A federally-funded child development program designed to help break the cycle of poverty by providing preschool children of low-income families with comprehensive services to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs.

Comprehensive services for children 18 months to 3 years of age in a center based setting, full day and five days per week. The full day option is available to families that meet requirement for employment and/or enrollment in a vocational/training program. Children enrolled in the Early Head Start program receive the same compliment of comprehensive services as Head Start. Both Head Start and Early Head Start programs are governed by the same funding requirements.