Giving Kids a Head Start

Would you like to be a part of a program that makes sure our littlest community members are ready for school when they go off to Kindergarten?

Inter-County Community Council’s Head Start staff have begun their annual recruitment campaign. They are out in our communities seeking families with children ages birth to 5 years old to participate in our Head Start program. They will be knocking on doors and making phone calls to households that may have children in this age group. Our program does have income guidelines, but we do accept applications for families that are over income. You may also know a family and can make a referral to one of our staff of someone you may know that is eligible for our program.

The Head Start program serves the counties of Clearwater, Pennington, East Polk and Red Lake. 

The goal of Head Start is to make sure children are ready for school by the time they go off to Kindergarten. We work toward this goal by working with the whole family in a two generational approach, teaching parents/guardians how they can be their child’s first and most important teacher, helping families gain self-sufficiency, ensuring children have received all their preventive medical & dental care, and are referred for any additional services that make sure they are healthy & ready to learn.

ICCC has several program options to meet families’ needs. We serve children across our service area in our home based program that brings a teacher out to the family home to provide weekly services. We also serve 4 year olds in a classroom setting in the communities of Bagley, Fosston, Oklee, Thief River Falls, and Win-E-Mac. 

For more information or to have a Head Start staff stop by your home or business with an application call 888.778.4008 extension 29.