Early Learning Articles

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School-based health clinic opens at MARC Head Start in Excelsior Springs

MARC is pleased to announce Dr. Toni Sturdivant will be joining the organization as director of the Early Learning and Head Start Department.

Head Start celebrates 58 years of service on May 18

MARC and its partner agencies were awarded funds as part of the HRSA Building Bridges to Better Health Challenge

The Mid-America Regional Council’s Department of Early Learning is proud to celebrate Head Start Awareness Month.
 

Local organizations, including MARC early learning programs, will benefit from the funds raised during the popular Parade of Hearts campaign. 

Regional early learning programs are getting a boost of love through the Parade of Hearts.

The KidsCARE collaboration between Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) Head Start and Swope Health Services was among 20 winners of the Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention (P4) Challenge, a nationwide competition to increase pediatric vaccination rates and well-child visits.

MARC’s Head Start program and affiliate direct service providers continued to serve families throughout the pandemic. During the past few months, Head Start direct service providers took additional steps to make sure center staff and parents had access to the COVID-19 vaccine.