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Early Head Start |
1920 Mariposa Mall,
Suite 130
263-1550
263-1567 fax |
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| Program |
Early Head Start |
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| Description |
Early Head Start is a comprehensive home
visitation program that serves low-income pregnant women
and families with infants and toddlers. (We are building
our first two child development centers which we project
to open in the spring of 2004: one at FCEOC’s School
of Unlimited Learning (Project SOUL) where student teen
parents will receive child care for their children while
the parents attend classes; a second at the Addams School
Readiness Program site, where low-income parents, age
18 and older, will receive care for their children while
the parents attend training, school or are employed.) |
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| Hours |
Home Visitation 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(Child Development Centers will offer full-day child care) |
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| Contact Person |
Kathleen Shivaprasad, Program Manager |
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| Site(s) - Locations |
Fresno City Urban, Reedley/Sanger, Exceptional
Parents Unlimited, Mt. Carmel, Project SOUL, Addams, Clovis |
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| Services |
Relationships based services including:
family services, early childhood education/child development,
prenatal education, breastfeeding education, health and
safety, mental health services, nutrition education, male/father
involvement, parent/child play groups, and special needs
services. |
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| Service Area |
Designated service areas include the following:
Urban Fresno, Clovis, Reedley and Sanger |
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| Eligibility Criteria |
Generally, participants must be at least
18 years old, (younger teen parents at Project SOUL) are
pregnant, or have an infant, 0 to 3 years of age, meet
the income guidelines, and live in one of the designated
areas listed above. (Program priorities include infants
0 to 12 months or infants 0 to 18 months with a disability.) |
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| How to Access Service |
Call (559) 263-1550 or visit Early Head
Start at 1920 Mariposa Mall, Suite 130, Fresno, CA 93721 |
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| Funding Source |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
and First 5, Fresno County |
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| Funding Amount |
HHS - $1,941,003 annually, First 5 Fresno
$1,000,000 annually for two years |
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| Legislative Mandates/Requirements |
Compliance with Head Start Program Performance
Standards 45 CFR parts 1301, 1302, 1303, 1304, 1305, and
1306. |
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| Affiliations/Collaborative Partners |
Kings Canyon Unified School District, Sanger
Unified School District, Kings Canyon Kids Early Start,
FCEOC School of Unlimited Learning, Exceptional Parents
Unlimited, Inc., Fresno Unified School District, Addams
Elementary School Readiness Program, Clovis Unified School
District, Clovis Early Start, and Mt. Carmel Catholic
Church School Readiness Program |
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| Historical Information |
In 1995, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services awarded the first grants to agencies to implement
Early Head Start. In 1996, FCEOC Early Head Start received
its first funding in the second round of Early Head Start
grant awards. Programs in this second group are called
Wave II Early Head Start. |
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| Mission |
Our mission is to provide comprehensive
child development and family support services to pregnant
women and families with infants and toddlers, birth to
age three. |
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| Goals |
Early Head Start strives to have the greatest
positive impact on participating families and children
by offering supportive services as early in life of the
baby as possible. Early Head Start programs provide services
to pregnant women and their families and continues services
through the child’s first three years of life. |
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| Measurable Outcomes |
Each year Measurable Outcomes are established
for the Early Head Start program and are included in the
Refunding Proposal. These outcomes are written for the
Cornerstone areas of Child Development, Staff Development,
Family Development, and Community Building. |
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