Enrollment now open for Head Start
For the Metro Wire
CAP Services’ Stevens Point Head Start and Early Head Start programs are now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 school year.
Head Start and Early Head Start are quality early childhood and family development programs for families with children ages 3 to 4. The program also serves children with special needs ages 3 to 4. The programs provide educational, health, nutritional, social and emotional services for each child and offers support and family development services to all family members.
The program offers both center-based and home-based program options for children ages 3 to 4. A home-based Early Head Start option for pregnant mothers and children ages 0 to 3 is also available, with a center-based option for children who are 2.
The Stevens Point Head Start program collaborates with the Stevens Point Area Public School District to provide 4-year-old kindergarten and Head Start to children who are 4 at the Family Development Center, 1640 West River Dr., Stevens Point. Four year old classrooms are in session six hours per day, five days per week.
Parents are encouraged to call for an appointment to apply as soon as possible, as enrollment is limited. There are two Head Start Centers in Stevens Point. Parents may call the Family Development Center at (715) 343-7161, or Children’s Discovery Center at (715) 544-4991 ext. 113.
Families interested in Early Head Start may call 715-343-7167 to apply.
Applications are currently being accepted for children from the Stevens Point, Plover-Whiting, Rosholt, Custer, Amherst Junction and Junction City areas. Appointments are required, and will be held at the Family Development Center, 1640 West River Dr., Stevens Point, and at the Children’s Discovery Child Care Center, 3109 John Joanis Dr., Stevens Point.
Families must meet eligibility guidelines and are asked to bring income verification to their appointment. Families whose children have documented disabilities are also encouraged to apply. Every effort is made to provide transportation but due to special circumstances; this may not always be possible.
CAP Services is a private, nonprofit community action agency that has been helping people and communities in Marquette, Outagamie, Portage, Waupaca and Waushara counties attain economic and emotional self-sufficiency since 1966.
For more information visit capservices.org.