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Eligibility Guidelines
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Head Start Reports
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Welcome to the Head Start program at the Springfield Urban League. Head Start is a comprehensive, inter- disciplinary, national child development program designed to meet the educational, nutritional, health, social service and mental health needs of low income preschool children and their families, free of charge.
Project Head Start was launched in 1965 as a summer program by the Office of Economic Opportunity to help communities break the cycle of poverty by providing opportunities to strengthen the abilities of preschool children and their families.
Head Start was enthusiastically received by educators, child development specialists, community leaders and parents across the country. In 2002, over 912,253 children and their families in urban and rural areas of the United States were served through local programs.
Springfield Head Start Program | 1108 East Cook St. | Springfield, IL | Tel: (217) 528-0893
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