According to the Fairfax County Web site, Head Start is a national child-development program that serves income eligible families with child birth through 5 years old.
Services include:
* Child education and development;
* Social services;
* Health services — medical, dental, nutrition, mental health and prenatal care;
* Parent education;
* Family literacy and English as a Second Language.
Eligibility for the program is based on local and federal income and child-age requirements.
Ten percent of enrollment is designated for children with special needs.
For more information, visit the Web site for the county's Office for Children at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/service/ofc/; or call, 703-324-8290. Or to contact the Fairfax County Public School's Office of Early Childhood and Family Services at 703-277-2624; on the Web at www.fcps.edu/DIS/OECFS/.