HEAD START

HCDE’s Head Start and Early Head Start serve more than 1,500 students each day. Far too many students enter school unprepared and ultimately fall behind. HCDE Head Start is an educational program providing students and their families the skills they need to be ready for the demands of school. HCDE Head Start works with income-eligible students and students with special needs residing in east and northeast Harris County and helps these students achieve.

Head Start Helps Children Succeed

Services we provide

Over 1,300 students are enrolled in HCDE’s Head Start program. Each student receives free healthy meals and snacks, vision, hearing, nutrition and developmental screenings, and enjoys playing indoors and outdoors in a healthy environment. Our centers follow the Frog Street Press curriculum, a program approved by the Texas Education Agency.

In addition, we provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families. Our Family Services Providers assist families with health, education, nutrition, financial, or any service deemed necessary for the family to be successful.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Parents are encouraged to volunteer throughout our program, in classes and through our center-based Parent Committee and Policy Council.

WHERE ARE WE LOCATED?

HCDE Head Start centers are located throughout northeast Harris County. See a map of the area we serve, which includes the following zip codes:

77013	77059	77503*
77015	77062	77505*
77016	77075*	77507
77020*	77078	77520
77026*	77089*	77521
77028	77093*	77530
77029	77336	77532
77034*	77338*	77536
77039*	77339	77546*
77044	77345	77547
77047*	77346	77562
77048*	77357	77571
77049	77365	77586
77050	77396*	77598
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