Head Start for Kent County is a non-profit agency that provides holistic, family-centered services at no cost to qualifying families in Kent County, Michigan. Founded in 1991 under the name Michigan Family Resources, the agency receives federal funds to manage both Head Start and Early Head Start programs. These early childhood programs support the well-being and development of children from birth to age five by focusing on education, parental involvement, nutrition, medical and dental care, and social services.
About Head Start for Kent County
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The backbone of any program is only as good as the quality of the personnel. Head Start only hires qualified degreed professionals, who also have extensive experience in child development. Head Start expects the staff to grow as well as the students, therefore provides many hours of professional development each year.
Speaking of hiring professionals, we’re hiring preschool teachers! If you are interested in becoming a Head Start School teacher, we encourage you to check out our open positions!
We offer fantastic benefits & perks (check out our Perks page for details!), professional development, and no working off the clock.
We have over a dozen sites all over Kent County, so check to see if there’s a preschool teacher job near you!
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Since our daughter is a "covid baby", when visits started being in person, it took awhile for her to "warm up" to the idea of a someone being in the house--but now you would think she's known our home visitor her entire life!
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Our foster children had a stable and inspiring environment to learn. For example, our foster children were able to write their names and count within a few months.
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There were many aspects of the program we have enjoyed. The one-on-one interactions, we felt staff tried to get to know us. Offering new experiences and routines I can now do with my children.
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Thank you to our home visitor and the Head Start program.
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She loved telling her stories about the adventures we went on as a family. Her vocabulary blossomed, she is now using phrases and expressions in her speech. She has learned many songs that she will sporadically start singing. She has gained new manners, and is taking on more responsibilities.
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Head Start was able to help her with communication with others her age as well as adults. She is now able to communicate how she is feeling as well as her needs.
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