Our Mission: Empowering individuals and families to transform their lives and strengthen their community.
Founded in 1903, Family Service (officially Family Service Association of San Antonio) is the oldest human service nonprofit in San Antonio.
Four traits have always characterized Family Service: innovative programs, collaboration with others in the community, responsible fiscal management, and an abiding dedication to families. The vision of a handful of leaders in 1903 has impacted hundreds of thousands of lives to date.
Today the programs of Family Service continue to support positive family values, respect the changing role of the family, and assist children, seniors, and families to deal effectively with their problems and challenges. Family Service remains a premier resource for San Antonio families.
Community Health Workers, or Promotores de Salud, increase wellness by reaching out to, connecting with, and engaging underserved families and communities to help improve health outcomes for themselves, their families, and the communities in which they live.
Methodist Healthcare Ministries' Community Health Workers are certified by the Texas Department of State Health (DSHS).
Services include:
- Establishing positive, trusting relationships with community residents in or from underserved communities.
- Helping patients/clients, families, and underserved communities overcome barriers in language and culture to better connect to quality health care services and resources.
- Connecting underserved populations to health care services and resources.
- Providing informal counseling, support, and follow-up home visits for patients/patients.
- Aiding in the creation and maintenance of community partnerships, collaborations, programs, and services.
Family Service Association offers numerous professional counseling services including Individual, Couples, Family, Group, Substance Abuse Counseling, and Consultations.
We also provide educational groups such as Anger Management and Domestic Violence Prevention designed to help maintain personal wellness.
Services are offered locally in the San Antonio metropolitan area and our rural locations. The services are provided through a combination of at-home and office-based visits. Our licensed counselors are available on days, evenings, Saturdays, and by special appointment.
Our counseling professionals provide services to include working with children, youth, families, and seniors. Our team has many specialized skills to address a wide range of counseling needs. Services are offered for both short and long-term depending on individual needs. We are available to assist with the following:
- Anger Management
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Depression
- Domestic Violence
- Grief Support
- LGBT Issues
- Life Skills
- Parenting
- Relapse Prevention
- Relationships
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Victimization from Crime
- And more!
Counseling services are now available in both in-person and telehealth formats at the discretion of the client, following an initial enrollment session in-person.
For more information, please contact the Family Service Behavioral Health Counseling team at 210-299-2406.
Funding is provided by United Way, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Client Fees, School Districts, Medicaid, Private Contracts, Private Insurance, Criminal Justice Division (CJD) Grant, and Office of Attorney General (OAG) Grant.
Given the choice, most people want to stay in their homes. Sometimes, people need help to remain at home.
In-Home Personal Care Services are for older adults who prefer to stay at home but need ongoing care that cannot easily be provided by their families or friends.
When health issues prevent them from performing simple tasks, impair their mobility, or put their safety and well being at risk, their options may be limited. Some may move in with family members. Some go to nursing homes. Those who do not qualify for public assistance and cannot afford private care often face a serious struggle for independence. That is where Family Service Association steps in to lend a gentle hand.
Older adults who have the ability to remain independent in their own homes with the assistance of supportive services may receive up to 10 hours of direct service each week in the home for personal care and home assistance, including the following:
- Meal planning and preparation
- Light housekeeping,
- Assistance with the daily activities associated with living at home, such as bathing, dressing and grooming, washing and combing hair.
A complete evaluation and assessment is conducted on the first home visit, with on-going supervision at least every 90-days. Follow up visits are scheduled to monitor client needs and to ensure continued appropriateness of services.
An excellent investment, the program can serve 100 clients for less than it would cost to care for 10 patients in an alternate care setting, for the same one-year period.
Services are offered on a sliding fee scale that is based on the client’s ability to pay.
Funding is provided by United Way, Client Fees, and Private Foundations and Corporations.
Promotoras are state-certified community health workers who offer in-home parenting courses focusing on parenting strengths, growth and development of children, establishing nuturing routines, and guiding children's behavior. The parent education classes uses hands-on curriculum with a concurrent children's program, educational groups, follow-up services, and networking activities. The goal is to ensure children are kindergarten ready and children have a safe, nuturing home.
A unique pilot program created by Councilwoman Gonzales, along with Family Service, it uses a peer-to-peer mentor model, allowing trained community members know as Promotoras, also parents in the same targeted zip code areas, to provide valuable in-home healthcare education to families.
District 5, zip codes 78207 and 78205 primarily, but the Promotoras can serve families throughout Bexar County for families with children under the age of 10.
Third-grade reading levels lay a foundation for a successful educational journey. From third grade onwards, sutdents are reading to learn, and literary struggles only compound. Strong reading ability is pivotal to learning and future career goals.
Family Service parent engagement provides free reading tutoring for first, second, and third graders to help them feel confident, pass their exams, and set them up for future success.
Parents volunteer to be reading tutors, which helps them stay engaged in their children's school. The parents are trained by our team members and their school's reading specialists in literacy techniques, games, and curriculum to help students improve their reading skills. Our reading tutors, called Students for Life, help students accelerate their reading skills.
Our impact is only possible with the support of volunteers.
As a community, we have a larger impact together. Year-round, volunteers gather from all over San Antonio for large group projects, one-day events, and project-based service days.
Volunteering with Family Service is sure to align with your passions and utilize your specific skills in giving back to the community. There’s a range of projects from "adopting" one of our early childhood education centers and visiting once-a-month to projects centered on national days, like reading awareness, to beautification and painting of our classrooms and service centers to donation drives for our families.
- Individual and Group Volunteers
- Recurring Volunteer Projects
- Intern
Click here or call us for more volunteer information.
Early Head Start Child Care Partnership is a new opportunity to support the partnering of Early Head Start Programs with Child Care Providers to expand the number of quality slots for infants and toddlers in San Antonio. Through partnership, Early Head Start grantees partner with center-based and family child care providers who agree to meet Early Head Start Program Performance Standards and Regulations and provide high-quality comprehensive, full-day, full-year services to infants and toddlers from low-income families.
The program provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services that enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of participating children. In addition, services provide young children ages birth to 36 months, with an array of comprehensive services including health, nutritional, behavioral, and family services.
Head Start promotes school readiness by encouraging parent involvement and through children's cognitive, social, emotional, language, and physical development.
Head Start aims for every child to be:
- Achieving developmental milestones
- Safe, healthy, and well
- School ready
- Forming positive relationships
Family Service Head Start is much more than child care; it’s quality early childhood education that includes:
- Research-Based Curricula Lesson plans are built around research on children’s development and learning and promote positive progress and outcomes.
- Family Engagement Parents' and caregivers' involvement in their children’s education has a long-term impact on their child’s success. Our Centers make it easy for parents to be involved.
- Lower Ratios Our classrooms have fewer students per teacher, allowing for more individualized care and attention.
- Wraparound Services Resources and services are provided to help the child and family thrive.
The age requirement for our Head Start Prekindergarten Program is three years old on or before September 1.
Early Head Start Child Care Partnership is a new opportunity to support the partnering of Early Head Start Programs with Child Care Providers to expand the number of quality slots for infants and toddlers in San Antonio. Through partnership, Early Head Start grantees partner with center-based and family child care providers who agree to meet Early Head Start Program Performance Standards and Regulations and provide high-quality comprehensive, full-day, full-year services to infants and toddlers from low-income families.
The program provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services that enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of participating children. In addition, services provide young children ages birth to 36 months, with an array of comprehensive services including health, nutritional, behavioral, and family services.
Head Start promotes school readiness by encouraging parent involvement and through children's cognitive, social, emotional, language, and physical development.
Head Start aims for every child to be:
- Achieving developmental milestones
- Safe, healthy, and well
- School ready
- Forming positive relationships
Family Service Head Start is much more than child care; it’s quality early childhood education that includes:
- Research-Based Curricula Lesson plans are built around research on children’s development and learning and promote positive progress and outcomes.
- Family Engagement Parents' and caregivers' involvement in their children’s education has a long-term impact on their child’s success. Our Centers make it easy for parents to be involved.
- Lower Ratios Our classrooms have fewer students per teacher, allowing for more individualized care and attention.
- Wraparound Services Resources and services are provided to help the child and family thrive.
The age requirement for our Head Start Prekindergarten Program is three years old on or before September 1.
Family Service's Youth Education Programs build on a foundation of technology, innovation, and creation to transition youth from consumers of technology into tomorrow's innovators. Our mix of Youth Education and Career Programs offer something for every student, and encourage the inclusion of their family and support system. Family Service's youth programming develops key relationships and demonstrates to our students how many opportunities are available for them in San Antonio and beyond.
They include:
- Paid Summer Internship
- C2C Pathways-a yearlong mentoring program
- Transition Camps-to help you move from elementary to middle school and middle to high school
- YAGA-a youth-led afterschool program
Please phone for program eligibility requirements and other details.
Our Teen Tech Center is sponsored by Best Buy and established with the support of The Clubhouse Network to engage and inspire youth through the operations of the Teen Tech Center. Young people, ages 13 to 18, will have the opportunity to create art, music and animations; design science simulations and mobile applications; write and illustrate interactive poetry, stories, and film; build kinetic sculptures and robotic constructions; and design their own 3D worlds and games using state-of-the-art technology and professional software tools.
The Teen Tech Center is part of Best Buy’s commitment to fuel the next generation of innovators. We provide a safe out-of-school time learning environment where youth can explore their ideas, develop new skills, and build confidence in themselves through the use of technology. This creative environment encourages youth to express themselves while developing critical 21st century skills.
For more information regarding enrollment and volunteer opportunities, please call 210-431-7529 or email [email protected].
To be eligible for membership, you must be 12-18 years old and have a completed parent packet at the time of your first visit.
Free. No registration required.
- Computer Skills Classes
Family Service Association offers numerous professional counseling services including: Individual, Couples, Family, Group, Substance Abuse Counseling, and Consultations.
We also provide specialty educational groups such as Anger Management and Domestic Violence Prevention designed to help maintain personal wellness. Services are offered locally in the San Antonio metropolitan area and our rural locations. The services are provided through a combination of at-home and office-based visits. Our licensed counselors are available days, evenings, Saturdays, and by special appointment.
Our counseling professionals provide services to include working with children, youth, families, and seniors. Our team has many specialized skills to successfully address a wide range of counseling needs. Services are offered for both short and long-term depending on individual needs. We are available to assist with the following:
- Anger Management
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Depression
- Domestic Violence
- Grief Support
- LGBT Issues
- Life Skills
- Parenting
- Relapse Prevention
- Relationships
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Victimization from Crime
- And more!
Counseling services are now available in both in-person and telehealth formats at the discretion of the client, following an initial enrollment session in-person.
For more information, please contact the Family Service Behavioral Health Counseling team at 210-299-2406.
Funding is provided by United Way, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Client Fees, School Districts, Medicaid, Private Contracts, Private Insurance, Criminal Justice Division (CJD) Grant, and Office of Attorney General (OAG) Grant.
The Dual Generation program is focused on helping parents go to college or job training and making sure their children receive an appropriate developmental level of education. We can provide childcare for the parents to attend school/training and assist with job placement after completion (or during if needed).
Tuition assistance available for job training programs:
- GED/High School Diploma
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
- Medical Assistant
- Pharmacy Technician
- Commercial Driver License (CDL)
- Administrative Assistant
- Bookkeeping / QuickBooks
- Medical Front Office
- Phlebotomy
- Child Development Associate (CDA)
- Information Technology
- Entrepreneurship
- Electrical Trade Skills Training
Monthly support and access to:
- Financial Empowerment Sessions
- Job & Career Exploration
- Parenting Classes
- Quality Childcare
- Resume Building
- Supportive Services
- Transportation Assistance
To qualify, a family must:
- have at least 1 child aged 0-10; and
- live in one of these zip codes: 78202, 78203, 78205, 78207, 78208, 78210, 78215, 78218, 78219, 78220, 78222, 78227, 78237.
| Monday: 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM |
| Tuesday: 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM |
| Wednesday: 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM |
| Thursday: 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM |
| Friday: 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM |
| Saturday: 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Sunday: CLOSED |
The Early Childhood Education program promotes school readiness and parental engagement by enhancing the cognitive, physical, linguistic, social and emotional development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children, from the ages 0-5 years old and their families. These services are responsive to each child and family’s ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage encouraging the role of parents as their child’s first and most important teachers. The program builds relationships with families that support positive parent-child relationships, family well-being and connections to peers and community.
Services include:
- Developmentally appropriate early childhood education services utilizing an evidenced based curriculum in a school campus or center-based setting
- Nutritional services
- Assistance in obtaining health services (medical and dental)
- Mental well-being
- Services for children with disabilities
- Parent, family and community engagement opportunities
Children ages 0-5 years and their families.
Have you always wanted a different career? Have you been wanting to further your education? Now is the perfect time!
Through Family Service Workforce Development you have access to GED courses, job training, and college classes. We want you to pursue the career of your dreams, and we can help.
New career opportunities can include:
- Certified Nursing Assist. (CNA)
- Community Health Worker Child Development Associate
- Information Technology Security
- Medical Front Office
- Medical Assistant
- Pharmacy Technician
We also connect individuals to GED and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.
To learn how you can make a positive change and start a new, exciting career, contact our Workforce and Financial Sustainability Team, or call (210) 431-4425 to attend an information session.
The Neighborhood Place serves the entire community, and targets three surrounding zip codes: 78228, 78237, 78207.
Given the choice, most people want to stay in their homes. Sometimes, people need help to remain at home.
In-Home Personal Care Services are for older adults who prefer to stay at home but need ongoing care that cannot easily be provided by their families or friends.
When health issues prevent them from performing simple tasks, impair their mobility, or put their safety and well being at risk, their options may be limited. Some may move in with family members. Some go to nursing homes. Those who do not qualify for public assistance and cannot afford private care often face a serious struggle for independence. That is where Family Service Association steps in to lend a gentle hand.
Older adults who have the ability to remain independent in their own homes with the assistance of supportive services may receive up to 10 hours of direct service each week in the home for personal care and home assistance, including the following:
- Meal planning and preparation
- Light housekeeping
- Assistance with the daily activities associated with living at home, such as bathing, dressing and grooming, washing and combing hair
A complete evaluation and assessment is conducted on the first home visit, with on-going supervision at least every 90-days. Follow up visits are scheduled to monitor client needs and to ensure continued appropriateness of services.
An excellent investment, the program can serve 100 clients for less than it would cost to care for 10 patients in an alternate care setting, for the same one-year period.
The Neighborhood Place serves the entire community, and targets three surrounding zip codes: 78228, 78237, 78207.
Services are offered on a sliding fee scale that is based on the client’s ability to pay.
Funding is provided by United Way, Client Fees, and Private Foundations and Corporations.
Early Head Start Child Care Partnership is a new opportunity to support the partnering of Early Head Start Programs with Child Care Providers to expand the number of quality slots for infants and toddlers in San Antonio. Through partnership, Early Head Start grantees partner with center-based and family child care providers who agree to meet Early Head Start Program Performance Standards and Regulations and provide high-quality comprehensive, full-day, full-year services to infants and toddlers from low-income families.
The program provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services that enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of participating children. In addition, services provide young children ages birth to 36 months, with an array of comprehensive services including health, nutritional, behavioral, and family services.
Early Head Start Child Care Partnership is a new opportunity to support the partnering of Early Head Start Programs with Child Care Providers to expand the number of quality slots for infants and toddlers in San Antonio. Through partnership, Early Head Start grantees partner with center-based and family child care providers who agree to meet Early Head Start Program Performance Standards and Regulations and provide high-quality comprehensive, full-day, full-year services to infants and toddlers from low-income families.
The program provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services that enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of participating children. In addition, services provide young children ages birth to 36 months, with an array of comprehensive services including health, nutritional, behavioral, and family services.
Have you always wanted a different career? Have you been wanting to further your education? Now is the perfect time!
Through Family Service Workforce Development you have access to GED courses, job training, and college classes. We want you to pursue the career of your dreams, and we can help.
New career opportunities can include:
- Certified Nursing Assist. (CNA)
- Community Health Worker Child Development Associate
- Information Technology Security
- Medical Front Office
- Medical Assistant
- Pharmacy Technician
We also connect individuals to GED and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.
To learn how you can make a positive change and start a new, exciting career, contact our Workforce and Financial Sustainability Team, or call (210) 431-4425 to attend an information session.
Have you always wanted a different career? Have you been wanting to further your education? Now is the perfect time!
Through Family Service Workforce Development you have access to GED courses, job training, and college classes. We want you to pursue the career of your dreams, and we can help.
New career opportunities can include:
- Certified Nursing Assist. (CNA)
- Community Health Worker Child Development Associate
- Information Technology Security
- Medical Front Office
- Medical Assistant
- Pharmacy Technician
We also connect individuals to GED and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.
To learn how you can make a positive change and start a new, exciting career, contact our Workforce and Financial Sustainability Team, or call (210) 431-4425 to attend an information session.
Early Head Start Child Care Partnership is a new opportunity to support the partnering of Early Head Start Programs with Child Care Providers to expand the number of quality slots for infants and toddlers in San Antonio. Through partnership, Early Head Start grantees partner with center-based and family child care providers who agree to meet Early Head Start Program Performance Standards and Regulations and provide high-quality comprehensive, full-day, full-year services to infants and toddlers from low-income families.
The program provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services that enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of participating children. In addition, services provide young children ages birth to 36 months, with an array of comprehensive services including health, nutritional, behavioral, and family services.
Head Start promotes school readiness by encouraging parent involvement and through children's cognitive, social, emotional, language, and physical development.
Head Start aims for every child to be:
- Achieving developmental milestones
- Safe, healthy, and well
- School ready
- Forming positive relationships
Family Service Head Start is much more than child care; it’s quality early childhood education that includes:
- Research-Based Curricula Lesson plans are built around research on children’s development and learning and promote positive progress and outcomes.
- Family Engagement Parents' and caregivers' involvement in their children’s education has a long-term impact on their child’s success. Our Centers make it easy for parents to be involved.
- Lower Ratios Our classrooms have fewer students per teacher, allowing for more individualized care and attention.
- Wraparound Services Resources and services are provided to help the child and family thrive.
The age requirement for our Head Start Prekindergarten Program is three years old on or before September 1.
Head Start promotes school readiness by encouraging parent involvement and through children's cognitive, social, emotional, language, and physical development.
Head Start aims for every child to be:
- Achieving developmental milestones
- Safe, healthy, and well
- School ready
- Forming positive relationships
Family Service Head Start is much more than child care; it’s quality early childhood education that includes:
- Research-Based Curricula Lesson plans are built around research on children’s development and learning and promote positive progress and outcomes.
- Family Engagement Parents' and caregivers' involvement in their children’s education has a long-term impact on their child’s success. Our Centers make it easy for parents to be involved.
- Lower Ratios Our classrooms have fewer students per teacher, allowing for more individualized care and attention.
- Wraparound Services Resources and services are provided to help the child and family thrive.
The age requirement for our Head Start Prekindergarten Program is three years old on or before September 1.
Early Head Start Child Care Partnership is a new opportunity to support the partnering of Early Head Start Programs with Child Care Providers to expand the number of quality slots for infants and toddlers in San Antonio. Through partnership, Early Head Start grantees partner with center-based and family child care providers who agree to meet Early Head Start Program Performance Standards and Regulations and provide high-quality comprehensive, full-day, full-year services to infants and toddlers from low-income families.
The program provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services that enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of participating children. In addition, services provide young children ages birth to 36 months, with an array of comprehensive services including health, nutritional, behavioral, and family services.
Head Start promotes school readiness by encouraging parent involvement and through children's cognitive, social, emotional, language, and physical development.
Head Start aims for every child to be:
- Achieving developmental milestones
- Safe, healthy, and well
- School ready
- Forming positive relationships
Family Service Head Start is much more than child care; it’s quality early childhood education that includes:
- Research-Based Curricula Lesson plans are built around research on children’s development and learning and promote positive progress and outcomes.
- Family Engagement Parents' and caregivers' involvement in their children’s education has a long-term impact on their child’s success. Our Centers make it easy for parents to be involved.
- Lower Ratios Our classrooms have fewer students per teacher, allowing for more individualized care and attention.
- Wraparound Services Resources and services are provided to help the child and family thrive.
The age requirement for our Head Start Prekindergarten Program is three years old on or before September 1.
Notice
Counseling is offered by appointment only.
CONTACT
To schedule an appointment or learn more about our programs, call us at 210-299-2406.
Family Service Association offers numerous professional counseling services including: Individual, Couples, Family, Group, Substance Abuse Counseling, and Consultations.
We also provide specialty educational groups such as Anger Management and Domestic Violence Prevention designed to help maintain personal wellness. Services are offered locally in the San Antonio metropolitan area and our rural locations. The services are provided through a combination of at-home and office-based visits. Our licensed counselors are available days, evenings, Saturdays, and by special appointment.
Our counseling professionals provide services to include working with children, youth, families, and seniors. Our team has many specialized skills to successfully address a wide range of counseling needs. Services are offered for both short and long-term depending on individual needs. We are available to assist with the following:
- Anger Management
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Depression
- Domestic Violence
- Grief Support
- LGBT Issues
- Life Skills
- Parenting
- Relapse Prevention
- Relationships
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
- Victimization from Crime
- And more!
Counseling services are now available in both in-person and telehealth formats at the discretion of the client, following an initial enrollment session in-person.
For more information, please contact the Family Service Behavioral Health Counseling team at 210-299-2406.
Funding is provided by United Way, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Client Fees, School Districts, Medicaid, Private Contracts, Private Insurance, Criminal Justice Division (CJD) Grant, and Office of Attorney General (OAG) Grant.
Notice
Monday: Counseling, administrative services, and exchanges only
Every divorce will affect the kids involved. How they react depends on their age, personality, and the circumstances of the separation and divorce process. KidShare is a program that helps families in special circumstances nurture and protect the precious relationship between parents and their children.
When encounters between estranged parents create an atmosphere of tension, anger and fear, children suffer emotional and even physical consequences. KidShare creates a safe environment where children may be transferred from one parent to another without the parents ever coming in contact. KidShare is the neutral setting that enables parents and children to spend quality time together and build strong relationships while protecting the children from emotional damage or possible physical harm.
Our KidShare services include:
- Neutral and safe settings for estranged parents to exchange children for visitation.
- Court-ordered, supervised settings to protect children when visiting non-custodial parents.
- Support groups for children in divorced and divorcing families.
- Helping Children Cope With Divorce seminars.
- Counseling for custodial and non-custodial parents.
- Counseling for children in divorced and divorcing families.
- Parent education classes or workshops.
- Therapeutic supervision to families where trained therapists help build a positive bond between parent and child.
We also offer Group Supervised Visitation, designed for parents of infants, toddlers and young children who are required to visit with their children under supervision.
Our goal is to provide a safe and nurturing environment, a cost effective means for parents to visit with their young children, and the opportunity for parents to learn positive child rearing behaviors from each other and allow children of like ages to interact in a safe and healthy environment.
Head Start promotes school readiness by encouraging parent involvement and through children's cognitive, social, emotional, language, and physical development.
Head Start aims for every child to be:
- Achieving developmental milestones
- Safe, healthy, and well
- School ready
- Forming positive relationships
Family Service Head Start is much more than child care; it’s quality early childhood education that includes:
- Research-Based Curricula Lesson plans are built around research on children’s development and learning and promote positive progress and outcomes.
- Family Engagement Parents' and caregivers' involvement in their children’s education has a long-term impact on their child’s success. Our Centers make it easy for parents to be involved.
- Lower Ratios Our classrooms have fewer students per teacher, allowing for more individualized care and attention.
- Wraparound Services Resources and services are provided to help the child and family thrive.
The age requirement for our Head Start Prekindergarten Program is three years old on or before September 1.
Head Start promotes school readiness by encouraging parent involvement and through children's cognitive, social, emotional, language, and physical development.
Head Start aims for every child to be:
- Achieving developmental milestones
- Safe, healthy, and well
- School ready
- Forming positive relationships
Family Service Head Start is much more than child care; it’s quality early childhood education that includes:
- Research-Based Curricula Lesson plans are built around research on children’s development and learning and promote positive progress and outcomes.
- Family Engagement Parents' and caregivers' involvement in their children’s education has a long-term impact on their child’s success. Our Centers make it easy for parents to be involved.
- Lower Ratios Our classrooms have fewer students per teacher, allowing for more individualized care and attention.
- Wraparound Services Resources and services are provided to help the child and family thrive.
The age requirement for our Head Start Prekindergarten Program is three years old on or before September 1.