NMCAA Preschool - Mancelona

FOOD SERVICE – TRANSPORTATION – PRESCHOOL

NMCAA Offers several program options designed to meet family needs. Each offering may have a different look but all share a common goal of assisting parents to be their child’s first and most important teacher. Parent involvement is the key factor in producing long term outcomes for families enrolled in the program. Parents are actively involved by volunteering in the classroom attending relevant training and participating in the planning budgeting and staff selection process. Each child enrolled is assessed individually in both cognitive and emotional domains to foster the greatest possibility for later school success. They also receive medical and dental services. Sound nutritional habits are developed on a daily basis. Head Start works with other community resource providers to ensure needs of families are met.

Program Options

Traditional Classrooms

• Classes meet 3 days per week 3 1/2 hours per day serving 329 children.
• Centers are open September through May.
• Transportation is provided.

Extended Day Classrooms

• Classes meet 4 days per week 6 to 7 hours per day serving 305 children.
• Centers are open between September through June.
• Some centers provide transportation.
• Parents receive 4 contacts per year in the form of Home Visits and Parent/Teacher Conferences.

Full Day Classrooms

• Classes meet 4 days per week 10 hours per day serving 96 children.
• Centers are open September though June.
• Transportation is NOT provided.
• Parents receive 4 contacts per year in the form of Home Visits and Parent/Teacher Conferences.

Child Care Contractors

• Children receive a Head Start preschool experience as part of their day.
• Services are provided September though Mid August serving 52 preschool children and 8 birth to 3.
• Transportation is NOT provided.
• Parents receive 4 contacts per year in the form of Home Visits and Parent/Teacher Conferences.

Home Based

• Year round home visiting program with opportunities for families to attend socialization experiences at a variety of child developent centers in all counties serving 107 childern and expectant families and an additional 100 served through ARRA funds.
• Transportation is NOT provided.
• Parents receive 48 contacts per year in the form of Home Visits.

All program options are designed to include children of all abilities.

Preschool:

Yes

Hours of Operation:

Tuesday to Thursday