Mid-America Head Start Delegates
These four agencies were chosen to provide direct Head Start services under the Mid-America Head Start banner.
- The Family Conservancy
Head Start Services Provided
Serves 792 children, ages birth to 5 throughout Jackson, Clay and Platte counties. Services offered by the Family Conservancy include:
- Center-based services;
- Partnerships with 24 family childcare providers;
- Home-based services.
- Contact: Gia Cahill, Head Start Director, 913/342-1110
- Independence School District
Head Start Services Provided
- Serves 915 Head Start children ages birth to 5 in eastern Jackson County.
- Full-day programs for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old.
- Part-day programs for children 3 to 5 years old in Independence, Lee's Summit, Grandview and Raytown.
- Partnerships with Center and Hickman Mills School Districts' early childhood part-day programs serving children 3 to 5 years.
- Contact: Jamie Martin, Director of Head Start, 816/521-5485
- Kansas
City, Missouri School District
Head Start Services Provided- Serves 726 children, ages 3 to 5, in Jackson County.
- Thirty-six classrooms in 16 neighborhood elementary schools.
- Contact: Shana Paul, Head Start Coordinator, 816/418-2554
- YMCA of Greater Kansas City
Head Start Services Provided
- Serves 665 children ages birth to 5 in Jackson, Clay and Platte counties.
- Full-day and part-day, center-based programs.
- Contact: Susan Knittle, Head Start Director, 816/886-4506