Grand Street Settlement has offered quality early childhood services for Lower East Side children and families for more than three decades. Its Head Start Program was established in the 1960s to serve three- and four-year-olds from disadvantaged families. Programs now include Daycare, Early Head Start, Head Start, and Universal Pre-Kindergarten. Together they offer an intensive and comprehensive continuum of child-centered services for newborns to six-year-olds, and an array of support services for parents and families.

Early Childhood Programs

Early Head Start includes Center-based and Home-based services for infants and children up to age 3; Home-based services are also provided for pregnant women.

Head Start serves children ages 3 to 5 and includes both part-day (8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.) and full-day classrooms (8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)

Universal Pre-K serves four year-olds from Day Care and Head Start with extended afternoon hours until 5:45 p.m.

Daycare serves children ages 2 to 6 between the extended hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Family Support Services provide a variety of activities for parents, including workshops and education seminars; volunteer opportunities in the classroom, job readiness/job training, and parent outings. Family Workers and Visitors provide assistance and support for families in crisis or with special needs and advocate with social service agencies.

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