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Early Head Start of Harford County

Our nation’s leading investment in early childhood care and education.

Our nation’s leading investment in early childhood care and education.

Our Purpose

Early Head Start in Harford County, Maryland is a child and family development program that enables children from low-income families to be better prepared when entering kindergarten, thereby improving the likelihood of their success in school and in life.

Our Early Head Start and Family Center serves pregnant women, parents, and children under three from low-income families. Our teachers provide loving care and guidance through a planned curriculum that incorporates hands-on experiences for parents to nurture their children. We offer parents GED, parenting, and computer literacy classes, peer support groups, and employment training.

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667-600-2160

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Who We Serve

Stephanie Shifflet, a Head Start parent says, “I never expected to learn so much. I have not only graduated, I have learned to be a better mother and friend. I’ve learned that I can do anything with my life that I want. This program has made me a better person.”

Services

  • Home-based option
  • Center-based option
  • Services for parents
  • Internship / work development
  • Parent education
  • Guiding light - a weekly peer support group offered through Villa Maria Continuum
  • Career development
  • Health education and nutrition
  • Mental health services

  • Supporting Children & Families

    Carroll County Head Start

    When their grandson, Oliver, was born, Susan and Marlin Felmey were there to help. “It’s so expensive to live in Carroll County, it’s hard to make ends meet,” they said. So their empty nest was full again. When Oliver was 18 months old, their daughter enrolled Oliver in Head Start, and “our only complaint is that it doesn’t go to 12th grade,” Marlin said. “We have loved every minute.”

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    I was working when my children were small, and the ideas about raising children have changed so dramatically since our day.
    — Marlin
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