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Our Mission
Missoula Early Head Start partners
with families and the community so that:
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Children can grow and
develop in safe, healthy, responsive and nurturing
environments.
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Parents can experience the
joy in being a parent.
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What we do
Missoula Early Head Start (MEHS) provides low-income prenatal
mothers and families of children birth to age 3 with enhanced
knowledge and skills in child development, health, safety, and
nutrition education, as well as providing social service
connections and parent involvement opportunities. Missoula Early
Head Start delivers these services to families by fully
implementing the federal Head Start performance standards and
following best practices in early childhood development.
As a result of enhanced knowledge, skills, and opportunities,
children will be more attached to their parents, families will
access more community resources, and families will be active in
the program and community. Through our programs, parents feel
joy in their children, understand their child’s behavior, have
knowledge of ear ly childhood in respect to the whole child,
utilize community resources for their personal growth and
development, and actively participate in their child’s
education. Children will grow and develop in healthy, safe, and
stimulating environments providing them with opportunities to
create strong connections to their parents and to feel healthy,
happy, and safe.
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Our Board & Policy Council
Board of Directors
Ravalli Head Start, Inc. is a private non-profit community action
agency. The nine Board members are volunteers from the community who
represent both Missoula and Ravalli Counties. Two of these members are
parent representatives.
The Board of Directors sets policy for the Head Start Program. The Board
of Directors is given advice from the Policy Council and sets forth policies to operate the Head Start and Early
Head Start Programs.
Policy Council
Ravalli Head Start, Inc. Policy Council consists of 17 voting members.
Eleven of these members are parent representatives elected by parents in
Ravalli Head Start, Inc. Parents are elected to represent each program
option and location. Two of the members are community representatives
from Missoula County and four are community representatives from Ravalli
County. The Policy Council approves plans, goals, and policies for the
Missoula and Ravalli Early Head Starts and Ravalli Head Start programs.
The Policy Council must also conduct an annual evaluation of all three
programs. Policy Council Member elections are held in October each
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Missoula
Early Head Start