Program Details
Minnesota Valley Action Council (MVAC)
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.
Features
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Area Served by County
- Faribault 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
- 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
301 N Main St, Ste 2, Blue Earth, MN, 56013
Area Served
Faribault County
Phone Numbers
- Primary Contact for this program: 507-345-6822
Websites
Other Locations
- Fairmont Head Start 625 Johnson St, Fairmont, MN, 56031
- Wells Head Start Call for Location
- Mapleton Head Start 104 Main St NE, Mapleton, MN, 56065
- Sherburn Head Start 303 S Lake St, Sherburn, MN, 56171
- Mankato Head Start Center - Hubbell 820 Hubbell Ave, Mankato, MN, 56001
- Watonwan County - Minnesota Valley Action Council 705 2nd Ave S, St. James, MN, 56081
- Waseca Public Schools 501 Elm Ave E, Waseca, MN, 56093
- Nicollet County - Minnesota Valley Action Council 600 S 5th St, St. Peter, MN, 56082
- Washington Learning Center 910 14th St N, New Ulm, MN, 56073
- Le Center Head Start 160 Mill Ave, Le Center, MN, 56057
- Sibley County Head Start 318 4th St, Gaylord, MN, 55334
Other Services at this Location
- 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
- Help Paying for Basic Needs Short term help for basic needs like food, shelter and transportation
- Home Repair Financial Assistance Loans to eligible homeowners to increase the accessibility of their house or make needed fixes
Last Update
8/21/2024