HEAD START/EARLY HEAD START TAKING APPLICATIONS
FOR 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR
Southwest Oklahoma Community Action Group, Inc. is currently accepting child applications for the Head Start/ Early Head Start programs in Altus, Hollis, Mangum, Granite, and Elk City for the 2011-12 school year that begins in August. Home-based services allow for a staff to bring activities for you to do with your child to the home each week. Classes available include part day and full day with door-to door transportation, meals, snacks, all supplies, and parent training opportunities. Meals are served family style followed by tooth brushing. Children with disabilities, including severe, are included in all aspects of the program and encouraged to apply.
Head Start and Early Head Start are federally funded programs based on income qualification for pregnant women and children that are birth to age 4 years old by Sept. 1, 2011. This community-based program has over 45 years of experience at no charge to the family. A whole child, individualized approach is used to prepare the child and family for a successful life.
Parents should come to any location below for an application: Lincoln Center, 900 S. Carver Road in Altus, 482-3080; Wilson Center, 905 N. Willard in Altus, 482-2720; Bailey Center, 201 S. Lee in Altus, 482-7739; Mangum Head Start, 471 E. Lincoln, 782-3712; or Elk City Head Start, 8th and Nichols, 225-4103.
Questions can be referred to the Assistant Director's office at 580-482-1919 ext. 100. Applications require proof of famly income, such as tax form 1040, or W-2s, child's immunization record, and birth certificate copies.
Southwest Oklahoma Community Action Group, Inc. is currently accepting child applications for the Head Start/ Early Head Start programs in Altus, Hollis, Mangum, Granite, and Elk City for the 2011-12 school year that begins in August. Home-based services allow for a staff to bring activities for you to do with your child to the home each week. Classes available include part day and full day with door-to door transportation, meals, snacks, all supplies, and parent training opportunities. Meals are served family style followed by tooth brushing. Children with disabilities, including severe, are included in all aspects of the program and encouraged to apply.
Head Start and Early Head Start are federally funded programs based on income qualification for pregnant women and children that are birth to age 4 years old by Sept. 1, 2011. This community-based program has over 45 years of experience at no charge to the family. A whole child, individualized approach is used to prepare the child and family for a successful life.
Parents should come to any location below for an application: Lincoln Center, 900 S. Carver Road in Altus, 482-3080; Wilson Center, 905 N. Willard in Altus, 482-2720; Bailey Center, 201 S. Lee in Altus, 482-7739; Mangum Head Start, 471 E. Lincoln, 782-3712; or Elk City Head Start, 8th and Nichols, 225-4103.
Questions can be referred to the Assistant Director's office at 580-482-1919 ext. 100. Applications require proof of famly income, such as tax form 1040, or W-2s, child's immunization record, and birth certificate copies.
