Head Start and ECEAP services promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children by providing educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to children and families, including developmental screening. Parental involvement is emphasized. Services for parents include parenting classes, parent support and networking. Partial-day and full-day services provided. Program accommodates children with special needs or disabilities.

Provides Head Start education for children 3-5 years old and Early Head Start for pregnant women and children birth to 3 years old. Head Start offers a comprehensive part day preschool program to children and family support services to their families. Early Head Start is a home visiting program, with families receiving one 90 minute a week home visits and additional group socialization play day experiences bi-monthly.

Coordinates Head Start and the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) preschools, which provide education and socialization skill development activities.   Family support services are part of the program.   Provides services at six sites in Kent and Covington in Kent School District.

Provides affordable child care to all families. Helps children develop personal self-control, independence, and the ability to make choices. Specially selected activities develop social, emotional, physical, and intellectual skills. Strongly encourages and welcomes parent involvement. Preschool, Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP), and Head Start available.

Provides school preparedness and strengthening for children in families that are below the poverty guideline and have multiple barriers. Believes that parents are their child's first and most important teacher and are essential in the child's education and development. Provides the head start needed to enter kindergarten.

Offers screenings throughout the school year to help identify children aged 34 months to 5 years old who may need special services in order to experience success in school. Special services can include occupational, physical and/or speech therapies, or a specialized early childhood program. Screenings will not show conclusively that a child has special needs, but it will indicate if he or she may need further assessment. Also offers early education to households that qualify. Contact the school district office for more information.

Offers a complementary extension of the original Head Start effort that concentrates on expectant parents and families with newborn to 3 year-old children with related parent support and learning activities. Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program is for Pre-school for low-income and at-risk children in Washington State.

Coordinates Head Start and the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) preschools, which provide education and socialization skill development activities.   Family support services are part of the program.   Provides services at six sites in Kent and Covington in Kent School District.

Provides preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs. Head Start program offers: - Preschool education geared to children's developmental needs. - Health, nutrition and family support services. - Literacy, leadership and employment training opportunities for parents. - Services for homeless children and families.   ECEAP program offers: - Preschool experience which celebrates diversity and is geared to the individual child. - Nutritious family-style meals. - Medical, dental, vision and hearing screenings. - Health and nutrition education for children and families. - Parent groups and classes. - Job training and employment programs for parents.

Provides school preparedness and strengthening for children in families that are below the poverty guideline and have multiple barriers. Believes that parents are their child's first and most important teacher and are essential in the child's education and development. Provides the head start needed to enter kindergarten.

Offers a high quality, developmentally appropriate early education at four dynamic, inclusive schools with full day and extended day options. Multilingual teachers reinforce the languages kids speak at home as well as help them master English. Curriculum includes literacy, math, and social-emotional skills. Arranges dental and physical screenings for all students and families participate in monthly nutrition activities. Each child has an individualized plan developed jointly with the parent that identifies outcomes in social-emotional development, literacy, language development, mathematics, physical health, science, creative arts, and approaches to learning.

The Early Childhood Services at OlyCAP are focused on addressing the needs of families with children age five and younger.  Preschool, early childhood development, child care and family support services are offered at sites throughout Clallam and Jefferson counties.  Children enrolled receive a developmental screening, an individualized learning plan, at least two meals each day and an active learning experience on days they attend the center.  In addition to children services, each family enrolled receives support in accessing medical and dental care for their child, parenting education, home visits and help with finding needed services or resources in the community.  ### Head Start/Early Head Start Head Start and Early Head Start programs promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families.  The program strives to engage parents in their children’s leaning and help them in making progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals.  Additionally, the Early Head Start program promotes healthy prenatal outcomes, promotes healthy family functioning, and strengthens the development of infants and toddlers.  ### Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) The Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program is a whole-child, family-focused pre-school program designed to help low-income and at-risk children and their families succeed in school and life.  Because of the many factors that affect a child’s learning ability and development, ECEAP has four interactive components.  They are: learning in a pre-school setting, health screening and assistance with follow-up medical and dental care, healthy snacks and meals, and family support including help accessing resources and social service.  ### Clallam County Locations ### #### OlyCAP 228 W. 1st Street, Suite J Port Angeles, WA  98362 (360) 452-4726  #### Sequim Head Start - Sequim 224 N Sequim Ave, Sequim, WA 98382 (360) 582-3709 (360) 582-3705 (Home Based)  #### Forks Early Childhood Education & Assistance Program - Forks 301 S Elderberry Ave, Forks, WA 98331 (360) 374-6262  #### Mount Angeles View Head Start/Early Head Start - Port Angeles 228 W 1st St, Port Angeles, WA 98362 (360) 452-8496  #### Peninsula College Early Head Start - Port Angeles 2319 S Francis St, Port Angeles, WA 98362 (360) 452-1721  ### Jefferson County Locations ### #### Port Townsend Head Start - Port Townsend 1931 Grant St, Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360) 385-0525  #### Port Townsend Early Head Start - Port Townsend 1931 Grant St, Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360) 379-3912  #### Chimacum Head Start - Chimacum 91 West Valley Rd, Room 918, Chimacum, WA 98325 (360) 302-5880

Federally funded program Head Start, serving low-income families with pre-school children. Focuses on the needs of the whole child and his or her family. Offers a pre-school experience while helping parents develop skills as teacher, parent, and advocate for themselves and their child(ren). Connects families to health, dental, mental health, family and nutrition services. Families participate in parent engagement activities as well as social services. Several options of pre-school are available: - Half-day Preschool: Children attend the pre-school experience 3.5hrs, 4 days per week. - School Day: Children attend 6.5hrs, 4/5 days per week. Programs available based on service area. Follows school-year calendar, not available year-round. No childcare services are available. Special Services in Head Start: Program also serves special needs children. 10% (minimum) of enrollment openings are reserved for children with disabilities. Families over the Federal Poverty Guidelines who's child has a current school district Individual Education Plan (IEP) may qualify for services. All program models include: classroom trainings, parent trainings, home visits, health services, and family engagement activities. Transportation may be available if the family is within the service area. Locations include: Head Start - West Olympia - Lacey - Hawks Prairie - Rainier - Rochester - Washington Elementary (Hoquiam) - Yelm - South Puget Sound Community College

Coordinates Head Start programs, which are designed to help break the cycle of poverty by providing preschool children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs.   The main components of each Head Start program are education, health, parent involvement and social services.   By congressional mandate, at least 10 percent of the children served by the program must have special needs.   Services are available at numerous public school locations throughout Seattle.   Programs are half-day, four days a week and full day five days a week.   Children attend either a morning, afternoon or full day program.   Home visits during the school year are arranged to meet families' schedules.

Offers Head Start, Early Head Start, parenting skills education, ECEAP, parent involvement, Rural Home Visiting, Perinatal Mental Health, and Imagination Library. Offers home visiting and home visits for the children in the Early Head Start and Rural Home Visiting programs. Provides infants, toddlers, preschool children, and parents with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and educational needs. Offers the following: -  Preschool education geared to children's developmental needs -  Health, nutrition and family support services -  Literacy, leadership and employment training opportunities for parents -  Services to support homeless children and families

Child Find: Serves as a location or contact point for families in the Puyallup School District. Offers screenings throughout the school year to help identify children aged 34 months to 5 years old who may need special services in order to experience success in school. Special services can include occupational, physical and/or speech therapies, or a specialized early childhood program. Screenings will not show conclusively that a child has special needs, but it will indicate if he or she may need further assessment. Early Childhood Education Assistance Program - ECEAP Program is administered to Puyallup area families through Pierce County Human Services Offers free preschool to low-income families with four year old children. Provides children with social, health, nutrition, and education services. Contact Human Services at 253-798-4400 option 4.

Offers free preschool to low-income families with three to four year old children. Provides children with social, health, nutrition, and education services. Locations in Bonney Lake, Buckley, Eatonville, Orting, South Hill, Sumner and University Place. Spanish speaking programs in South Hill.

Offers a complementary extension of the original Head Start effort that concentrates on expectant parents and families with newborn to 3 year-old children with related parent support and learning activities. Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program is for Pre-school for low-income and at-risk children in Washington State.

Provides enriching experiences that help children learn and develop.   Focuses on building skills and behaviors that are important for all children including persistence, empathy, problem solving and thinking skills.

Provides early childhood education, culture, language, and continuous support to empower diverse Native children and families.

Coordinates Head Start and the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) preschools, which provide education and socialization skill development activities.   Family support services are part of the program.   Provides services at six sites in Kent and Covington in Kent School District.

A preschool program for children ages 3-5 that focuses on child development and kindergarten readiness. The program runs September through June, Tuesday through Friday, for four hours a day. Children enjoy activities based on a planned curriculum with individualized attention and lessons that meet their specific learning goals. Families are supported by advocates who help the family develop goals and connect them with resources.

Offers several programs to help with Early Learning. Preschool: All Tacoma Public School preschool programs provide a safe and nurturing environment. Goal is to prepare students for kindergarten and beyond, using researched-based, age-appropriate curriculum that focuses on the domains of Early Learning essential to school readiness: - Social and Emotional Development - Language and Literacy - Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development - Cognition. Preschool programs, including full-day and half-day programs, are offered at many locations across the Tacoma School District. Families with an annual household income below 500 percent of the Federal Poverty Level will receive priority consideration for enrollment into free programs. ChildFind: Offers free screening for vision, hearing, motor coordination, language, learning and behavior skills for preschool aged children with a suspected disability.

Provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families. Program has a social emotional focus. Depending on location, program is funded through Head Start or ECEAP.

Provides education to children living within the school boundaries.   Services may include Special Education for children until they are 3 years old, ECEAP or Head Start, Early Head Start and regular education for children grades K-12.   Schools within the district include: - Bethel Elementary Learning Academy: (253) 800-4990 - Bethel Early Learning/Child Find Programs: (253) 800-4100  - Camas Prairie Elementary: (253) 800-7400  - Centennial Elementary: (253) 800-7700  - Clover Creek Elementary: (253) 800-7800  - Elk Plain School of Choice: (253) 800-7900  - Evergreen Elementary: (253) 800-8200 - Expedition Elementary: (253) 800-2400  - Frederickson Elementary: (253) 800-6300  - Graham Elementary: (253) 800-8500  - Kapowsin Elementary: (253) 800-8600 - Katherine G Johnson Elementary: (253) 800-3000  - Naches Trail Elementary: (253) 800-8700  - Nelson Elementary: (253) 800-6400  - North Star Elementary: (253) 800-8800  - Pioneer Valley Elementary: (253) 800-8900  - Rocky Ridge Elementary: (253) 800-5000  - Roy Elementary: (253) 800-5100  - Shining Mountain Elementary: (253) 800-5200  - Spanaway Elementary: (253) 800-5300  - Thompson Elementary: (253) 800-5800.