Champlain Valley Head Start
Serving Burlington and Champlain Valley area in Vermont, incuding Grand Isle, Franklin, Chittenden and Addison counties
Champlain Valley Head Start (CVHS) offers a variety of programs across the Champlain Valley, from inviting classrooms and home visiting to support for expecting families. All programs focus on building relationships, fostering development, and learning through play, with a dedicated, highly experienced staff committed to helping children and families thrive.
Champlain Valley Head Start (CVHS) Programs and Services:
CVHS offers a variety of programs located across the Champlain Valley area which focus on building relationships, fostering development, and learning through play.
- Centers and Classrooms: Our learning environments are inviting, safe and fun-filled to spark curiosity.
- Home Visiting: Focused on using the home as a learning environment to support optimal health and child development.
- Pregnancy Support: We’re here for expecting families as they transition into parenting.
- Family Connections: An opportunity for families to play, learn, and connect through weekly playgroups for children, and their caregivers.
The Strength of Our Community is Built Through Connections.
University of Vermont’s Kiddie CATs On The Move Program – an interdisciplinary collaboration between the University’s psychological science, exercise science and education departments. The program provides a fun and interactive, 30-minute physical activity program for preschoolers in our Chittenden and Franklin County classrooms.
CVHS Family Connections Program, a parenting program where family educators work with parents/caregivers and their enrolled child(ren). Our group sessions, offered 4 times each week, are a combination of playing together, along with introducing concepts from our Growing Great Kids parenting curriculum.
Champlain Valley Head Start has been partnering with Area Health Education Centers Program to create vision and hearing resources for families at CVHS. Six University of Vermont medical students were matched with CVHS to work on a project to create resources that will benefit families and reflect their input.
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Serving Burlington and Champlain Valley
255 South Champlain St, Burlington, VT 05401
802-651-4180
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Mission:
Our mission is to provide high quality services to help children and families thrive and reach their full potential. We promote the health, safety and well-being of children, and maintain strong collaborative partnerships to meet the changing needs of children, families and communities.
A Head Start Parent’s Success Story:
I was a Head Start parent with my son in 1994–1995 and my daughter in 1998–1999. At the time, I was a stay-at-home mom. With encouragement and support from our Head Start Home Visitor, I enrolled at the Community College of Vermont.
After earning my degree in Human Services, I applied to be a Head Start Home Visitor and began working for Head Start in 1999. With Head Start’s financial assistance, I went back to school to earn a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education and became a licensed teacher.
I spent ten years teaching in Head Start classrooms and two years in an Early Head Start classroom. Later, I earned a master’s degree in Special Education through a state grant. I now serve as Support Services Coordinator for Champlain Valley Head Start, overseeing Special Needs and Mental Health Services.
My children are grown, living independently, and both have college degrees and fulfilling careers. None of this would have been possible without the support of the Head Start program.
— Helen Myhre, Champlain Valley Head Start, Support Services Coordinator
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