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Head Start and Early Head Start

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Head Start and Early Head Start

Head Start promotes the school readiness of young children from low-income families through local programs. Head Start Preschool (ages 3-5)  and Early Head Start (ages Birth-to 3)  programs support the mental, social, and emotional development of children from birth to age 5. Head Start programs provide wide-ranging services at no cost to eligible families. The program is child-centered, family-focused, and community-based. Head Start encourages the role of parents as their child's first and most important teachers. Programs build relationships with families that support positive parent-child relationships, family well-being, and connections to peers and community. Additionally, Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic background. View a map of Colorado Head Start center types and total slots by county.

Find a Head Start program in your community.

Questions? Contact the State Head Start Collaboration Office:
Heather Craiglow
Director, Head Start Collaboration Office
Email: heather.craiglow@state.co.us
Phone: 303-866-4804

Universal Preschool (UPK) Colorado
Universal Preschool (UPK) Colorado allows families to choose the right setting for their child, whether it is in a licensed community-based, school-based or home-based preschool setting. Families of children in the year before they are eligible for kindergarten, and qualifying 3-year-olds, are able to apply for UPK Colorado.
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