By Daily Press staff
Parents of preschoolers are getting a late start on Head Start. Little ones in Santa Monica and Venice can get prepped for their future school years with free Head Start classes. Several preschools are still looking for students to fill Head Start classes for the 2006-07 school year.
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and Delta Sigma Theta, a nonprofit agency, are seeking to enroll children — ages 3 and 4 — for Head Start, a federally-funded program that provides comprehensive services to poor and low-income children and families.
Households that meet the federal poverty income requirements are eligible for all of the programs. Eligibility may be extended to a limited number of families whose incomes exceed the federal poverty standards.
Head Start programs are designed to nurture and prepare children for success in school. The programs provide early childhood education, health/dental assessments and referrals, healthy meals, mental health counseling and social service referrals. Services also are available to meet the special needs of children with disabilities.
Head Start offers half-day programs from four to five days a week. In some areas full-day programs are available.
Applications will be taken until all enrollment slots are filled at Delta Sigma Theta, 5120 Goldleaf Circle,Suite 270 in Los Angeles or at the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, 2808 Fourth St. For more information call (323) 295-2601 or (310) 399-5865. Forum measures up
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 16, 2006. Read the original PDF.