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Our Family Services staff include our Family Services Manager
and Family Advocates. These
wonderful individuals will be some of the first folks at our
Head Start that you meet.
Our
Family Advocates complete applications with prospective
families, so you will meet one of these folks when you come in
to apply for our Head Start program.
The
next contact you will have from our program will generally be
a letter notifying you if your child/family are eligible for
the program and are on our wait-list.
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Once a child has been
accepted into the program for placement in a classroom, the family
will receive a phone call from a family service staff member, offering
the placement in the program to the child. Once the placement is
accepted, the family will come in and complete an "intake"
appointment with a family service worker. This is when the
family learns who the child's teacher will be and lots of information
about the program. After this appointment you will have frequent
contact with the family services worker who is assigned to your child
and family.
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Your family
advocate will be making home visits to your family throughout
the program year. You will have the opportunity to
complete at least three home visits during the program year.
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Home visits are a
wonderful part of your Head Start experience! Your family
advocate will be a resource to your family and can get
information for you on most topics that you are interested in, whether
it is parenting, child development, adult education opportunities,
community involvement, or simply a great recipe to liven up your
family's dinner next Tuesday!
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During the home
visit process it is important to remember that your family advocate is there to visit YOU- not to judge you, your house, your
lifestyle, or your past. Our Head Start Mission Statement is,
"Pocatello/Chubbuck Head Start Builds Families". It is
our privilege to be a part of the lives of children and families for a
brief time, and to do all we can to help families learn how to better
help themselves.
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Your family advocate will give you reminder calls about Head Start activities,
committee meetings, invite you to events that may be of interest to
you, encourage you, care about you, and support you. If you have
any needs, interests, questions, concerns, or problems please call
your family services worker or speak with them in the
classroom.
Remember,
"Pocatello/Chubbuck Head Start Builds Families".
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