Community Action Partnership - Region I and Region VIII

babies Early Head Start (EHS) is a federally funded community-based program for eligible pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers, birth to 3 years. Infants and toddlers with disabilities are fully included in the program activities. EHS promotes healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women, enhances the development of very young children, and promotes healthy family functioning.

Early Head Start supports positive parent-child relationships through home visits (especially for families with newborns), parent education and parent child activates, and high quality center care for families who are working or attending school.

Families enrolled in EHS will receive:

Comprehensive health and mental services including smoking cessation and substance abuse treatment.
Adult education, literacy, and job skill training to facilitate family self sufficiency.
Assistance in obtaining income support or safe housing.

Early Head Start provides home based services throughout Region VIII and center care at the Dickinson site. EHS partners with existing child care providers to enhance the quality of care giving.

Early Head Start is now accepting applications. Currently, the program is housed at Community Action Partnership at 202 East Villard in Dickinson. Please call (701) 227-0131 to speak to someone from Early Head Start.

Region VIII Early Head Start