ABC Head Start

christmas

ABC Head Start is now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 school year.  ABC Head Start is a free pre-school and family support program for families of limited income.  Our programs are located in 12 locations across the city of Edmonton, including a francophone program.  Children’s services include four half-days a week of early childhood education.  Free bussing to and from class is provided as well as a daily nutritional snack.  The program follows the school year, running from September to June.
3 W" ]; ^- m: x$ `) D7 y
; C/ D7 x2 A0 o, P/ w6 t7 S* Z3 ~Each class of 16 children has a teacher, two teaching assistants, a part-time speech-language pathologist, and a social worker plus community volunteers. Special services (occupational therapy, community health nurses, cognitive and mental health assessments) are included as needed.  Social workers provide family advocacy and on-going parent support, including education groups.  See www.abcheadstart.org for more information.
7 X% \4 k, {2 K9 C8 A2 ~1 [. d
3 g5 J5 J5 x/ {9 f6 i( ?2 \2 _# }To be eligible for our program for the 2008-2009 school year:
•        the child must be born between March 2, 2004 and March 1, 2005
•        the family income must fall below Statistics Canada’s Low Income Cut-Off (LICO)
& E0 L% V1 ]  [; O, \/ j
3 F; ^1 A. F9 p# F' IFamily Size        LICO        Family Size        LICO
2        $27,478        5        $46,518
$ }& c5 U( V8 P4 d. u/ U3        $33,780        6        $52,463
8 M4 Z8 ~1 f1 A& `/ E5 z4        $41,014        7or more        $58,410

Please note the above LICO figures are the Low Income Cut-offs from 2006 and Low Income Measures for 2005 with an added 4.1 % December 2007 Consumer Price Index adjustment.  
7 M) X: Y3 \) X* n: o$ w- H2 q
Children accepted into the program include those diagnosed or suspected of mild to moderate delays in the following areas; fine motor, speech and language, behaviour, and learning.  Also accepted are children with diagnosed or suspected severe speech and/or language delays and those children from the community who would benefit from a pre-school program.   

( r5 D( K. ?9 u$ tTo refer a family and child to ABC Head Start, please complete the referral form and fax it to: 469-0423 or mail it to:  #103, 5104 82 Ave. Edmonton, AB T6B 0E6.  Families are welcome to apply directly by calling 461-5353.   
7 ?6 I5 W: d6 B
% S' z' |/ |+ r! gThank you for your interest.

! [: ]) |( s$ J% DSincerely,

Mary Lou Andrais
Intake Worker
780 461 5353