Coronavirus Covid-19 Resources

The VHSA is committed to the health and safety of children, families, employees, partners, and communities.

Family members of a child enrolled in a Head Start program will find updates about COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) on your local program’s website or social media. Updates may include precautions your program recommends, information about how your program protects your child, what you can do at home to support your child’s learning, changes in your program’s procedures as well as changes in the schedule or closure.

Head Start children have life-long benefits

Research shows that children who receive high quality early childhood education such as Head Start have much better education, employment, social, and health outcomes as adults than their non-Head Start counterparts. Head Start programs offer learning environments designed to support children’s cognitive, social, and emotional development.

The types of services available for children and their families through Head Start include:

• Vermont Department for Children and Families
• Schools and Child Care Programs – Vermont Department of Health
• Let’s Grow Kids
• Hunger Free Vermont
• Vermont 211