To provide assistance through education, training, awareness and support to enable Head Start children and families to identify and remove obstacles that keep them from attaining their fullest potential as self-assured, self-sufficient individuals and families. Preschool for 3-5 years of age. Income based qualifications. Blue Home Base Grassland, Long Lake, and Spring Creek Colonies 701-640-9097 Green Home Base Hand County and Millerdale Colony 605-350-7688 Yellow Home Base Edmunds County & Pembrook Colony 605-281-0273

ICAP Children and Family Services include the following: Extended Day and Part Day Head Start (ages 3-5) for low-income children, including children with special needs. Early Head Start home based (pregnancy to age 3) offers weekly home visits with focused information on parenting and parent/child activities.

An early childhood/parental parent engagement program for American Indian families in BIE-funded schools. Program services integrate language and culture, and provide resources and support for families with children from prenatal to grade 3. Goals of the program include supporting parents/primary caregivers as their child's first and most influential teacher, to increase family literacy, to strengthen family-school-community connections, services for the early identification of children with special needs, parent engagement, whether it be full-time, part-time, or flex-time status, and to promote lifelong learning. Family and Child Education Program (FACE) offers school readiness home-based program, assessments, center-based setting, meals and transportation provided for center-based families, parenting skills, adult education / GED completion, and career planning, college preparation, job readiness.

ICAP Children and Family Services include the following: Extended Day and Part Day Head Start (ages 3-5) for low-income children, including children with special needs. Early Head Start home based (pregnancy to age 3) offers weekly home visits with focused information on parenting and parent/child activities.

ICAP Children and Family Services include the following: Extended Day and Part Day Head Start (ages 3-5) for low-income children, including children with special needs. Early Head Start home based (pregnancy to age 3) offers weekly home visits with focused information on parenting and parent/child activities.

ICAP Children and Family Services include the following: Extended Day and Part Day Head Start (ages 3-5) for low-income children, including children with special needs. Early Head Start home based (pregnancy to age 3) offers weekly home visits with focused information on parenting and parent/child activities.

Early Head Start prenatal and children age birth to five, promotes healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women; helps enhance the development of very young children and promotes healthy family functioning; and provides early childhood education, health, nutrition, and mental health services. All services are provided in the home. Head Start Centers offer a comprehensive, no cost early learning and support program for children 3 - 5. Residents of Corson County are served through the Lemmon Head Start Center.

ICAP Children and Family Services include the following: Extended Day and Part Day Head Start (ages 3-5) for low-income children, including children with special needs. Early Head Start home based (pregnancy to age 3) offers weekly home visits with focused information on parenting and parent/child activities.

Early Head Start prenatal and children age birth to five, promotes healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women; helps enhance the development of very young children and promotes healthy family functioning; and provides early childhood education, health, nutrition, and mental health services. All services are provided in the home. Head Start Centers offer a comprehensive, no cost early learning and support program for children 3 - 5. Residents of Corson County are served through the Lemmon Head Start Center.

YFS Home-Based Head Start is a federally-funded, no-cost, parent-focused educational program that serves income-eligible families with children, birth to age 5, and expectant parents. YFS Home-Based Head Start strives to support parents as their child's primary educators and advocates. Degreed staff work with families in their homes to provide parents with tools and resources that increase their family's self-sufficiency and enhance their children's social skills and school readiness. YFS Home-Based Head Start provides services in Pennington, Meade, Lawrence, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, and Haakon counties. Head Start® is a registered trademark of HHS.

Head Start is a comprehensive child development program designed to assist families and their children during the developmental years of 3-5 years of age. The program provides for health care services, educational services, and special needs services for the enrolled child and most importantly the opportunity for parents to be engaged in the decision making processes that affect their child's readiness for school.

ICAP Children and Family Services include the following: Extended Day and Part Day Head Start (ages 3-5) for low-income children, including children with special needs. Early Head Start home based (pregnancy to age 3) offers weekly home visits with focused information on parenting and parent/child activities.

ICAP Children and Family Services include the following: Extended Day and Part Day Head Start (ages 3-5) for low-income children, including children with special needs. Early Head Start home based (pregnancy to age 3) offers weekly home visits with focused information on parenting and parent/child activities.

Preschool services for children ages 3 - 5, as well as home visiting program to work on child development for pregnant women and children up to age 3. Programs include Head Start, Early Head Start, home visits and parental support.

To provide assistance through education, training, awareness and support to enable Head Start children and families to identify and remove obstacles that keep them from attaining their fullest potential as self-assured, self-sufficient individuals and families. Preschool for 3-5 years of age. Income based qualifications. Blue Home Base Grassland, Long Lake, and Spring Creek Colonies 701-640-9097 Green Home Base Hand County and Millerdale Colony 605-350-7688 Yellow Home Base Edmunds County & Pembrook Colony 605-281-0273

To provide assistance through education, training, awareness and support to enable Head Start children and families to identify and remove obstacles that keep them from attaining their fullest potential as self-assured, self-sufficient individuals and families. Preschool for 3-5 years of age. Income based qualifications. Blue Home Base Grassland, Long Lake, and Spring Creek Colonies 701-640-9097 Green Home Base Hand County and Millerdale Colony 605-350-7688 Yellow Home Base Edmunds County & Pembrook Colony 605-281-0273

Early Head Start prenatal and children age birth to five, promotes healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women; helps enhance the development of very young children and promotes healthy family functioning; and provides early childhood education, health, nutrition, and mental health services. All services are provided in the home. Head Start Centers offer a comprehensive, no cost early learning and support program for children 3 - 5. Residents of Corson County are served through the Lemmon Head Start Center.

ICAP Children and Family Services include the following: Extended Day and Part Day Head Start (ages 3-5) for low-income children, including children with special needs. Early Head Start home based (pregnancy to age 3) offers weekly home visits with focused information on parenting and parent/child activities.

Networks with all educational entities to include tribal schools, Head Start and early learning programs, Sisseton-Wahpeton College, and area public schools. Coordinates and advocates for education services for SWO tribal members.

Early Childhood provides children with a learning environment and varied experiences to help them develop socially, emotionally, intellectually, and physically in a manner appropriate to their age and stage of development. Early Childhood provides pre-school activities for 3 and 4 year-old children while encouraging parent participation in all aspects of the program. Early Childhood Programs are offered at a variety of elementary schools in the district. Screenings provide an opportunity to find out more about your young child and his/her development, screenings include: Large muscle development Eye-hand coordination Communication Cognition Vision and hearing Height and weight During screening appointments, children stack small blocks, name colors, jump and hop, cut with scissors, look at pictures, answer questions, and have fun completing other activities. Children birth to 5 are eligible for screening. Infants/toddlers are screened in their homes. Parents will meet with a staff person to discuss options for their child in district early childhood programs.

Head Start (and early head start) has a long tradition of success in helping at-risk children and their parents with school readiness, making certain that basic health needs are met and that social, emotional, and physical growth continues through life. Head Start programs follow the Early Learning Framework and monitor children's educational growth, as well as provide health and dental screenings. Head Start also supports parents through parenting classes and in setting and realizing education and job goals. They connect parents with resources to manage finances and education, in order to find the path out of poverty.

ICAP Children and Family Services include the following: Extended Day and Part Day Head Start (ages 3-5) for low-income children, including children with special needs. Early Head Start home based (pregnancy to age 3) offers weekly home visits with focused information on parenting and parent/child activities.

ICAP Children and Family Services include the following: Extended Day and Part Day Head Start (ages 3-5) for low-income children, including children with special needs. Early Head Start home based (pregnancy to age 3) offers weekly home visits with focused information on parenting and parent/child activities.

ICAP Children and Family Services include the following: Extended Day and Part Day Head Start (ages 3-5) for low-income children, including children with special needs. Early Head Start home based (pregnancy to age 3) offers weekly home visits with focused information on parenting and parent/child activities.

To provide assistance through education, training, awareness and support to enable Head Start children and families to identify and remove obstacles that keep them from attaining their fullest potential as self-assured, self-sufficient individuals and families. Preschool for 3-5 years of age. Income based qualifications. Blue Home Base Grassland, Long Lake, and Spring Creek Colonies 701-640-9097 Green Home Base Hand County and Millerdale Colony 605-350-7688 Yellow Home Base Edmunds County & Pembrook Colony 605-281-0273