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.
% }1 b2 H0 ~$ V4 ]& }
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.

# P  j$ d) \0 o3 sTo be eligible for our program for the 2008-2009 school year:
4 n6 _: }6 z, X9 x0 ~4 Z2 c5 K•        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)

  R% C6 ]! A/ h: S( qFamily Size        LICO        Family Size        LICO
8 j3 y" E; m, F. m& o6 n2        $27,478        5        $46,518
7 a7 {, V! i- W- P3 C3        $33,780        6        $52,463
9 R3 f2 p" ?! U# G; m4        $41,014        7or more        $58,410

% f$ ~: V; `$ u% FPlease 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.  

+ Y3 S9 A, _! f; eChildren 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.   

$ J0 {5 d2 d; w+ lTo 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.   

' m/ q# J, N# z* N7 w" uThank you for your interest.

4 ^% {+ [2 n& B3 a8 Q5 HSincerely,

8 W0 d' {2 m; \! V( g9 qMary Lou Andrais
Intake Worker
780 461 5353