The Early Head Start Boot Camp was developed to assist, support and provide new and existing Early Head Start programs with the tools needed to implement successful programs. Early Head Start provides early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families, and pregnant women and their families. The program has many options and initiatives such as Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, Early Head Start home-based and/or center based, Early Head Start Family Child Care and more.The EHS Boot Camp is aligned with OHS goals of Early Head Start and will include information such as:
▪ Safe and developmentally enriching caregiving which promotes the physical, cognitive, social and emotional development of infants and toddlers, and prepares them for future growth and development;
▪ Supporting parents, both mothers and fathers, in their role as primary caregivers and teachers of their children, and families in meeting personal goals and achieving self sufficiency across a wide variety of domains;
▪ Mobilizing communities to provide the resources and environment necessary to ensure a comprehensive, integrated array of services and support for families;
▪ Ensuring the provision of high quality responsive services to family through the development of trained, and caring staff.
| ▪ | Safe and developmentally enriching caregiving which promotes the physical, cognitive, social and emotional development of infants and toddlers, and prepares them for future growth and development; |
| ▪ | Supporting parents, both mothers and fathers, in their role as primary caregivers and teachers of their children, and families in meeting personal goals and achieving self sufficiency across a wide variety of domains; |
| ▪ | Mobilizing communities to provide the resources and environment necessary to ensure a comprehensive, integrated array of services and support for families; |
| ▪ | Ensuring the provision of high quality responsive services to family through the development of trained, and caring staff. |
