In The News

Hal Goode, Executive DirectorJUNE 2022 Head Start and Early Head Start share a mission to promote school readiness of children from low-income families from prenatal to 5, by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Recently, myself, Jami Sandusky, Tammy Stanley...

Ronda Bertrand, CCC Director April was Child Abuse Awareness Month. CCC provided pinwheels and yard signs in all eight of our counties. Trail of Hope Regional Network is required to hold trainings: April 20th was Addiction in the Family presented by...

Head Start & CCC Programs CKCAC's Head Start and Community Collaboration for Children (CCC) programs joined forces this past April to raise awareness during Child Abuse Awareness month. Their combined activities throughout the month of April enabled Head Start's Nichole...

Ann Pickerrell, Head Start Readiness Manager The Springfield  and Lebanon Head Starts held ribbon cuttings with support from our communities and parents. Community members explored the new centers, playgrounds, and classrooms. The teachers were excited to show off their classrooms and talk about the exciting projects...

Ann Pickerrell, Head Start Readiness Manager The employees worked hard this school year providing services to our children and families. The program collects School Readiness data based on 5 developmental domains: Approaches to Learning, Social Emotional, Language and Literacy, Cognition, and...

Stephanie Harrison, Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Manager CKYHS Head Start engages families of our Head Start students through monthly parent meetings and activities in each of our centers. Parent meetings were held monthly in each of our centers. Special...