Head Start Executive Summary

On Thursday, September 24, 2015 I went to the Judith P. Hoyer Family Learning Center, a Head Start Early Childhood Program, on 8909 Riggs Road in Adelphi, MD. This learning center is the Central Head Start Office in Prince Georges County. While there, I spoke with Ms. Sandra Kee, the current program supervisor employed under Prince George’s County Public Schools in the Early Childhood Programs department. Head Start is a federally funded agency which began in the summer of 1865 as a part of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty to help children of low-income families. The Head Start Program mission is to provide an integrated system of quality services to participating families and eligible children. Head Start encourages self-sufficiency, growth, and development supported through family and community partnerships. The Head Start program supports the mental, social, and emotional development of children from birth to age 5. The programs main focus is the well-being of children and their families. …show more content…
In order to help families and individuals, Head Start helps implement resources, services, and workshops to help children and their families, make child care affordable, provide healthy and balanced meals, and many more benefits. For example, for a child struggling with poor diet and nutrition, this program has a nutritionist at every site to help children eat balanced and healthy meals, while ensuring that they are staying away from things they may be allergic to or cannot eat because of personal or religious reasons. In addition, for students with mental health risk factors, Head Start also provides counseling services to their