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Education Service Center, Region 20 is one of 20 regional education service agencies within Texas which assist school districts in improving student performance and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of school operations. We are a non-regulatory agency; our relationship with school districts is collaborative and supportive.

Our clients are our partners. We respond to the needs of our partners by providing an array of programs and services in the areas of administration, business support, certification and recruitment, curriculum, instruction and assessment, health and safety, professional development, specialized services and technology. This web site presents our menu of programs and services. Our objective is to inform educators about our offerings, and to broaden channels of communication with our partners.

Monday: 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Tuesday: 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Wednesday: 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Thursday: 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Friday: 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday: CLOSED Sunday: CLOSED
Dr. Jeff Goldhorn - Executive Director
(210) 370-5600

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Howard Early Childhood Center
(210) 832-5900
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Bob Hope Elementary School
(210) 927-8180
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Hidden Cove Elementary School
(210) 623-6220
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Spicewood Park Elementary School
(210) 622-4999
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Indian Creek Elementary School
(210) 623-6520
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Sky Harbour Elementary School
(210) 623-6580
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Sun Valley Elementary School
(210) 645-7570
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Colonel Miguel Menchaca Early Childhood Center
(210) 882-1610
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Medio Creek Elementary School
(210) 622-4950
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Kriewald Road Elementary School
(210) 645-7550
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Big Country Elementary School
(210) 645-7560
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Southwest Elementary School
(210) 622-4220
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Elm Creek Elementary School
(210) 622-4430
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Lytle Primary School
(830) 709-5140
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Natalia Early Childhood Center
(830) 663-4629
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Pleasanton Primary School
(830) 569-1325
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Hill Country Elementary School
(830) 535-6151
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Ciavarra Elementary School
(830) 851-0395
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

  • language and literacy;
  • cognition and general knowledge;
  • physical development and health;
  • social and emotional development; and
  • approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

  • family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
  • families as learners and lifelong educators;
  • family engagement in transitions;
  • family connections to peers and community; and
  • families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Child must be 4-years old on or before September 1 of this year.
  • Child may qualify based on the following criteria: Income-based, active duty military, limited English, special learning needs, CPS involvement/foster child

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Alkek Elementary School
(830) 796-6223
Updated within the last 4 months.

Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

• language and literacy;
• cognition and general knowledge;
• physical development and health;
• social and emotional development; and
• approaches to learning.

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start services are designed to be responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

• family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;
• families as learners and lifelong educators;
• family engagement in transitions;
• family connections to peers and community; and
• families as advocates and leaders.

Eligibility requirements:

• The child must be 3 or 4 years old on or before September 1.
• The family must live in Medina County.

Families must meet at least one of these additional conditions to be eligible:

• The family is receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
• The family’s gross income falls below the federal poverty guidelines.
• A family member living with and being supported by you is receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
• The child is in foster care.
• The family is homeless.

Head Start is a federally funded program provided at no cost for qualifying families.

Register at Education Service Center, Region 20 Head Start
(210) 370-5625
Meyer Elementary School
(830) 426-3161
Updated within the last 4 months.