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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Comprehensive child development services through home-based, center-based options, includes developmental screening, written individual child development plans, weekly activities to promote child's development, and parent involvement program.

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.

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.

Youth & Family Services (YFS) Rapid City Head Start is a federally funded, no-cost, parent-focused education program that serves low-income children, ages 4 weeks-5 years, and their families. Program goals include increasing social skills and school readiness for young children while increasing the self-sufficiency for families. YFS Rapid City Head Start gives priority to families who meet the household income guidelines or have children with disabilities. Income guidelines are established by the federal government each year. All services are free of charge for participants who qualify. Head Start® is a registered trademark of HHS.

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.

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

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.

Youth & Family Services (YFS) Rapid City Head Start is a federally funded, no-cost, parent-focused education program that serves low-income children, ages 4 weeks-5 years, and their families. Program goals include increasing social skills and school readiness for young children while increasing the self-sufficiency for families. YFS Rapid City Head Start gives priority to families who meet the household income guidelines or have children with disabilities. Income guidelines are established by the federal government each year. All services are free of charge for participants who qualify. Head Start® is a registered trademark of HHS.

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.

The Ready to Start program is for children who are eligible for kindergarten but have not had access to pre-kindergarten services or have demonstrated a need for additional services prior to their first day of school. That may include children who were on the Head Start waiting list, who tested below basic skills on their kindergarten screening, or who may not be ready developmentally for kindergarten but will enroll due to cost savings associated with childcare. Ready to Start runs four half days per week for five weeks just prior to the start of the school year. Ready to Start classrooms include 15 students with one teacher and one assistant. Because consistent attendance is critical for the children, transportation is provided.

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.

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