Programs

Head Start is a federal grant program directed by the Administration for Children & Families (Department of Health and Human Services). Initiated as a summer pilot project in 1965, it now serves 3- and 4-year-old children through a nationwide preschool network.

Early Head Start is a complementary extension of the original Head Start effort, providing parental suport and learning activities for expectant parents and families with newborn to 3-year-old children.

Washington’s Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program provides preschool for low-income and at-risk children in Washington State. The target ECEAP population is 3- and 4-year-old children and their families whose household incomes are at or below 110 percent of the federal poverty level.