{"id":86039,"date":"2017-04-05T06:52:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T11:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=86039"},"modified":"2017-04-05T06:52:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T11:52:19","slug":"local-head-start-program-taking-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/04\/05\/local-head-start-program-taking-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Head Start program taking apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Head Start is beginning the registration process for its comprehensive early childhood development program that serves low-income children from ages birth to 5 years and their families at no cost.<\/p>\n<p>Head Start is a federally funded program that is operated by Council on Rural Services\/Kids Learning Place in Van Wert County.\u00a0Children who attend Head Start programs are involved in school readiness that includes literacy, language, science, mathematics, and social and emotional development.\u00a0Children also receive medical and dental services, are served healthy meals and snacks, and enjoy playing safely indoors and outdoors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Council-on-Rural-Services-logo-2-2013.jpg\" alt=\"Council on Rural Services logo 2-2013\" width=\"346\" height=\"46\" \/>Families are involved and are the center of Head Start\u2019s success. Families can take part in the classroom as volunteers, help with class projects, and even serve on the Policy Council &#8212; a board that partners with staff in decision-making for the program.<\/p>\n<p>What is available and how do parents enroll their children for the fall of 2017-18?<\/p>\n<p>This fall, full-day services (six hours, five days a week) will be available in Van Wert. Another option is home-based learning with staff visiting families (1\u00bd hours) each week and periodic group socializations.<\/p>\n<p>Kids Learning Place participates in the \u201cStep Up to Quality\u201d program that rates licensed programs in Ohio. The Kids Learning Place centers in Van Wert are the only full-day education\/child care centers in Van Wert County to earn a 5 star \u201cStep Up to Quality\u201d award from the State of Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Kids Learning Place is now taking applications for the 2016-17 school year.\u00a0Call today for information about the program that provides services to children that are income eligible, in foster care, or homeless.\u00a0The program also allocates 10 percent of the slots for children with diagnosed special needs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->To secure a child\u2019s spot in the no cost program, call the following toll free local number at 866.627.4557 today.<\/p>\n<p>Council on Rural Services provides education and support services through Kids Learning Place\u2122, Head Start, Early Head Start, Gateway Youth Programs, Achievement Center for Educational Success (ACES) and Community Connectors in their nine-county service area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information Head Start is beginning the registration process for its comprehensive early childhood development program that serves low-income children from ages birth to 5 years and their families at no cost. Head Start is a federally funded program that is operated by Council on Rural Services\/Kids Learning Place in Van Wert County.\u00a0Children who attend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-youth"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 03:06:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}