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Head Start Preschool | Center For Family Services

Providing families, Center For Family Services Head Start offers a free, year-round preschool program for children aged three to five in Camden City and Camden County. Head Start delivers comprehensive early childhood education and support services, covering health, dental care, nutrition, special education, parent skill workshops, mental health, and social services. The program ensures a nutritious daily breakfast, lunch, and snack. The services include:1. Education: Providing a safe and engaging preschool learning environment, tailored to each child's interests, languages, cultures, and learning styles. Regular Parent/Teacher conferences and meetings are held.2. Special Education Services: Prioritizing enrollment for children with disabilities, ensuring an inclusive environment.3. Family Services: Assigning a Family Advocate to each family, aiding in goal setting, identifying strengths, and linking families to social services referrals for positive child development.4. Family Involvement: Encouraging family participation in individualized services, events, parent trainings, and volunteering, including serving on committees like the Policy Council.5. Mental Health: Offering mental wellness activities in classrooms and collaborating with families on their child's mental health and behavior.6. Health: Assisting families in accessing needed health services, ensuring children have required vaccinations, physical and dental exams, and hearing and vision screenings.7. Nutrition: Providing nutritious meals and involving families in menu development while offering guidance on instilling healthy nutrition habits at home.

Physical Address

500 Pine St, Camden, NJ 08103

Application process

Please call for information.

Eligibility

Open to parents and family members of children, ages newborn to 3 years old, residing in Camden County. Expectant parents also are welcomed.

Agency info

Center For Family Services

Provides support and empower individuals, families, and communities to achieve a better life through vision, hope, and strength. The agency works with families, individuals, children and communities to break the cycle of poverty, violence, trauma, and addiction and help people overcome obstacles, to find comfort, and to build a foundation for a successful future.