Head Start & Early Head Start
SWCAP Head Start, in collaboration with community service agencies, provides expectant parents and families with children ages birth through five, opportunities for:
- child development education
- health and nutrition services
- parent and program partnerships
- family support, resource and referral
in an effort to promote school readiness, positive parent-child interactions, self-sufficiency, and healthy lifestyles.
Head Start Annual Report
For review here is the '08-'09 Annual Report for the Head Start program.
For review here is the Head Start Community Assessment
Head Start Eligibility:
- Families living in Grant, Iowa, Lafayette and Richland Counties meeting federal poverty income levels of 100% or below. Some waivers of income requirements may be granted on a limited basis.
- Families receiving benefits from the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy program are considered income eligible.
- Children must be 3 years old by September 1 of the current year.
- Head Start actively recruits families with special needs and disabilities.
Early Head Start Eligibility:
- Families living in Northern Grant and Richland Counties meeting federal poverty income levels of 100% or below. Some waivers of income requirements may be granted on a limited basis.
- Families receiving benefits from the Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy program are considered income eligible.
- Families must be expecting or have a child between 0-3 years of age.
- Head Start actively recruits families with special needs and disabilities.
To Apply
For more information, contact the Head Start office at 608-935-3379 or 1-800-494-8899.
You may also download this application form (25KB PDF File) 
, fill it out and mail it to our office at 212 E. Chapel Street, Dodgeville, WI 53533.
