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Head Start and Early Head Start are comprehensive child development programs which serve pregnant women and children from birth to five years of age. Head Start/Early Head Start has a long tradition of delivering high quality services designed to foster healthy development in children. To achieve this goal, Head Start/Early Head Start focuses on four major components: Education, Health, Parent Involvement and Social Services.

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Head Start/Early Head Start has played a major role in focusing the attention of the nation on the importance of early childhood development, especially in the first five years of life. The program has led in efforts to improve the cognitive abilities of young children. The outreach and training efforts of Head Start programs have helped provide low-income parents with the knowledge and services they need to build a better life for their children.

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Early Head Start

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The Early Head Start program serves children ranging in age from birth to 3 years old, as well as pregnant mothers. We have five Early Head Start classrooms: two at Bell Central, one at Pineville and two in Williamsburg. We also have home-based services for the Early Head Start children in both Bell and Whitley Counties.

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For more information about our Early Head Start Program contact us at 

606-337-3044/606-549-3933 or stop by your nearest Bell-Whitley office.

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Head Start

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There are nine Head Start classrooms in the Bell County School System, eighteen Head Start Classrooms in the Whitley County School System, one classroom in the Pineville Independent Schools and five classrooms in the Middlesboro Independent Schools.  

 

For more information on Head Start contact us at 606-337-3044/606-549-3933 or stop by your nearest Bell-Whitley office.

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To read our Annual Report for our Head Start / Early Head Start program, click the link below. (Must have pdf viewer to open report.)

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2019 Head Start Annual Report

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2021/2022 Head Start/Early Head Start Pre-Enrollment
 

Click the link below for access to the online application for Head Start / Early Head Start / Preschool Program. 

Parents/guardians can use our online application to apply for services for your age eligible children from any device with an internet connection.


 An interactive map shows where you live and the nearest centers so you can set a location preference.

 
We have classrooms in the Bell County School District, Whitley County School District, Middlesboro School System, Pineville School System and Williamsburg Early Head Start. 

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Click here for the Pre-Enrollment Form

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WHAT WE DO

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"Community Action changes people's lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other."

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Bell-Whitley Community Action Agency is one of more than 1,000 Community Action Agencies in the United States. Organized in 1968 and incorporated in 1969, as part of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to fight America's War on Poverty, Bell-Whitley Community Action Agency utilizes all resources available to help others to become self-sufficient

This website is supported by Grant Number 04CH011539 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 Bell-Whitley CAA, Inc. and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start.

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This website is supported by Grant Number PON27362400003337 from the Cabinet for Health and Family service Department of Community Based Services 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 the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Cabinet for Health and Family service Department of Community Based Services.

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T: (606)-337-3044 (Bell County)

F: (606)-337-1439

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F: (606)-549-9982

Toll Free: (866) 587-6773

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This project is funded, in part, under a contract with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services with funds from the Community Services Block Grant Act of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
 

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