Family Services
Delta Health Alliance Head Start Philosophy
Welcome to Delta Health Alliance Head Start / Early Head Start! Our vision is for all children ages birth to five in Sunflower, Leflore and Warren counties to experience high quality early education opportunities that will prepare them for kindergarten and beyond.
Our Process
We start out by asking the important questions – what matters to you. The strength assessment is designed to capture both the strengths (what’s working well) and needs (areas I could use some help with) of each family and be a stepping stone to the Family Partnership Agreement.
Head Start staff will provide information and or referrals to assist families with need and goals families have. Success comes from attending. Our job is to give you the resources and referrals that helps lead you to a successful conclusion.
All Head Start families will be invited to participate in activity events. Aside from fun, events will provide parents and caregivers opportunities for parent education (both parenting skills, and or information on services in the community), and provide two-way communication between staff and parents. Events will have interpretation and materials available in the family’s home language whenever possible.
All families will be offered an opportunity to participate in a family partnership agreement. As part of the goal-setting process, Head Start staff and families can learn from each other. Families can identify hopes and dreams for themselves or their family as a whole and Head Start staff will partner with the family to find ways to reduce/eliminate barriers as parents/caregivers move towards those dreams.
All our families are provided with:
Homeless families are automatically eligible for Head Start.