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Head Start
Head Start provides an array of comprehensive, quality services, including health, nutrition, parent support, education, and mental health, to children ages three to five and their families. The program’s vision is “each child and family leaves Head Start healthy, eager to learn, and ready for success.”
Program staff work closely with families to ensure that each child has the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful in kindergarten. The Early Head Start program provides services to infants, toddlers, and pregnant women in Torrington and Winsted through home visiting and socialization.
Program Information
EdAdvance’s Head Start programs specialize in the comprehensive integration of early childhood education and school readiness programming.
Our Prenatal to Three program, Early Head Start, provides home-based services for expectant families and families with children ages birth to three. Services include weekly home visits as well as playgroups serving New Milford, Torrington, Winsted, and the surrounding Litchfield County families.
Our Three to Five program provides early childhood and school readiness programming for children, ages 3-5, and their families at our sites in Torrington, New Milford, and Winsted.
We are dedicated to working in partnership with families and communities to enhance children’s social competence, to provide families with opportunities to grow and develop, and to prepare children to enter kindergarten with the skills and knowledge necessary for success.
Services
Head Start programs support children’s growth from birth to age 5 through a variety of services, including early learning and development, health, and family well-being.
Our programs help children get ready to succeed in school and in life through learning experiences tailored to their current needs and abilities.
These programs may be provided in different settings according to your needs, including family child care locations, or your own home. All Head Start programs serve families from diverse cultural backgrounds and who speak different languages.
Early Learning and Development
We build strong relationships as the foundation of early learning.
We support learning through play, creative expression, and guided activities.
We support children’s social and emotional development.
We promote early math and science concepts in children’s home languages and in English.
We promote language and literacy development in children’s home languages and in English.
Health and Wellness
We promote physical development, both indoors and outdoors.
We serve breakfast, lunch, and healthy snacks.
We provide medical, dental, hearing, vision, and behavioral screening.
Family Partnership and Well-being
We provide parent and family services.
We help families find assistance in challenging times.
We help families identify and reach their goals, including goals related to housing, employment, education, and parenting.
We invite parents to share information and insights about their child.
We invite parents to offer ways to improve children and families’ experience in the program.
Disability Services
We build on children’s strengths.
We individualize experiences to meet the needs of each child.
We collaborate with parents and community agencies when further assessment is needed.
Mental Health Services
We help families understand and support their child’s needs.
We can assist with mental health services for children and families, if needed
For more info, contact:
Carmella Galipault
Director of Head Start & Early Head Start
860-567-0863 x1213
Head Start 2024 Annual Report
Program Locations & Contact Information
Early Head Start
Early Childhood Learning Center,
119 Grove Street, Torrington, CT 06790
Larissa Vigeant
860-482-5286 x1228
Kristina Tucker
860-482-5286 x1229
Head Start
Early Childhood Learning Center,
119 Grove Street, Torrington, CT 06790
The Torrington site houses six Head Start-funded classrooms with full- and half-day options. School Readiness is also available.
Keicha Vargas
860-482-5286 x1219
Sarah Moore
860-482-5286 x1210
Vanessa Rodriguez
860-482-5286 x1215
Pam Vellucci
860-482-5286 x1216
Jessica Allen
860-482-5286
Register
To register for Head Start or Early Head Start, please contact Rebecca Litz, Family Services Manager at 860.482.5286 x1180 or fill out the form below.