Garrett-Keyser Butler Community Head Start #1

The Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community Head Start Program was started in 1966 as a summer program for approximately 17 children in the Garrett school district. The Grantee for the program was and continues to be the Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community School District Board of Trustees.

The Head Start program is currently funded to serve 140 children from all over DeKalb County. Actual enrollment each year averages 150-175 children due mostly to family relocations.

An Early Head Start grant was awarded to the program in 1998 to serve an additional 33 pregnant women infants and toddlers. Actual annual enrollment averages 45 to 50 per year. In 2009 the program received an expansion of the Early Head Start program bringing the funded enrollment number to 59.

The Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community Early Head Start Program was started in 1998 with services beginning in the spring of 1999. The Grantee for the Early Head Start program is also the Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community School District Board of Trustees.

The program is currently funded to serve 59 infants toddlers and pregnant women from DeKalb County. The EHS Program is housed at the Waterloo site. The EHS program is year-round. There is a home-based option and a combination program option. Early Head Start home-based programming includes approximately four home visits and two socializations per month. The home visits allow time for parent-child interaction parent-visitor interaction and visitor-family interaction. The combination program for older two year olds consists of center-based class sessions two times per week and home visits two times per month. Early Head Start utilizes the Parents As Teachers curriculum for home visits and Creative Curriculum in the classrooms. There is a focus on parent training in areas such as child development health issues and life skills. An agency developed curriculum based off of the Partners for a Healthy Baby curriculum is used with pregnant families.

Child Ages:

3 weeks - 5 years

Licenses & Accreditations:

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration - NAEYC Accredited - Level 4

Preschool:

Yes

Hours of Operation:

Open Mon-Fri 07:00 AM - 04:00 PM