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Provides children, ages birth to five, with a comprehensive educational program designed to reinforce and respond to the unique strengths and needs of the individual child. Supportive learning environments are fostered to stimulate a child's social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth. Community partnerships are cultivated to build a core network of support services and resources for children and families.

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Early Head Start
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Preschools
Head Start
Head Start and Pre-K Counts are full-day, school-year programs that are intended to prepare children for a successful transition to kindergarten and elementary school. These programs are entirely free for income-eligible families. Year-round, private-pay preschool is also available.

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School Readiness Programs
Early Head Start
Head Start
Preschools
Head Start is a childhood education program that focuses on promoting the school readiness of eligible children ages 3 to 5 through family involvement, health and nutrition, education and family social services. The Head Start program is designed to increase children’s literacy, cognitive development, and social-emotional development, as well as support children’s health and well-being. Children receive vision, hearing and lead screenings on-site and are provided with a nutritious breakfast and lunch daily.
Provides the Head Start program, offering pre-school, free breakfast, lunch and snack, transportation, as well as health and social services.
Provides a preschool program for low-income children ages birth through five year olds. It provides children with a developmentally appropriate early childhood education. The program ensures that young children get health checkups and screenings, including vision and dental, that they are fed a nutritious hot meal every day and that they are working toward outcomes/developmental milestones. We also have a school-age program and offerings for teens/young adults. Our agency provides support to parents as well.

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Parent Support Groups
Head Start
Youth Enrichment Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Early Head Start
Offers education, nutrition, health (including mental and dental health), parent involvement, and social services. Provides opportunities for children and their families to build self-esteem, enhance strengths, stimulate creativity, and promote self-sufficiency.
Offers a comprehensive preschool program that provides education, health, and nutritional services for each enrolled child. A variety of social services are also provided to enrolled families. There are also home base projects located throughout the service area.
Provides a comprehensive child development program that promotes 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. Head Start engages parents in their children's learning and helps parents in making progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals. Head start offers both full day or part day center based options. Early head start offers both home based or center based options year round.

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School Readiness Programs
Head Start
Early Head Start
Preschools
Provides home based services, including health and developmental screenings, ongoing individualized educational assessment, weekly home visits, monthly family days, and parent involvement opportunities.

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School Readiness Programs
Early Head Start
Head Start
Child Care Centers
Offers a free preschool program for children ages 3 to 5 for income eligible families. Child and family services include: free meals for children, parent workshops, health and developmental screenings, help for children with challenging behaviors, home visits and parent teacher conferences, and family support services.
Provides a comprehensive preschool program.
Head Start and Pre-K Counts are full-day, school-year programs that are intended to prepare children for a successful transition to kindergarten and elementary school. These programs are entirely free for income-eligible families. Year-round, private-pay preschool is also available.

Related Services

School Readiness Programs
Early Head Start
Head Start
Preschools
Provides Head Start for children three to five years of age and children with special needs. Four days per week, five hours per day, September through May. Prepares children for kindergarten.
Head Start and Pre-K Counts are full-day, school-year programs that are intended to prepare children for a successful transition to kindergarten and elementary school. These programs are entirely free for income-eligible families. Year-round, private-pay preschool is also available.

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School Readiness Programs
Early Head Start
Head Start
Preschools
Offers Head Start program, comprehensive child development services, education, physical and mental health, nutrition, social services and case management, and parent involvement and leadership.
Head Start childhood education program that focuses on promoting the school readiness of eligible children ages 3 to 5 through family involvement, health and nutrition, education and family social services. The Head Start program is designed to increase children’s literacy, cognitive development, and social-emotional development, as well as support children’s health and well-being. Children receive vision, hearing and lead screenings on-site and are provided with a nutritious breakfast and lunch daily.
Offers comprehensive services to children 3 to 5 years old and their families that include high-quality education, social-emotional assessments and development, physical health screenings and monitoring, including vision, hearing, and dental screenings, and nutrition. All families enrolled in Head Start work together with a Family Coach to develop goals that support their journey of reaching self-sufficiency.
Provides an educational preschool program with classroom activities to help youngsters improve their self-image and increase physical, social, self-help, and school readiness skills. Prepares children for reading and math but also for paying attention, following directions, and getting along with others.
Provides high-quality early learning and school readiness experiences for 3 and 4-year olds in center-based classes to help them grow intellectually, physically, socially, and emotionally. The program encourages parental participation in activities. Classes meet five days a week for ten months during the school year.
Luzerne County Head Start, Inc. is a federal and state funded early childhood education program that focuses on promoting the school readiness of eligible children ages 3 to 5 through family involvement, health and nutrition, education and family social services. The Head Start program is designed to increase children’s literacy, cognitive development, and social-emotional development, as well as support children’s health and well-being. Children receive vision, hearing and lead screenings on-site and are provided with a nutritious breakfast and lunch daily.
Offers the following at this location: - Head Start program: 5 hours day, extended child care available - PA Pre-K Counts: 5 hours day, extended child care available - Child Care: 6:30am to 5:15pm for ages 3 - 5 years

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Head Start
Child Care Centers
Preschools
Head Start is a childhood education program that focuses on promoting the school readiness of eligible children ages 3 to 5 through family involvement, health and nutrition, education and family social services. The Head Start program is designed to increase children’s literacy, cognitive development, and social-emotional development, as well as support children’s health and well-being. Children receive vision, hearing and lead screenings on-site and are provided with a nutritious breakfast and lunch daily.
Operates State and federally funded Head Start pre-kindergarten programs designed to support child development. Offers 4 to 6 hours per day during the school year depending on location, with locations throughout Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties.

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Preschools
School Readiness Programs
Head Start
Offers the head start program.
Provides programs to enhance the development of children and promote healthy family functioning, Early Head Start serves pregnant mothers and their infants and toddlers through weekly home visits. Offers information on child development, nutrition, health, community services, and activities. Head Start serves as a comprehensive preschool program designed to prepare children for Kindergarten. The program has locations throughout the county.

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Early Head Start
Head Start