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Head Start

    Created in 1964 by the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) to give low-income preschool children experiences that enable them to develop fully and achieve social competence, Head Start is often described as one of the great successes of the War on Poverty. Today, Head Start serves as a model for early childhood initiatives nationwide and throughout the world.

  SHORE UP!’s Head Start Program provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach to services,  including education, health, nutrition, social services, and parent involvement. The program serves  1,041 children in seven counties each year.  A family-oriented program, Head Start fosters the parents’ role as the principal influence on the child’s development and as the child’s primary educator, nurturer, and advocate. Copy of grad.jpg (16440 bytes)

 To enable them to fulfill this role, parents receive education and training opportunities that enable their families to move toward self-sufficiency, and are given access to special prevention and treatment programs.  In addition, parents actively participate in Head Start through staff approval, policy review, critique of new development plans, and learning alongside their children.

Copy of trooper.jpg (19254 bytes) ATOD (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs)

   Working in conjunction with the Wicomico County Health Department, the SHORE-UP! Head Start Program provides drug prevention education to Head Start children in Wicomico County.

 

 

PROJECT

 

DESCRIPTION

 

CRITERIA

 

SERVICE AREA

 

CONTACT PERSON

 

PHONE NUMBER

 

INCOME

 

AGE

 

Head Start

 

Provides pre-school children with a comprehensive project to meet the following needs: health, nutrition, emotional, educational, social, and psychological

 

yes

 

 

3-4

Wicomico

Worcester

Somerset

Dorchester

Kent

Queen Anne’s

Talbot

 

 

 

Denise Allen

 

 

 

410-749-1142, ext. 333

 

Preschool Prevention (ATOD)

 

Improves the quality of life of at-risk 3 to 5 year old children and their families by educating them about the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

 

Head Start Guidelenes

 

 

 

3-4

 

 

Wicomico

 

 

ATOD Office

 

 

410-749-1142,

ext. 337

 

 
 

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