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Early Head Start (EHS) programs serve infants and toddlers under the age of 3, and pregnant women. EHS programs provide intensive comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families, and to pregnant women and their families.
As infants and toddlers grow and change, and as family needs evolve, different program options can support them over time. A choice of program options ensures that families can stay within a consistent, supportive setting that offers strong relationships and the same full range of developmentally-appropriate care and services.
Early Head Start programs provide family-centered services for low-income families with very young children designed to promote the development of the children, and to enable their parents to fulfill their roles as parents and to move toward self-sufficiency.
A national evaluation conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., and Columbia University's Center for Children and Families, in collaboration with the Early Head Start Research Consortium, found...
The EHS-CC Partnerships program enhances and supports early learning settings to provide comprehensive and continuous services.
Early Head Start Program Strategies: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Infants, Toddlers and Families
In 1965, a panel of experts produced a set of recommendations (known as the Cooke Report), for an anti-poverty early childhood education program that would be comprehensive in its approach.
This webinar provides information on the Office of Head Start’s Monitoring Process for all funded programs. It focuses on Early Head Start (EHS) home-based programs that are expanding their EHS services through Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) funding.
The essential elements of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) model are discussed in this webcast. States that have funded the Early Head Start (EHS) home-based model, and those programs that are expanding their EHS services through MIECHV funding from the state may find this information helpful in running their programs.
Explore these resources to learn more about the Head Start Program Performance Standards related to the home-based program option.
HeadStart.gov
official website of the Administration for Children and Families
