For
More Information ~ Contact:
Lynne Winans,
Director
Phone: (928)
474-2738
●
Email:
Lynne.Winans@pgccs.org
Address: 1008 S. Westerly
Road
● Payson, AZ 85541
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Mission Statement:
To provide early intervention for at-risk
families and children so they can be successful and contributing members of
society and their community.
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Organization History:
In 1964, the Federal Government asked a panel
of child development experts to draw up a program to help communities meet the
needs of disadvantaged preschool children.. The panel report became the
blueprint for Project Head Start.
Project Head Start, launched as an eight-week summer program by the
Office of Economic Opportunity in 1965, was designed to help break the
cycle of poverty by providing preschool children of low-income families
with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health,
nutritional, and psychological needs. Recruiting children age three to
school entry age, Head Start was enthusiastically received by education,
child development specialists, community leaders, and parents across the
Nation. Head Start serves children and their families each year in urban
and rural areas in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
and the U.S. Territories, including many American Indians and migrant
children.
In 1969, Head Start was transferred from the Office of Economic
Opportunity to the Office of Child Development in the U.S. Department of
Health, Education and Welfare, and has now become a program within the
Administration on Children, Youth and Families in the Department of
Health and Human Services. A well-established, though still an
innovative program, Head Start has had a strong impact on communities
and early childhood program across the country.
The program is locally administered by community-based non-profit
organizations and school systems. Grants are awarded by the Department
of Health and Human Services Regional offices, except for the American
Indian and Migrant programs, which are administered in Washington, D.C.
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Services We Provide:
Head Start provides services for children
whose families live below the federal poverty line. However, children may
come from higher-income families if they have disabilities or other risk
factors.
It also provides disadvantaged children and their families with medical,
dental, nutritional and mental-health services.
It helps parents find housing, jobs, medical care, set goals, locate
social services and sign up for classes.
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Our Goals:
The programs overall goal is to increase
the school readiness of young children in low-income families.
The program teaches children colors, numbers, letters, how to listen,
get along with other children, put their toys away, finish a task.
All the children receive a meal and a snack every school day.
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Volunteer Opportunities:
Payson Head Start is seeking VOLUNTEERS
to fill the following positions:
-
Classroom Volunteers: Seeking
volunteers who would enjoy working with children and assisting
teachers in a classroom setting.
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Musical Activities - If you are
musically inclined, or perhaps have taught music in the past, this
position offers a rewarding opportunity to bring the 'sound of
music' into our classrooms.
-
Gardening Skills - Children are full
of wonder when it comes to how things grow and how tiny seeds
develop into beautiful flowers or editable foods -- if you have a
'green thumb' and would like to share your skills with our students,
please give us a call.
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Story Time Readers: Reading to children develops their
imaginations, and inspires them to read and learn more about a
variety of subjects. If you enjoy reading aloud to children,
this is a wonderful setting in which to do so.
For more information, or to Volunteer for any of the above positions,
please contact:
Lynne Winans,
Director/Payson Head Start
Phone: (928)
474-2738
●
Email:
Lynne.Winans@pgccs.org
Donations Welcome:
DONATIONS
are welcome & greatly appreciated
Please make checks payable to/and mail to the following:
Payson Head Start
1008 S. Westerly Road ● Payson, AZ 85541
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