Family Service Head Start ensures every child has the opportunity to be school ready. A member of the National Head Start Association, Family Service offers Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, birth to 3 years, and Head Start, 3 to 5 years of age.
Early Head Start and Head Start promote school readiness by encouraging parent involvement and through the cognitive, social, emotional, language, and physical development of children.
The impact of a Head Start education extends beyond the child. Research shows the children of Head Start students are significantly more likely to finish high school and enroll in college.
Kindergarten ready: Children’s school readiness and cognitive skills when entering kindergarten are an indicator for their success throughout their education
Education is more than academics: students’ with family involvement at their school do better academically and behaviorally.
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 makes 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 teachers allowing for more individualized care and attention.
Wraparound Services
Resources and services are provided to help the child and family thrive.
Every child is unique, and as such, we offer individualized learning experiences. Through planned and spontaneous instruction, relationships with adults, and play, children grow in their literacy skills, math and science concepts, and social-emotional development.
We focus on the whole child. The path to being school ready involves more than only educational support. We want every child to have access to health, nutrition, social, and emotional resources and support to ensure long-term success and proper development. Head Start centers provide:
Family Service places a strong focus on the whole child, aiming to understand and develop all areas of a child’s life, including activating their support systems. Head Start encourages the role of parents as their child’s first and most important teachers. The home is a child’s first classroom, and where a child’s earliest learning takes place. The program builds relationships with families that’s support positive parent-child relationships, family well-being, and connections to friends and the community.
At Family Service, family engagement and overall well-being is central to our programs. We connect our Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships and Head Start programs to other Family Service resources, providers, and community partners to solidify the foundation for every family’s path to future success. Parents and families are supported in achieving their own goals such as continued education, workforce training, financial learning, counseling, and parent education classes. We provide all services in a responsive manner, respecting each child and family’s ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.
Work at one of our Early Head Start or Head Start Centers!
Head Start Requirements
Age: 3 to 5 years of age
Our Head Start Centers have an income-based requirement. Though, we encourage everyone to apply.
Early Head Start Requirements
Age: 6 weeks to 3 years
Our Early Head Start Centers have an income-based requirement. Though, we encourage everyone to apply.
Before applying please be sure to review our eligibility requirements and have the below items ready. To process your application, you will need:
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Family Service Head Start is offered throughout the Northside Independent School District, a center in the Judson Independent School District, a center in the North East Independent School District, a center on the east side of San Antonio and multiple partnerships throughout the city.
Our Head Start Centers at Carmelite Child Development Center, Murray E. Boone Elementary, Ed Cody Elementary, Rita Kay Driggers Elementary, Christian Evers Elementary, Dolores B. Linton Elementary, Mary Hull Elementary, Pilgrim Head Start and our partnerships with Converse Christian School & Early Learning Center, Life Church Child Development Center – West Campus, YMCA at Haven for Hope and SAMMinistries Child Development Center, provide continuity of care from birth to kindergarten.
Hours of all locations:
Head Start enrollment is free based on household income. Please fill out this intake form for more information or call us today at 210-299-2740 to learn more.
Please include Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) Award Letter.
Our centers are located in the Northside Independent School District, a center in the North East Independent School District and a center in the Judson Independent School District. Refer here for a full list of centers.
For more information on our locations, call us 210-299-2740 or email us at headstartintake@family-service.org.
Applications are accepted year-round. If you are eligible to attend one of our centers but there are no openings, you will be placed on a waitlist.
Head Start and Early Head Start are based on early education curricula and years of research. Head Start aims to prepare your child for school and helps encourage them in their cognitive, social and emotional development. Head Start also focuses on the importance of the family dynamic and provides support for parents and guardians as the child’s first teacher.
They vary depending on the specific Center. For more information about a specific Head Start center, please call us at 210-299-2400. After you complete your application, you will receive more information on your Center.
The application asks general information questions about your child and your family. You will need the below information as you complete the application. Head Start is an income-based program but we encourage everyone to apply. Start your application to enroll your child today.
We follow federal poverty guidelines for enrollment; however, we encourage all families to apply, as we offer enrollment opportunities to families that exceed federal poverty guidelines based on individual family situations.
Thank you for your interest in joining our team, we would love to hear from you! Learn more about working at Family Service. All of our open opportunities throughout Family Service are available for you to apply through our career portal.
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