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EARLY CHILDHOOD

Preparing children for a lifetime of learning


WHEDco’s nationally accredited Urban Horizons Early Childhood Discovery Center, a Head Start program, serves 104 pre-school children from 18 countries.

The program offers a nurturing environment that prepares children for school and engages parents in their education.


WHEDco’s Head Start program:
  • Helps children to develop confidence, think creatively, analyze information and communicate effectively
  • Helps parents to become active partners in their children's education
  • Provides family support services including adult literacy classes, benefits screening, counselling and access to job opportunities

 

Research demonstrates that investing in high-performing early childhood education can help close the educational achievement gap for disadvantaged children.

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RELATED PRESS

August 1, 2008, New York Nonprofit Press, "Six Early Childhood Programs Receive NAEYC Accreditation"

 

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REAL RESULTS

Root Cause, a nonprofit research firm, named WHEDco one of seven top school readiness programs in New York State.


Since its start in 1998, the Discovery Center has served over 1,000 children and their families.


100% of children who graduate from our early childhood education program are school-ready.

 

WHEDco spearheads grassroots activism by helping parents be community leaders.

 

WHEDco helps parents get job training, apply for childcare and access family support services.