Head Start Funding
Our agency was forced to cut 161 children from Head Start and Early Head Start. Restoration of the Sequestration cut has been restored and will take effect our next program year!
Jolie Whatton, our 2012-2013 Policy Council chairperson, met with Senator John McCain about ending the Head Start sequester.
She delivered over 1000 letters of support from Child-Parent Centers parents, community, Board and Policy Council members.
Welcome to our Community
We believe that children are magical and competent, and constant, curious learners
History of Head Start
Child-Parent Centers
was founded in 1967 in Tucson Arizona. We provide Head Start services to children and families in Pima, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, and Santa Cruz counties. Head start is a comprehensive federal program administered by the Office of Head Start, within the Administration of Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services.
How We Change Communities
Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to 5 from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social and emotional development. We work with parents and see them as their child's first and most important teacher.
Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in:
- Language and literacy
- Cognition and general knowledge
- Physical development and health
- Social and emotional development
- Approaches to learning
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