Children's Services

Offers comprehensive, family-centered services that foster individual and family growth and development as well as prepare children for school.

HEAD START

Children need an environment that encourages healthy mental, social, emotional and physical development. The Head Start Program, a center-based preschool program offered in six centers across the county, provides activities to do just that.

These centers offer family development services and strive to create a sense of
belonging by encouraging parents to get involved by serving on center committees or on the Head Start Policy Council.

EXTENDED CARE

Parents need childcare after the regular Head Start hours. Extended Care meets this need by providing a safe, fun and enriching environment in which children can flourish.

EARLY HEAD START

Low-income families with children from birth to three years and expectant mothers depend on Early Head Start (EHS) for child care. Both EHS, and its grantee, Maryland Family Network, Inc. (formerly Friends of the Family), are committed to promoting the importance of early intervention. The curriculum is designed to fully support infants’ and toddlers’ natural instincts of learning through their environment and relationships with others. Center services support parental roles and promote self-sufficiency.

Dr. Eleanor Harris, Interim Director of Children's Services

Dr. Eleanor Harris,
Interim Director
Children’s Services

 

 

Brian Angus, CEO with children at Head Start center.Brian Angus, CEO, connects with the children during his visit to the Freetown Head Start Center.
Anne Arundel County Health Department annual visit to Head Start CentersDr. Sung & Denise Lulay from the Anne Arundel County Health Department, make their annual visit to Meade Village and the other Head Start Centers to provide the children with comprehensive dental exams.
Annapolis Garden's Head Sart

Annapolis Gardens Head Start children and their teachers enjoy a visit to the Growing Up Great Together Planetarium sponsored by PNC Bank.

PNC Bank is dedicated to investing in the future through its Grow Up Great Program, a 10-year, $100 million dollar initiative. Grow Up Great is committed to enhancing educational opportunities for children, particularly underserved pre-K children, to prepare them for success in school and life.

Barbara Fawkes, with the help of Latoyla Foote, leads the Grow Up Great program for 11 PNC branches in Anne Arundel County. PNC adopted the Annapolis Gardens Head Start Center and has provided the center with a wide array of support including gifts and playground equipment.

Anne’s Tea & Crumpet-Fashion ShowDeneice Fisher & Louisa Matthews (l-r), both Community Action Agency Board Members, pose with Deneice’s neice, Cierra Fisher, during St. Anne’s Tea & Crumpet-Fashion Show – an event that raises funds to support the Head Start Summer Program at O’Bery Court. Louisa Matthews chairs this event.
O’Bery Court Summer Program

Thanks to St. Anne’s Parish, the children enjoyed the O’Bery Court Summer Program at Annapolis Gardens Head Start. Bob Wickizer, Acting Rector for St. Anne’s, applauded Louisa Matthews, Chair of the Spring Festival which raises the $8,000 to run the Summer Program. Wickizer says, “Louisa’s role, not only in raising funds for a much needed enrichment program but in raising community awareness, is exemplary.

St. Anne’s now sends more volunteers into our neighboring Clay Street community where O’Bery Court is located. Even people who never attend church are now either donating funds or volunteering their time to work in the Clay Street Community. This is an example of local outreach at its best.”


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