Head Start/Early Head Start (EHS)/Early Childhood Education & Assistance Program (ECEAP)
The Lower Columbia College Head Start, Early Head Start (EHS), and Early Childhood Education Assistant Program (ECEAP) provide quality early childhood education experiences. Services are available to children and families who meet eligibility requirements.
Head Start and ECEAP are federally and state-funded free preschool programs that serve income-eligible children ages 3-5 years. Local programs consist of part-day services 3 1/2 hours a day, 3-4 days a week, and run from September to June. Full-day services are 6 hours a day, 5 days a week, and run from September to June.
Early Head Start (EHS) is a federally funded free program that serves pregnant women, infants, and toddlers through weekly home visits. It promotes healthy pre-natal care, healthy attachments, and development for children from the earliest stages.
Longview Early Head Start Partnership is a collaborative project between Longview Public Schools and Lower Columbia College Early Head Start. It is a free full-day, high-quality, infant/toddler early learning program for parents who are attending high school or a high school completion program.
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Watch this video, courtesy of the National Head Start Association. Then scroll below for more information about the Lower Columbia College Head Start program.
In addition to education services, programs provide children and their families with health, nutrition, social and other services. Head Start services are responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage.