Audie L Murphy Memorial VA Hospital (ALMMVH) is part of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System and is comprised of a Spinal Cord Injury Center, a Community Living Center, a Domiciliary, and a Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program.

ALMMVH provides comprehensive health care that includes acute medical, surgical, mental health, physical medicine, rehabilitation, geriatric, and primary care services. 

Specialty services include bone marrow transplantation, open-heart surgery, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography. 

As a Level II Research facility, ALMMVH has projects that include aging, cardiac surgery, cancer, diabetes, and HIV. 

The facility has one of three National Institutes of Health-sponsored clinical research centers in the VA.

Veterans.

If you are the spouse, surviving spouse, dependent child, or family caregiver of a Veteran or service member, you also may be eligible.

Mental Health Care: 210-617-5300.

Call TTY if you have hearing loss at 800-799-4889 or 711

This center provides programs to help seniors lead active, independent, and engaged lives. This is done through comprehensive nutrition, wellness, and education services.

Services include:

• A daily lunchtime meal
• Transportation services to eligible seniors living within a 5-mile radius of the center 

Programs and activities include:

• Arts & crafts
• Bingo
• Painting classes
• Flamenco and folkloric dancing
• Indoor pool
• Italian and English as a second language
• Piano and voice
• Ping pong
• Pool tables
• Puzzles
• Tai-Chi
• Table games

To become eligible to attend this center and participate in services, individuals must reside in Bexar County and meet one of the following criteria:

• 60 years and older
• Under 60 years married to a 60+ participant who attends the center and accompanies the participant to the center
• Under 60 years, disabled, and resides with a 60+ participant and accompanies the participant to the center (only applicable to the HEAL Meal Program)

• Free Wi-Fi
• Free Computer Use

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

• Companionship
• Nutrition Education
• Basic Health Screenings
• Social Services
• Outreach activities
• Recreation and Dance
• Computer Classes*
• Arts and Crafts
• Exercise Classes*
• Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

Age 60+ and spouse.

Free.

Health Services South San Antonio ISD Head Start plays an important role in promoting the health and safety of children by helping them to establish lifelong healthy patterns. Healthy students are better learners, and academic achievement bears a lifetime of benefits for health.

Our Head Start program staff ensure that our children are up to date on immunizations, their state’s Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) schedule, and learn healthy eating habits. The program also promotes physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and their families. Staff members work diligently to assist families in finding and engaging quality medical and dental care, including in some cases access to affordable-to-no-cost community resources.

Education:
• Individualized Learning
• Quality Child/Staff Ratios
• Develop School Readiness Skills
• Culturally Diverse Activities
• Fostering of Each Child’s Independence
• Follows the district calendar and is a full-day program.
• It offers every child a quality, comprehensive preschool experience in a nurturing and safe environment.
• Effective early education programs improve the learning and development of all children.
• Provide developmentally appropriate teaching methods and instructional materials for its young learners.

Disability:
• Serve Children with Disabilities, Including Severe Disabilities
• Screenings and Ongoing Assessments
• Individualized Activities
• Individual Education Plans
• Coordination with contractual and district resources
• Parent Advocacy and Training

Health and Safety:
• Medical and Dental Case Management
• Clean and Safe Environments
• Family Style Eating
• Nutritious Meals

Family Support Services:
• Promotion of Cultural Diversity
• Promotion of Self Sufficiency through Partnership Agreements
• Assistance with Accessing Community Resources and Services
• Transportation may be Available for Children Meeting Eligibility Criteria
• Opportunities for Parent Engagement Activities

SSAISD knows that parents are a child’s most important teachers and is committed to building strong relationships with parents to enhance and enrich the development of children.

Eligibility requirements::
• The child must turn 3 or 4 before September 1 of the current year.
• The child's family must meet the Federal Poverty Guidelines and reside in Bexar County.

The child and/or child's family must also meet at least one of the following conditions:
• The child to be enrolled is in foster care.
• The family is receiving benefits or services through the TANF Program.
• A family member living with and supported by you are receiving Supplemental Security Income benefits (SSI).
• The family is homeless.

A Point Priority assistance is given to children from low-income families and children with a disability, including a severe disability. Income eligibility requirements for Head Start may be waived if your child has a current Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

Your Family Service Facilitator will ask for current copies of the child’s well exam, dental exam, and immunizations.

West Avenue Compassion has partnered with Methodist Healthcare Ministries to offer a variety of educational health classes for clients and their families free of charge. The courses range from nutritional basics to specific chronic diseases like Diabetes and Cardiovascular disease.

West Avenue Compassion also partners with various healthcare providers to offer free preventative screenings for children and adults. Please check our calendar for upcoming events.

Free.

This center provides programs to help seniors lead active, independent, and engaged lives. This is done through comprehensive nutrition, wellness, and education services.

Services include:

• A daily lunchtime meal
• Transportation services to eligible seniors living within a 5-mile radius of the center 

Programs and activities include:

• Arts and crafts
• Computer instruction
• Exercise classes
• Nutrition education
• Pool tables

To become eligible to attend this center and participate in services, individuals must reside in Bexar County and meet one of the following criteria:

• 60 years and older
• Under 60 years married to a 60+ participant who attends the center and accompanies the participant to the center
• Under 60 years, disabled, and resides with a 60+ participant and accompanies the participant to the center (only applicable to the HEAL Meal Program)

• Computer Skills Classes
• Free Wi-Fi

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.

Offering a wide range of testing administered by certified, highly-trained psychologists and counselors to help assess gifted and talented, learning disabilities, ADD and ADHD, depression, developmental delays, cognitive delays, career preferences, marital compatibility, clinical behaviors, substance abuse, IQ, personality traits and emotional/behavioral problems, among other things.

We use a team approach, drawing upon the unique talents of professionals from the counseling, theological, and medical disciplines. Our collaborations allow us to renew a person’s mind, body, and spirit.

Our counselors have graduate degrees and are certified or licensed as professional therapists by the American Association of Pastoral Counselors or a state licensing board.

Please call or click here to schedule an appointment.

Click here for more information on testing.

To view the Signs & Symptoms of Depression & Anxiety: A Guide for Children & Adolescents booklet, click here.

We are committed to providing the best service possible for as many people as possible. In keeping with our mission, fee adjustments are available based on personal financial need and available funding.

This center provides programs to help seniors lead active, independent, and engaged lives. This is done through comprehensive nutrition, wellness, and education services.

To become eligible to attend this center and participate in services, individuals must reside in Bexar County and meet one of the following criteria:

• 60 years and older
• Under 60 years married to a 60+ participant who attends the center and accompanies the participant to the center
• Under 60 years, disabled, and resides with a 60+ participant and accompanies the participant to the center (only applicable to the HEAL Meal Program)

• Computer Skills Classes
• Free Wi-Fi

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

• Companionship
• Nutrition Education
• Basic Health Screenings
• Social Services
• Outreach activities
• Recreation and Dance
• Computer Classes*
• Arts and Crafts
• Exercise Classes*
• Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

Age 60+ and spouse.

Free.

• Blood Pressure
• Cholesterol
• Glucose
• Bone Density
• Body Fat

Ask about our special discounted pricing.

Services:

• Pediatrics
• Family Practice
• Internal Medicine
• Behavioral Health
• Dental Care
• Eligibility Services
• Lab Services

Free

Pharmacogenetic testing, also called DNA Drug Sensitivity Testing, is the testing of certain genes to determine how individuals might react to specific medications. With insight derived from pharmacogenetic testing, healthcare providers may decrease the need for "trial-and-error" dosing and might substantially reduce the risk of Adverse Drug Events (ADEs). Several factors go into choosing which medications may support a diagnosis, such as age and weight.

Although these medications are commonly prescribed each person is unique and may respond differently. Pharmacogenetic testing can offer insight to the prescribing provider as to why a patient has failed multiple medications or if medication doses need to be adjusted to avoid drug-to-drug interactions. The test is non-invasive and performed in the office. All insurance may not cover this service and the cost will be the responsibility of the patient.

All Ages Welcome.

Click here to schedule an appointment.

All insurances may not cover this service and the cost will be the responsibility of the patient.

I am a Pediatric Occupational Therapist with over 35 years of experience, certified in Sensory Integration. My practice here in San Antonio began in July of 2021.

Children with sensory processing deficits may have difficulty with motor skills, balance, and eye-hand coordination. As an Occupational Therapist, I help children to function optimally in their major life roles.

Neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT) is a hands-on treatment approach used by Occupational Therapists. For example, when a child is reaching for a toy, the therapist works with the child to facilitate the movement to acquire the toy.

Abundant Abilities Pediatric Occupational Therapy provides independent evaluations of developmentally delayed infants, toddlers, preschool, and school-aged clients, from birth through adolescence. 

We accept private pay.

Osteoporosis is a disease of the bone in which you lose too much bone as you age, making your bones more porous than they should be and weakening their underlying structure. The more porous your bones become, the more likely they are to break.

If you are over the age of 50 and are treated for a fracture known to be indicative of osteoporosis, your physician may refer you for a Bone Health consultation. During your bone health consultation, a provider will work with you to:

• Educate you on osteoporosis and why you are considered at risk.
• Evaluate your specific case with a detailed history, physical, and referral for any additional necessary testing.
• Establish a treatment plan, which might include lifestyle changes and medication to prevent further bone loss or even rebuild bone.

If you are over the age of 50 and experience one of the following types of fractures, you should be screened for osteoporosis:

• Wrist (Distal Radius) Fracture
• Spine (Vertebral) Fracture
• Hip Fracture
• Shoulder (Proximal Humerus) Fracture

That’s why TSAOG Orthopaedics & Spine created the Bone Health Program. Nationally Recognized Expertise in Preventing Fractures.

Click here for insurance information, including Medicare and Medicaid.

• Hepatitis Care
• Metabolic Care
• Lab (Provided by Quest Diagnostics)

Our Hepatitis Care services are provided through our healthcare partner, Health Outcomes Center (HOC). HOC offers a multidisciplinary and comprehensive treatment model to patients with viral hepatitis and HIV conditions that combines the expertise and resources of integrated primary care clinicians with liver and infectious disease specialists.

Our Services Include:

• Consultations for newly and previously diagnosed patients
•  Evaluation to determine if treatment is appropriate
•  Treatment and monitoring care during treatment of chronic viral diseases
•  Annual Physical exam
•  Counseling and social services support
•  Nutritional assessment and registered dietician access
•  Access to cutting edge therapies in clinical trials (when available)

A referral is reccommened to be seen by our Hepatitis Care Clinicians.

We accept these insurances:

• Aetna (HMO/PPO)
• Ambetter (HMO)
• Blue Cross Blue Shield (HMO/PPO)
• Community First (HMO)
• Humana (HMO/PPO)
• Multiplan/PHCS (PPO)
• Oscar Health Insurance
• TRICARE (East Region)
• United Healthcare (PPO)
• University Community Care Plan
• Medicare
• Medicaid

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.

Health Services South San Antonio ISD Head Start plays an important role in promoting the health and safety of children by helping them to establish lifelong healthy patterns. Healthy students are better learners, and academic achievement bears a lifetime of benefits for health.

Our Head Start program staff ensure that our children are up to date on immunizations, their state’s Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) schedule, and learn healthy eating habits. The program also promotes physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and their families. Staff members work diligently to assist families in finding and engaging quality medical and dental care, including in some cases access to affordable-to-no-cost community resources.

Education:
• Individualized Learning
• Quality Child/Staff Ratios
• Develop School Readiness Skills
• Culturally Diverse Activities
• Fostering of Each Child’s Independence
• Follows the district calendar and is a full-day program.
• It offers every child a quality, comprehensive preschool experience in a nurturing and safe environment.
• Effective early education programs improve the learning and development of all children.
• Provide developmentally appropriate teaching methods and instructional materials for its young learners.

Disability:
• Serve Children with Disabilities, Including Severe Disabilities
• Screenings and Ongoing Assessments
• Individualized Activities
• Individual Education Plans
• Coordination with contractual and district resources
• Parent Advocacy and Training

Health and Safety:
• Medical and Dental Case Management
• Clean and Safe Environments
• Family Style Eating
• Nutritious Meals

Family Support Services:
• Promotion of Cultural Diversity
• Promotion of Self Sufficiency through Partnership Agreements
• Assistance with Accessing Community Resources and Services
• Transportation may be Available for Children Meeting Eligibility Criteria
• Opportunities for Parent Engagement Activities

SSAISD knows that parents are a child’s most important teachers and is committed to building strong relationships with parents to enhance and enrich the development of children.

Eligibility requirements::
• The child must turn 3 or 4 before September 1 of the current year.
• The child's family must meet the Federal Poverty Guidelines and reside in Bexar County.

The child and/or child's family must also meet at least one of the following conditions:
• The child to be enrolled is in foster care.
• The family is receiving benefits or services through the TANF Program.
• A family member living with and supported by you are receiving Supplemental Security Income benefits (SSI).
• The family is homeless.

A Point Priority assistance is given to children from low-income families and children with a disability, including a severe disability. Income eligibility requirements for Head Start may be waived if your child has a current Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

Your Family Service Facilitator will ask for current copies of the child’s well exam, dental exam, and immunizations.

SACADA provides recovery coaching and support services to individuals with or at risk of alcohol and drug problems by providing clients both online and face-to-face options to connect with a Peer Recovery Support Specialist.

Our program supports both adult males and females in Bexar and the surrounding counties to increase the prevalence and quality of long-term recovery from substance use disorders. Recovery Coaches can help individuals establish linkages with community organizations that can assist them in accomplishing their long-term life goals. Coaches provide role modeling and mentoring for guiding individuals to find their pathway to recovery.

Our recovery grants also allow for targeted services. Recovery Coaches provide recovery support services to the general community, work alongside EMS and other first responders to assist persons who overdose using opioids, collaborate with various specialty courts to provide recovery coaching, and with hospital departments that help new moms obtain recovery support services.

Telephonic and virtual recovery support is available from Monday-Friday 7:00 AM-8:00 PM. 

Recovery Support Groups via Zoom are held daily Monday-Friday 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM.

Continue to call our office at (210) 225-4741 or contact us by email at [email protected].

Our Recovery Support Services include:

• ID Recovery (Birth Certificates/Driver’s License/Social Security Card)
• Job Prep and Search
• Substance Abuse Treatment
• Anger Management /Batters Intervention
• Provide services at flexible hours
• Traffic Tickets/ Municipal Court Warrants
• Family Violence Prevention Course
• GED Courses and Testing
• Link to medical and dental care
• Other Educational Training Programs
• Transportation
• HIV Testing/Counseling
• Family Counseling
• DWI Classes & Drug Offender Program requirements
• Community Service Hours
• Support with Probation Requirements

Free

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.

Services at this Location:

• Chiropractic Care
• Lab Services
• Managed Care
• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Primary Care
• Specialty Care
• Urgent Care

Offering San Antonio and Bexar County seniors 60+ comprehensive resource facilities.

Adult Changing Table available at this site

• Free Wi-Fi
• Free Computer Use

During this appointment, your provider will focus on you while reviewing and discussing your intake information to assist in formulating a diagnosis and facilitating a successful treatment plan. The provider will work collaboratively with you to come up with recommendations on a successful treatment plan for optimal health.

When the treatment plan includes the use of prescription medication/over-the-counter (OTC)/ or supplement medication, your provider will discuss with you the nature of your disorder, the reason for the medication, and any possible alternative treatments such as advanced treatments.

As part of your treatment plan with medication management, you may be requested to complete certain laboratory testing(s). Depending on the form of treatment indicated or controlled medications prescribed, you will be required by the clinic policy to complete random procedures such as Genetic testing, Electroencephalogram (EEG), Electrocardiogram (EKG), Urine Toxicology Screening (typically random and based on provider discretion). You will be required to schedule and maintain a monthly appointment for controlled medication review and follow-ups. Clinician as a standard practice.

Initial psychiatric medication management ranges from 45-60 minutes and follow-up visits range from 20-30 minutes. This is a group practice, and your sessions may be conducted by any of our providers with a specific review of your treatment plan for consistency of care.

Genetic testing may be considered to assist in identifying the medications that may offer you the best chances of recovery. It helps reduce the risk of polypharmacy.

Click here to view accepted insurance options

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

• Companionship
• Nutrition Education
• Basic Health Screenings
• Social Services
• Outreach activities
• Recreation and Dance
• Computer Classes*
• Arts and Crafts
• Exercise Classes*
• Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

Age 60+ and spouse.

Free.

Health Services South San Antonio ISD Head Start plays an important role in promoting the health and safety of children by helping them to establish lifelong healthy patterns. Healthy students are better learners, and academic achievement bears a lifetime of benefits for health.

Our Head Start program staff ensure that our children are up to date on immunizations, their state’s Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) schedule, and learn healthy eating habits. The program also promotes the physical, social, and emotional well-being of children and their families. Staff members work diligently to assist families in finding and engaging quality medical and dental care, including in some cases access to affordable-to-no-cost community resources.

Education:

• Individualized Learning
• Quality Child/Staff Ratios
• Develop School Readiness Skills
• Culturally Diverse Activities
• Fostering of Each Child’s Independence
• Follows the district calendar and is a full-day program.
• It offers every child a quality, comprehensive preschool experience in a nurturing and safe environment.
• Effective early education programs improve the learning and development of all children.
• Provide developmentally appropriate teaching methods and instructional materials for its young learners.

Disability:

• Serve Children with Disabilities, Including Severe Disabilities
• Screenings and Ongoing Assessments
• Individualized Activities
• Individual Education Plans
• Coordination with contractual and district resources
• Parent Advocacy and Training

Health and Safety:

• Medical and Dental Case Management
• Clean and Safe Environments
• Family Style Eating
• Nutritious Meals

Family Support Services:

• Promotion of Cultural Diversity
• Promotion of Self-Sufficiency through Partnership Agreements
• Assistance with Accessing Community Resources and Services
• Transportation may be Available for Children Meeting Eligibility Criteria
• Opportunities for Parent Engagement Activities

SSAISD knows that parents are a child’s most important teachers and is committed to building strong relationships with parents to enhance and enrich the development of children.

Eligibility requirements:

• The child must turn 3 or 4 before September 1 of the current year.
• The child's family must meet the Federal Poverty Guidelines and reside in Bexar County.

The child and/or child's family must also meet at least one of the following conditions:

• The child to be enrolled is in foster care.
• The family is receiving benefits or services through the TANF Program.
• A family member living with and supported by you is receiving Supplemental Security Income benefits (SSI).
• The family is homeless.

A Point Priority assistance is given to children from low-income families and children with a disability, including a severe disability. Income eligibility requirements for Head Start may be waived if your child has a current Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

Your Family Service Facilitator will ask for current copies of the child’s well exam, dental exam, and immunizations.

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.

Provides senior adults, 60 years and older, and spouses, in Bexar County, with a nutritionally balanced lunchtime meal in a congregate setting with supportive services consisting of:

• Companionship
• Nutrition Education
• Basic Health Screenings
• Social Services
• Outreach activities
• Recreation and Dance
• Computer Classes*
• Arts and Crafts
• Exercise Classes*
• Transportation*

*Not available at all centers.

The SNP is funded by the City and the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) through the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG), and currently offered at various senior centers throughout the City.

Age 60+ and spouse.

Free.

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.