Early Head Start
Serving Children under age 3
Early Head Start provides child development and family support services to low-income pregnant women and families with children under age three.
The goal is to enhance children’s competence, which is accomplished by providing individualized services for the child and family, strengthening families and enhancing parent-child relationships.
Two Center Locations
At our centers, infants up to age three are cared for in a nurturing, comfortable environment that includes age-appropriate educational, social and health services as well as daily nutritious meals. Children attend year-round, four days a week, for six hours each day.
To qualify, the child must live in one of 16 zip codes.
Home-based Program
Neighborhood Centers Inc. is pleased to partner with Healthy Families Houston to provide home-based services to expectant mothers and their newborns in the Gulfton neighborhood.
Our home-based program operates in the Gulfton community, serving mothers-to-be and, following birth, their infants. By providing Early Head Start services in the prenatal period, low-income children are at lower risk for health and developmental problems.
Services include education about:
- Typical fetal development, including the risks of smoking and drinking alcohol
What to expect during labor and delivery
Nutrition and breastfeeding education