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M&T Charitable Foundation to fund Head Start Project for Caring
January 15, 2025
Funding from M&T Charitable Foundation will allow Luzerne County Head Start to provide care packages to children and families in need. M&T presented LCHS with a $5,000 check for the Head Start Project for Caring, which will provide bags of essentials to Head Start families experiencing homelessness, as well as Head Start children in foster […]
Read StoryAgency named one of NEPA’s 2024 Best Places to Work
January 6, 2025
The Times Leader Media Group named Luzerne County Head Start a Silver Winner in the NEPA Best Places to Work contest. The 2024 contest took place over a four-week period and The Times Leader received hundreds of votes for local companies, large and small. “Our dedicated and passionate staff are the heart of the Head […]
Read StoryHead Start center renamed to honor longtime executive director’s legacy
November 27, 2024
Luzerne County Head Start held a ceremony to dedicate its Beekman Street Center in Wilkes-Barre to longtime executive director Lynn Evans Biga. Biga retired last month after 46 years of service to LCHS, with 35 spent as executive director. Under her leadership in 1994, LCHS purchased the Beekman Street Center, making it the first program […]
Read StoryLCHS celebrates Head Start Awareness Month
October 31, 2024
October is recognized as Head Start Awareness Month to highlight Head Start’s commitment to breaking the generational cycle of poverty by providing access to critical early childhood education and support to families in need. Luzerne County Head Start has been a local leader in these efforts since the inception of the national Head Start program […]
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