About Head Start

EMAA Head Start provides Head Start services during the months of August – June of each year. Our children attend class for 7 hours per day Monday – Thursday.

Head Start is a child development program designed for three to five-year-old children from low-income families with the hope of breaking the cycle of poverty. The Head Start approach involves including the parent as the child’s primary educator and getting the entire family and community involved. Since 1965, Head Start has been helping meet children’s needs by offering the following services:

  • Health—Medical and dental health screening and follow-up is designed to help children feel their best.
  • Nutrition—Head Start serves a nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack and promotes nutrition awareness to help children build strong bodies.
  • Parent Involvement/Social Services–Families, whose basic needs are met and who are involved in the lives of their children, provide their children with a wonderful head start in life!
  • Education—Our program is designed to meet the social/emotional, intellectual, language and physical needs of children
  • Mental Health—We contract with a licensed psychologist, our Healthy Living Consultant to provide services to children, families, and staff.
 

Head Start Central Office Contact Information

Phone: 573-454-2200
Fax: 573-431-2129		  
Online Aplication

 

 

Director:
Courtney Laramore, x1118

Coaching Specialist

Brandi Adams, x1116
Training Specialist:
Denise Teasley, x1119		 Administrative Assistant/Fiscal Regulator:
Hadlee Woods, x1112
Health Specialist/Special Services:
Candice Winick, x1115		 Nutrition Specialist:
Cecila Crawford, x1139
Parent Involvement /
Social Services Specialist:
Heather Kozicky, x1158		 Education/Mental Health Specialist:
Evelyn Pyatt, x1145

This website is supported by Grant Number 07CH012434  from the Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of East Missouri Action Agency and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start.