UWA Early Head Start
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United Way of Acadiana Early Head Start gives your child an EARLY HEAD START to a good life – from pregnancy through age 3 - through a variety of services. Early Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages’ birth to three by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. The Early Head Start Program also provides services to pregnant mothers.
The United Way of Acadiana, Early Head Start program provides a learning environment that supports children’s growth in the following domains:
• Language and literacy
• Cognition and general knowledge
• Physical development and health
• Social and emotional development
• Approaches to learning
Services to enrolled children and families include health, nutrition, social and other services as determined to be necessary through a family needs assessment, as well as education and cognitive development services. The services are designed to be responsive to each child and family’s ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.
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facebook.comThe Abbeville center had a FANTASTIC time hosting and participating in Funky Fusion for staff, students, and parents! #LIVEUNITED #UWAEarlyHeadStart
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: JiggAerobics is coming to the Lafayette Early Head Start center Thursday, June 21 at 1:30 pm - and it's FREE to attend! #LIVEUNITD #UWAEarlyHeadStart #Jiggaerobics
THANK YOU to all of the families and staff members who made Teacher Appreciation Week so special for EHS teachers! #LIVEUNITED #EarlyHeadStart
Here's Jodie presenting "Choose My Plate" at the Parent Committee Meeting last week! #LIVEUNITED #EarlyHeadStart
Happy Teacher Appreciation Day to our incredible teachers! You give of yourselves selflessly day by day, and it does not go unnoticed. THANK YOU! #LIVEUNITED #EarlyHeadStart #TeacherAppreciationDay
The Abbeville center held a fantastic parent/child activity celebrating Cinco de Mayo! #EarlyHeadStart
The LAF Home-Based Pizza and Bingo Socialization yesterday was great! #LiveUnited #EarlyHeadStart
The Abbeville center celebrated Earth Day with a craft. The theme was "I have the whole planet in my hands!" It looks like we have little artists on our hands! #LiveUnited #EarlyHeadStart
Thank you to CUPS (Christians United in Prayer and Service) for donating 103 Easter baskets to our EHS children and expecting mothers!
Both centers had FANTASTIC Easter celebrations filled with bunnies, Easter egg hunts, and yummy snacks! #LiveUnited #EarlyHeadStart
The Abbeville center participated in a spring flower craft as a way of marking the beginning of spring! Aren't their hand print flowers wonderful? #LiveUnited #EarlyHeadStart
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