Highlands Head Start

0-5 Head Start is a federally funded comprehensive child development program serving pregnant women and children from 0 to 5 years of age, from low income families in Macon County. The overall goal is to increase school readiness of young children. This encompasses five developmental domains key to school readiness: physical well-being and motor development: social and emotional development; approaches to learning; language development, emerging literacy; and cognition and general knowledge. Children receive cognitive, emotional, and social development; physical and mental health; and nutritional needs. Parents are assisted in becoming actively involved in their childs educational process through parent involvement. 0-5 Head Start conducts home visits and parent/teacher conferences. Head Start is free of charge to eligible families. Head Start and Early Head Start is center based. Head Start is 6 hours per day, five days a week, for 10 months of the year, and serves 180 children. Early Head Start is 5.5 hours per day, four days a week, full year, serving 135 children 0 to 3 years of age. Head Start operates 3 centers, two in the Franklin area and one in Highlands. Early Head Start operates 4 centers, three in Franklin and one in Highlands. Three of the centers utilize Subsidized Childcare services which lengthen the classroom day and months of the year if needed to provide child care for parents of children who are working, or attending school. Parents pay for Subsidized Childcare fees are on a sliding scale basis. All of the 0-5 Head Start facilities are state-of-the-art and have computers in each classroom. The newly finished playgrounds are also a major asset for the 0-5 Head Start children.

Child Ages:

3 weeks - 5 years

Licenses & Accreditations:

North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education

Vouchers:

This provider accepts vouchers

Special Needs:

Please contact us for more information.

Preschool:

Yes