Children and Family Services Capital Area Head Start Head Start Services
The Head Start program provides comprehensive preschool, childcare and home-based programs for children ages 3-5. Designed to give children a head start in life, the programs provide children with breakfast, lunch and a snack; inclusive education; assistance with obtaining health services; and social support for families.
- Center Based Programs
- Capital Area Head Start offers a variety of center programs. All of our centers provide meals, safe learning environments, as well as comprehensive school readiness programs.
- Granite Street Center
- The Granite Street Center serves children in the City of Harrisburg and offers full-day/full-year child care for children ages 3-5. Programs are specialized for families experiencing incarceration. The participating families receive two home visits and two parent-teacher conferences.
- The maximum class size is fourteen children.
- Martin Luther King Center
- The Martin Luther King Center offers full-day/full-year child care for children ages birth to five in the City of Harrisburg. The maximum preschool class size for children ages 3-5 is sixteen. Two home visits and two parent-teacher conferences are included in the program.
- Pre-K Counts Program
- The Pre-K Counts program is a state-funded preschool program offered at Ben Franklin, Melrose, Downey, Camp Curtin, and Scott schools in Harrisburg. Offered during the school year from August to June, the program operates five days per week for five hours each day.
- All of our Pre-K Counts teachers have a Pennsylvania teaching certificate in early childhood education, with a maximum class size of sixteen children.
- Three home visits and two parent-teacher conferences are included in the program.
- Part-Day Preschool
- Part-Day Preschool is offered four days a week for three and a half hours each day. Classes follow the school year schedule and run from mid-September through early June. Children attend a morning or afternoon session. Teachers in this program conduct four home visits and two parent-teacher conferences.
- Part-Day Preschool is offered at the Carlisle, HACC, Steelton and Lang Manor centers and at Tri-Community, Halifax, Foose, Marshall, and Fink schools.
- Zion Center
- The Zion Center offers specialized programming for families experiencing homelessness. Programming is offered three days a week for five hours each day and runs for the school year from mid-September through early June. Six home visits and two parent-teacher conferences are included. Staff also conduct educational workshops at area shelters.
Home Based Programs
- Head Start Home Based
- Home visitors provide services to children in their homes in Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry Counties. In the home-based programs, parents and home visitors work together to provide individualized learning activities for the child using in-home materials. Home visits occur three times per month and last one and a half hours. The program runs during the school year from September through May. Children also have the opportunity to participate in a weekly class day with other children. Class days last three and a half hours and include meals.
- Granite Street Home Based Program
- The Granite Street Center provides specialized home based programming for families experiencing incarceration. Head Start staff facilitate family connections between parents and children during the time they are separated. This program runs for the full year and includes three home visits each month for one and a half hours and weekly classes for children, which last for three and a half hours and provide meals during the class day.
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