Spotlight on Head Start in Times Leader’s Special Edition

August 28, 2019

Luzerne County Head Start was recently featured in the Times Leader newspaper’s August 2019 special supplement, titled “Valley with a Heart.” The article highlights the history of LCHS, its mission and changes for the 2019-2020 program year.

Backpack Donation to Benefit Head Start Children

August 21, 2019

Luzerne County Head Start would like to thank GWC Warranty in Wilkes-Barre for their generous donation. Thanks to their efforts, more than 30 children will be ready to head back to school this year with brand new backpacks full of school supplies!

Pictured: Lauree Stout, GWC Warranty, delivers backpacks to Kelly Chamberlain, Director of Education at LCHS. The backpacks will be distributed to those children in need at the start of the school year.



Increased State Funding Allows Head Start to Serve 72 More Children

August 15, 2019

Luzerne County Head Start, Inc. was recently awarded an increase of $877,752 in state money that will support services for an additional 72 Head Start children.  The Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program (HSSAP) grant provides state funding to Head Start programs to serve preschool-aged children who are living in families at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty level.  This additional funding will increase the current number of state-funded Head Start slots from 194 children to 266 children and will allow LCHS to enroll more children in need of services who are currently on a waiting list.  This year, LCHS will also open two new Pre-K Counts classrooms in partnership with Kistler Elementary in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District and Fairview Elementary in the Crestwood School District.  Additionally, a third Head Start classroom will open on the campus of Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke.

LCHS is a state and federal funded program that focuses on the whole family, making sure that parents receive help with a wide range of family needs including housing, employment and parenting education. Approximately 1,200 children from birth to age 5 and women who are pregnant are served by the agency in Luzerne and Wyoming Counties.