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Head Start & Early Learning Programs offers weekly home visits for expectant parents and children under three that include support, resources, and fun learning activities. The program also offers center-based infant and toddler programs full-day, year-round, as well as center-based preschool options that include part-day/school-year and full-day/full-year. The program partners with families in all that it does and states that parents are the experts on their children.
• Ages: 0–5 years old
• Schedule: Walk-in hours available on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 9am–3pm, and on Wednesday and Thursday from 10am–4pm
• Price: We offer quality early education and care and services to support expectant parents and children birth to five in Franklin, Hampshire, and Western Hampden Counties at low or no cost to families.
Community Action Pioneer Valley Head Start & Early Learning Programs is part of Community Action Pioneer Valley, which serves as an umbrella agency providing leadership, support, and coordination for many services. Community Action Pioneer Valley has a budget of $30 million, about 300 employees, and helps over 25,000 people every year through 40 different programs. Community Action Pioneer Valley is certified as a woman-owned nonprofit organization in Massachusetts.
Community Action Pioneer Valley states that its mission is to assist people who have low incomes to achieve economic stability and security and to work to build communities in which all people have the opportunity to thrive. The organization reports that it works with many partners to create a community where children and youth are nurtured and protected, and everyone achieves their potential and prospers in the fullness of life. The organization’s history includes the creation of the Franklin Community Action Corporation and the Hampshire Community Action Commission in 1965, the expansion to Community Action of the Franklin, Hampshire, and North Quabbin Regions in 2005, and the name change to Community Action Pioneer Valley in 2018.
Last updated July 10, 2026.
• Ages: 0–5 years old
• Schedule: Walk-in hours available on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 9am–3pm, and on Wednesday and Thursday from 10am–4pm
• Price: We offer quality early education and care and services to support expectant parents and children birth to five in Franklin, Hampshire, and Western Hampden Counties at low or no cost to families.
Community Action Pioneer Valley Head Start & Early Learning Programs is part of Community Action Pioneer Valley, which serves as an umbrella agency providing leadership, support, and coordination for many services. Community Action Pioneer Valley has a budget of $30 million, about 300 employees, and helps over 25,000 people every year through 40 different programs. Community Action Pioneer Valley is certified as a woman-owned nonprofit organization in Massachusetts.
Community Action Pioneer Valley states that its mission is to assist people who have low incomes to achieve economic stability and security and to work to build communities in which all people have the opportunity to thrive. The organization reports that it works with many partners to create a community where children and youth are nurtured and protected, and everyone achieves their potential and prospers in the fullness of life. The organization’s history includes the creation of the Franklin Community Action Corporation and the Hampshire Community Action Commission in 1965, the expansion to Community Action of the Franklin, Hampshire, and North Quabbin Regions in 2005, and the name change to Community Action Pioneer Valley in 2018.
Last updated July 10, 2026.
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