ABC Head Start

christmas

ABC Head Start is now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 school year.  ABC Head Start is a free pre-school and family support program for families of limited income.  Our programs are located in 12 locations across the city of Edmonton, including a francophone program.  Children’s services include four half-days a week of early childhood education.  Free bussing to and from class is provided as well as a daily nutritional snack.  The program follows the school year, running from September to June.

Each class of 16 children has a teacher, two teaching assistants, a part-time speech-language pathologist, and a social worker plus community volunteers. Special services (occupational therapy, community health nurses, cognitive and mental health assessments) are included as needed.  Social workers provide family advocacy and on-going parent support, including education groups.  See www.abcheadstart.org for more information.

) u1 F9 r3 w: Q# wTo be eligible for our program for the 2008-2009 school year:
1 N8 P: {  }% b8 m- `•        the child must be born between March 2, 2004 and March 1, 2005
•        the family income must fall below Statistics Canada’s Low Income Cut-Off (LICO)
+ E# G' u, i" K* B  q5 H5 i
5 Z7 i2 U3 c1 I! n4 p- DFamily Size        LICO        Family Size        LICO
  F- ^: D( A" ?- P# Y& I2 m( Z2        $27,478        5        $46,518
3        $33,780        6        $52,463
4 y8 L: q/ j  Q. u/ G& ?4        $41,014        7or more        $58,410

Please note the above LICO figures are the Low Income Cut-offs from 2006 and Low Income Measures for 2005 with an added 4.1 % December 2007 Consumer Price Index adjustment.  
: i7 Z- D: }; f
# G7 K( \- P) _8 E" D+ i6 X* h1 sChildren accepted into the program include those diagnosed or suspected of mild to moderate delays in the following areas; fine motor, speech and language, behaviour, and learning.  Also accepted are children with diagnosed or suspected severe speech and/or language delays and those children from the community who would benefit from a pre-school program.   
$ ]. V# S' v, ]3 [  j
" f& c+ }6 G' d' C1 c5 jTo refer a family and child to ABC Head Start, please complete the referral form and fax it to: 469-0423 or mail it to:  #103, 5104 82 Ave. Edmonton, AB T6B 0E6.  Families are welcome to apply directly by calling 461-5353.   
$ |; M: g- I% o/ B0 B
: j# m$ G+ g  D, R% F8 iThank you for your interest.

3 D* W2 L% W1 _2 V0 r$ W+ f# KSincerely,
! Q4 v& H5 R" Y3 R1 ]9 v! q1 [3 }
8 p% S1 ~) A: J" d: d9 [) SMary Lou Andrais
8 S# d1 S& v5 C' YIntake Worker
" {  E3 }3 t$ f! C+ o1 {9 H780 461 5353