The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey received the award to provide Head Start/Early Head Start services for 300 participants in Trenton, effective July 1.
Those currently enrolled in the program are eligible for registration and continuation in the upcoming school year.
Each year, the CHS reaches over 10,000 young Trenton children and their families through CHS’s Early Head Start home based services and other programs.
“Prior to our decision to compete for the Head Start grant,” said President and CEO Donna C. Pressma, “we looked at the program very closely and felt that it built on our mission of saving children’s lives and building healthy families. It also complemented our decades of early childhood development and parenting education strengths in Trenton.”
CHSofNJ anticipates a smooth transition and a continuation of the classroom excellence Head Start parents have come to expect from the program.
A review and assessment of former Trenton Head Start personnel, facilities and programs has been completed in an effort to best serve the young children and families of Trenton. In addition to the retention of 55 Trenton Head Start employees, the agency has hired qualified professionals to supplement the already strong staff.
CHSofNJ will partner with community agencies to help parents realize their goals for their child’s education and well being, and also goals for their family as a whole. They will partner with the Trenton Board of Education and with the Head Start Regional Office, as well as the NJ State Department of Education.
More information is online at chsofnj.org.
