Health Services South San Antonio ISD Head Start plays a vital role in promoting the health and safety of children by helping them to establish lifelong healthy patterns. Healthy students are better learners, and academic achievement bears a lifetime of benefits for health.

Our Head Start program staff ensure that our children are up to date on immunizations, their state’s Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) schedule, and learn healthy eating habits. The program also promotes children’s and their families’ physical, social, and emotional well-being. Staff members work diligently to assist families in finding and engaging in quality medical and dental care, including, in some cases, access to affordable-to-no-cost community resources.

Education:

• Individualized Learning
• Quality Child/Staff Ratios
• Develop School Readiness Skills
• Culturally Diverse Activities
• Fostering of Each Child’s Independence
• It follows the district calendar and is a full-day program. 
• It offers every child a quality, comprehensive preschool experience in a nurturing and safe environment. 
• Effective early education programs improve the learning and development of all children.
• Provide developmentally appropriate teaching methods and instructional materials for its young learners.

Disability:

• Serve Children with Disabilities, Including Severe Disabilities
• Screenings and Ongoing Assessments
• Individualized Activities
• Individual Education Plans
• Coordination with contractual and district resources
• Parent Advocacy and Training

Health and Safety:

• Medical and Dental Case Management
• Clean and Safe Environments
• Family Style Eating
• Nutritious Meals

Family Support Services:

• Promotion of Cultural Diversity
• Rise of Self-Sufficiency through Partnership Agreements
• Assistance with Accessing Community Resources and Services
• Transportation may be Available for Children Meeting Eligibility Criteria 
• Opportunities for Parent Engagement Activities

SSAISD knows that parents are a child’s most influential teachers and is committed to building strong relationships with parents to enhance and enrich the development of children.

Eligibility requirements::

• The child must turn 3 or 4 before September 1 of the current year.
• The child’s family must meet the Federal Poverty Guidelines and reside in Bexar County.

The child and the child’s family must also meet at least one of the following conditions:

• The child to be enrolled is in foster care.
• The family is receiving benefits or services through the TANF Program.
• A family member living with and supported by you gets Supplemental Security Income benefits (SSI).
• The family is homeless.

Point Priority assistance is given to children from low-income families and children with a disability, including a severe disability. Income eligibility requirements for Head Start may be waived if your child has a current Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

Your Family Service Facilitator will ask for current copies of the child’s well exam, dental exam, and immunizations.