Program Details
White Earth Nation
Early Head Start - American Indian Families
Program that serves infants and toddlers under the age of 3, and expectant families. Provides intensive, comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families and pregnant women
Description
Early Head Start programs are designed to nurture healthy attachments between parent and child (and child and caregiver). Services encompass the full range of a family's needs from pregnancy - age 3.
Early Head Start programs provide family-centered comprehensive services for low-income families with very young children. These programs are designed to promote the development of children, and to enable their parents to fulfill their roles as parents and to move toward self-sufficiency.
Early Head Start programs provide similar services as preschool Head Start programs, but they are tailored for the unique needs of infants and toddlers. Early Head Start programs promote the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of infants and toddlers through safe and developmentally enriching caregiving. This prepares children for continued growth and development and eventual success in school and life.
Services vary in every community and may include:
- Evidence-based home visiting
- Center-based or family child care options in some local communities
- Socialization experiences for children and families
- Leadership, advocacy, and training supports for families
- Coordination with public schools, and Early Childhood Special Education and community resources
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 every step of the way.
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
- Becker County
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Evidence-Based Programs
- Early Head Start
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Payment
- Free / no cost to eligible clients
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Specialization
- Native American Community
- 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 Early Head Start programs. Programs establish selection criteria based on local eligibility factors.
An expectant family or 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 homeless; or
- The child is in foster care. Foster children are eligible regardless of their foster family's income
Local programs may determine additional selection criteria to be responsive to community needs.
Fee
No cost to participating families
Location
Call for Location
Area Served
White Earth Reservation in Becker, Mahnomen, and Clearwater counties
Phone Numbers
- Primary Contact for this program: 218-983-3285
- Main: 218-983-3285 x1405
Websites
Other Locations
- Mahnomen Head Start 2222 College Rd, Mahnomen, MN, 56557
- Naytahwaush Head Start 206 Church St, Naytahwaush, MN, 56566
- Pine Point Head Start 48075 Pow Wow Highway, Ponsford, MN, 56575
- Rice Lake Head Start 13830 Community Loop, Bagley, MN, 56621
Other Services at this Location
- Head Start - American Indian Families Program that supports children's growth from ages 3 - 5 through services that support early learning and development, health, and family well-being.
- Information and Services for Tribal Child Care Provides culturally-based child care and development support
Last Update
10/30/2024