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Head Start Awareness Month: Jessica Suda Baab
October 15, 2024
Jessica Suda Baab never hesitates to share her Head Start story. “Whenever anyone mentions Head Start, I burst with joy and enthusiastically proclaim my love for the program, and how it changed my life,” she said. “I am glad I never have to know what my life would be like had I not attended. I […]
Read StoryGet to know our Early Head Start family educators
October 11, 2024
Luzerne County Head Start is expanding its home-based Early Head Start program and looking for additional family educators to provide child development and family support services to expecting parents, infants and toddlers up to age 3. Click here to learn more and submit an application. Four LCHS family educators shared why they were drawn to […]
Read StoryLuzerne County Head Start accepting college scholarship applications
October 7, 2024
Luzerne County Head Start is inviting former students to apply for its merit-based, competitive scholarship program. Now in its 39th year, the LCHS Alumni Scholarship Program – funded by businesses, organizations and individuals in the community – honors the achievements of former Head Start students set to graduate from high school and continue their education. […]
Read StoryLuzerne County Head Start to increase infant and toddler enrollment
October 1, 2024
A boost in federal funding will allow Luzerne County Head Start to extend the reach of its income-based Early Head Start program. LCHS receives over $10 million annually from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, for its Head Start and Early Head Start programs. Recently, HHS increased LCHS’s […]
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