals. Significant emphasis is placed on involving parents in the administration of local Head Start programs.

Information & Resources

Head Start provides information and resources in the following areas:

• Child development
• Disabilities
• Mental Health
• Health and Nutrition
• Prenatal Health
• Dental, Physical, Vision, Hearing and Lead Screenings
• Parent and Family development
• Transportation

What to expect in the enrollment process

We will verify the income of parents or guardians, the age of the enrolling child, and the child’s immunization records.

In order to provide the optimum level of service, we will also need to determine such areas of consideration as:

• Disabilities with emotional and/or physical concerns
• Language or isolation barriers
• Other social services or health concerns.

For More Information:

• Call Head Start at 308-432-3393
• Fill Out Inquiry Form Online: (English)  (Spanish)
   * A staff member will be in contact with you after your submission is complete*