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Head Start / Early Head Start offers education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement activities in a center-based setting. The program includes quality early childhood education, social-emotional support, healthy meals and snacks, and health, development, hearing, and vision screenings. Families can also take part in parent meetings, volunteer opportunities, training opportunities, and receive community support services, including special services to preschool children with recognized disabilities.
• Ages: 3–5 years old
• Schedule: 7-hour class; no transportation available
• Price: Head Start affords families a holistic preschool program at no cost. Human Services, Inc.’s Head Start Program provides FREE early childhood services in Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Johnson Counties to children 3 to 5 years old and their families. Families can receive assistance with childcare, utilities, health insurance, medical and dental care, access to early intervention services, and more at no cost.
Head Start / Early Head Start is a Federal grant funded early childhood education program that follows Head Start Performance Standards and Indiana licensing regulations. Services are offered to families who have incomes below the federal poverty level, including families with children ages three to five years old who have a household income at or below 100% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, children in foster care, families that receive TANF or SSI, or children with a documented learning disability, and some families with higher incomes may be eligible. The program states that families do not have to be working or in school to qualify, and notes income guideline exceptions for a disabled household member or involvement with Child in Need of Services (CHINS). Program services are described as responsive to each child and family’s ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage, and the program emphasizes the role of parents as their child’s first and most important teacher through family engagement and parent involvement activities. Head Start / Early Head Start identifies its mission as “Bridging the gap to stability through coaching, education and partnerships.”
Human Services, Inc. began in 1965 as BBJ – Community Action Program and became Human Services, Inc. in 1973. Human Services, Inc., a Community Action Agency, reports that it offers a variety of assistance to families and individuals in need and provides a variety of programs to support individuals with diverse needs. The program notes that its initiatives have created opportunities to build community partnerships and collaborations for the purpose of reducing barriers to a population.
Head Start / Early Head Start states that it provides support to the whole family to ensure every child is ready for kindergarten and promotes the school readiness of children ages three to five years old from low-income families by supporting their cognitive, social, and emotional development. The program reports that it provides a learning environment that supports children’s growth in the domains of language and literacy, cognition and general knowledge, physical development and health, social and emotional development, and approaches to learning. It also states that it builds relationships with families that support family well-being and positive parent-child relationships, families as learners and lifelong educators, family engagement in transitions, and family connections to peers and community.
The program identifies itself as an equal opportunity provider and states that all services are provided without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, ancestry, familial status, or status as a veteran. It also notes that USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. For enrollment, the program requires a birth certificate, shot records, ID for the parent, and a Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), and an appointment is required.
Last updated May 12, 2026.
• Ages: 3–5 years old
• Schedule: 7-hour class; no transportation available
• Price: Head Start affords families a holistic preschool program at no cost. Human Services, Inc.’s Head Start Program provides FREE early childhood services in Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Johnson Counties to children 3 to 5 years old and their families. Families can receive assistance with childcare, utilities, health insurance, medical and dental care, access to early intervention services, and more at no cost.
Head Start / Early Head Start is a Federal grant funded early childhood education program that follows Head Start Performance Standards and Indiana licensing regulations. Services are offered to families who have incomes below the federal poverty level, including families with children ages three to five years old who have a household income at or below 100% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, children in foster care, families that receive TANF or SSI, or children with a documented learning disability, and some families with higher incomes may be eligible. The program states that families do not have to be working or in school to qualify, and notes income guideline exceptions for a disabled household member or involvement with Child in Need of Services (CHINS). Program services are described as responsive to each child and family’s ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage, and the program emphasizes the role of parents as their child’s first and most important teacher through family engagement and parent involvement activities. Head Start / Early Head Start identifies its mission as “Bridging the gap to stability through coaching, education and partnerships.”
Human Services, Inc. began in 1965 as BBJ – Community Action Program and became Human Services, Inc. in 1973. Human Services, Inc., a Community Action Agency, reports that it offers a variety of assistance to families and individuals in need and provides a variety of programs to support individuals with diverse needs. The program notes that its initiatives have created opportunities to build community partnerships and collaborations for the purpose of reducing barriers to a population.
Head Start / Early Head Start states that it provides support to the whole family to ensure every child is ready for kindergarten and promotes the school readiness of children ages three to five years old from low-income families by supporting their cognitive, social, and emotional development. The program reports that it provides a learning environment that supports children’s growth in the domains of language and literacy, cognition and general knowledge, physical development and health, social and emotional development, and approaches to learning. It also states that it builds relationships with families that support family well-being and positive parent-child relationships, families as learners and lifelong educators, family engagement in transitions, and family connections to peers and community.
The program identifies itself as an equal opportunity provider and states that all services are provided without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, ancestry, familial status, or status as a veteran. It also notes that USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. For enrollment, the program requires a birth certificate, shot records, ID for the parent, and a Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), and an appointment is required.
Last updated May 12, 2026.
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