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
- Isanti 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
428 2nd Ave NW, Cambridge, MN, 55008
Area Served
Isanti County
Phone Numbers
- Primary Contact for this program: 320-679-1800 x144
- Main: 800-832-6082
Websites
Other Locations
- Isanti Head Start 111 Dellwood St N, Cambridge, MN, 55008
- Chisago Public Schools 38460 Lincoln Trl, North Branch, MN, 55056
- Princeton Public Schools 706 1st St, Princeton, MN, 55371
- Ogilvie Public Schools 333 School Dr, Ogilvie, MN, 56358
- Lakes and Pines Central Office 1700 Maple Ave E, Mora, MN, 55051
- Pine City Elementary School 700 6th Ave SW, Pine City, MN, 55063
- Pine City Special Start 900 4th St SE, Pine City, MN, 55063
- Lakes & Pines Head Start - Chisago 28005 Old Towne Rd, Chisago City, MN, 55013
- Milaca Child Care Partnership Call for Location
- Mille Lacs Head Start 305 3rd Ave SW, Milaca, MN, 56353
- East Central Schools 61085 State Highway 23, Finlayson, MN, 55735
- Carlton Head Start 700 5th St, Moose Lake, MN, 55767
- Barnum Child Care Partnership 3690 County Rd 140, Barnum, MN, 55707
- Aitkin Head Start 104 2nd St NW, Aitkin, MN, 56431
- Lakes And Pines Head Start Cloquet 1418 Doddridge Ave, Cloquet, MN, 55720
Last Update
9/4/2024