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Early Head Start

Early Head Start (EHS) serves low income families with children from birth to three years old and pregnant women who reside in the upcounty area of Montgomery County. Activities occur in the home and in the Family Services Child Development Center, with group activities on a regularly scheduled basis. Emphasis is placed on child development and extensive support services for families. Parents actively participate in the program's governance activities.

Early Head Start received $1.77 million to expand their school readiness and child development program. To see the latest pictures of the new Discovery Station please click here.

Early Head Start Provides:

  •  A dual option program offering both home-visiting and  center-based services to enrolled children
  •  Instruction on infant and toddler development
  •  Modeling positive parent-child interactions
  •  Health assessments
  •  Case management
  •  Parenting skill training
  •  Linkages to community resources
  •  Father or male involvement activities
  •  Education, employment and training support services

Eligibility Requirements:

To participate in Early Head Start you must live in upper Montgomery County as well as income eligible. You must also have at least one child younger than 27 months or be expecting a child.

To learn more about the Early Head Start program at Family Services, Inc. call 301-840-3276 or email info@fs-inc.org.


To view the 2009 Early Head Start Community Assessment please click here.




   
 
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