Migrant/Seasonal Head Start National Overview Serve nearly 37,000 migrant children and nearly 2,500 seasonal children annually, Operate in 40 states in.

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