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Migrant/Seasonal Head StartNational Overview
• Serve nearly 37,000 migrant children and nearly 2,500 seasonal children annually,
• Operate in 40 states in every region of the country,
• Provide coordinated services to mobile families and children as they migrate from state to state,
• Are seasonal in nature providing services in some areas for 2 months and other areas for 10 months,
• Provide extended hours service, 12 hours a day, and often 6 days a week,
• Have served migrant children and families since 1969,
• Have served seasonal children and families since 1999
HCS Head Start MigrantLocal Overview
• HCS Head Start is the Migrant Grantee for Massachusetts,
• In 2009, 73 children ages 0 to 5 were served in Springfield,
• In 2010, HCS Head Start was awarded MHS expansion and granted Seasonal status,
• Current enrollment is 131 Migrant children ages 0 to 5.
Definition of Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
Migrant farm workers- a Head Start program that serves families who are engaged in agricultural labor and who have changed their residence from one geographic location to another in the preceding 2-year period; and
Seasonal farm workers- a Head Start program that serves families who are engaged primarily in seasonal agricultural labor and who have not changed their residence to another geographic location in the preceding 2-year period.
HCS Head Start, Inc. Migrant Head Start Program
HCS Head StartCommunity Collaborations at a Glance• THOM Springfield Infant/Toddler Services– Early Intervention Screenings for Migrant Infants/Toddlers
• Holyoke Community College– Professional Development for Head Start Staff
• Brightwood Health Clinic– Physicals for all Migrant Children
• Springfield Housing Authority – 2 Head Start Sites
• The Gray House– Provides on site ESL Program
HCS Head Start Families
HolyokeChicopeeSpringfield Head Start, Inc.
• Offers Early Head Start, Head Start, Migrant Head Start services to 1300 children and their families,
• TLC: Building Healthy Relationships,• SPARC-A Head Start Literacy Initiative• Beyond Behavior Management – Grant funded initiative working with
teachers/parents to minimize behaviors in the classroom/home