Program Details
Lakes and Pines Community Action Council, Inc.
Head Start
Program that supports children's growth from ages 3 - 5 through services that support early learning and development, health, and family well-being.
Description
Head Start helps families with young children prepare to succeed in life and school. Programs promote children's development through services that support early learning, health, and family well-being. The program helps with early learning, community resources, health, nutrition and social services while being responsive to ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds.
Head Start staff actively engage parents, recognizing family participation throughout the program as key to strong child outcomes.
Services may vary in each local community.
Services may include:
- Center based classroom or Family Child Care experiences for children and their families
- Home-based services provided to individual families
- Socialization experiences for children and families
- Leadership, advocacy, and training supports for families
- Coordination with public schools and Early Childhood Special Education
The goal is to deliver services to children and families in core areas of early learning, health, and family well-being while engaging parents as partners as their child's primary teacher.
Local Head Start services are delivered by public and private nonprofit and for-profit agencies supported by local, state, and federal funding.
Additional Information
Also provides home-based services, as well as center-based classrooms (open eight hours) in Chisago City, Cloquet and Mora. Combination classes (open three hours in multi-day classes) are offered in six different school districts: Hill City, Rush City, North Branch, Pine City, Isanti, Princeton.
A Child Care Partnerships program and Family Child Care homes operate in Barnum, Pine City, Milaca, Sturgeon Lake and Princeton.
Also provides service for homeless families in shelters in Isanti County.
Features
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Area Served by County
- Aitkin County
- Carlton County
- Chisago County
- Isanti County
- Kanabec County
- Mille Lacs County
- Pine County
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Organization Type
- Community Action Partnership
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Payment
- Free / no cost to eligible clients
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Specialization
- Family
- People with low income
Eligibility
Eligibility guidelines ensure that families with the greatest need are identified and enrolled as soon as possible.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Poverty Guidelines are used to determine income eligibility for participation in Head Start programs. Programs establish selection criteria based on local eligibility factors.
A child is eligible if:
- The family's income is equal to or below the poverty line; or
- The family is eligible for or, in the absence of child care, would be potentially eligible for public assistance; including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) child-only payments; participation in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or
- The child is experiencing homelessness; or
- The child is in foster care. Foster children are eligible regardless of their foster family's income.
Fee
No cost to participating families
Location
1700 Maple Ave E, Mora, MN, 55051
Area Served
Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and Pine counties
Phone Numbers
- Primary Contact for this program: 320-679-1800 x144
- TDD: 320-679-1800
- Main: 800-832-6082
kraig.gratke@lakesandpines.org
Websites
Other Locations
- Ogilvie Public Schools 333 School Dr, Ogilvie, MN, 56358
- Pine City Elementary School 700 6th Ave SW, Pine City, MN, 55063
- Pine City Special Start 900 4th St SE, Pine City, MN, 55063
- Milaca Child Care Partnership Call for Location
- Mille Lacs Head Start 305 3rd Ave SW, Milaca, MN, 56353
- Cambridge School Partnership 428 2nd Ave NW, Cambridge, MN, 55008
- Isanti Head Start 111 Dellwood St N, Cambridge, MN, 55008
- Princeton Public Schools 706 1st St, Princeton, MN, 55371
- Chisago Public Schools 38460 Lincoln Trl, North Branch, MN, 55056
- East Central Schools 61085 State Highway 23, Finlayson, MN, 55735
- Lakes & Pines Head Start - Chisago 28005 Old Towne Rd, Chisago City, MN, 55013
- Carlton Head Start 700 5th St, Moose Lake, MN, 55767
- Aitkin Head Start 104 2nd St NW, Aitkin, MN, 56431
- Barnum Child Care Partnership 3690 County Rd 140, Barnum, MN, 55707
- Lakes And Pines Head Start Cloquet 1418 Doddridge Ave, Cloquet, MN, 55720
Other Services at this Location
- Community Action Agency Provides programs and services that help individuals and families with low incomes.
- Emergency Housing Case Management Case management to establish a plan that will prevent a housing crisis from happening in the future.
- Emergency Shelter Provides a temporary place to stay for people that do not have housing
- Energy Assistance Program Helps renters and homeowners pay their home heating bills and may also assist homeowners to fix or replace their broken furnace
- Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP) Short-term help for low-income families, youth and single adults who are homeless or are about to become homeless
- Home Repair Financial Assistance Loans to eligible homeowners to increase the accessibility of their house or make needed fixes
- Low Cost Diapers Offers packs of diapers and pull-ups at a heavily reduced price
- Personal Financial Counseling Help for people to gain control of their finances
- Transitional Housing Time-limited housing and support services for individuals and/or families
- Weatherization Assistance Program Helps low-income homeowners and renters to reduce energy costs
Last Update
9/4/2024