• Signup for Email
  • About
    • Mission & Vision
    • Leadership
      • Mike Shaver
      • Jan Stepto-Millett
      • Angelica Stapert
      • Paula Corrigan-Halpern
      • Hilary Freeman
      • Sara Irmen
      • Dawnielle Jeffrey
      • Keith Polan
      • Lynsey Sloan
      • Mendy Smith
      • Renae Storey
      • Amanda Whitlock
    • Board of Trustees
    • License & Accreditation
    • Mission & Vision
    • Financial Information
    • Client Policy and Rights
  • Get Involved
    • Join an Auxiliary Board
      • Associate Board
        • Associate Board Membership Request Form
      • Hinsdale Auxiliary
      • Lost Dunes Golf Committee
      • Rice Leadership Committee
      • The Woman’s Board
      • Central Regional Advisory Board
      • Northern Regional Advisory Board
      • Southern Regional Advisory Board
    • Attend or Sponsor an Event
    • Get Your Company Involved
    • Volunteer
      • Volunteer Metro
      • Volunteer Central
      • Volunteer Northern
      • Volunteer Southern
  • Ways to Give
    • Make a Donation
    • Become a Monthly Donor
    • Shop Amazon Smile
    • Attend or Sponsor an Event
    • Get Your Company Involved
    • Remember Us in Your Will
    • Make a Gift of Stock
    • Give Through Your IRA
    • Create Your Own Fundraising Event or Campaign
    • See Our Impact
    • Double Your Impact – Matching Gifts
  • Policy Center
    • Advocacy
    • Start to Finish Coalition
    • Youth Budget Commission
    • Our Projects
    • Result of the Quarter
    • Get our Newsletter!
  • Events
  • Blog & News
  • Locations
  • Careers
    • Intern
  • COVID-19
    • How You Can Help
    • COVID-19 Resources
    • COVID-19 Client and Parent Resources
    • COVID-19 Staff Resources
    • Agency Site and Program Closures
    • Event Cancellations
    • Stay at Home Executive Order Frequently Asked Questions
  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
    • Equity, Diversion and Inclusion Resources
    • Hispanic Heritage Month
    • Self-care after the election
    • Native American Heritage Month
Children's Home + Aid
Donate
  •  Adoption
    Services
    • Become an Adoptive Parent
    • Adoption & Guardianship Preservation
    • Adoption Information Request
    • Adoption Resources
    • Pregnancy, Early Parent, and Adoption Counseling
    • Post Adoption Services
  •  Foster Care
    Services
    • Become a Foster Parent
      • Learn More – Metro Chicago
      • Learn More – Northern Illinois
      • Learn More – Southern Illinois
    • Foster Care with Relatives
    • Foster Parent Resources
      • Caregiver Support and Training 2020/2021
    • Adult Connections
    • Excellence Academy
    • Sibling Connections
    • Specialized Foster Care
  •  Counseling &
    Treatment Programs
    • Adoption Support & Preservation
    • Choose 2 Change
    • Community Based Behavioral Health
    • Early Prevention In The Community
    • Families And Children in Treatment
    • Family Centered Counseling Services
    • Family Solutions
    • Project Connect
    • Residential Services
      • Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Child & Family Center
      • Independent Living
    • SPARCS
    • The Butterfly Project
    • Youth Services
      • Redeploy
      • Youth Services
  • Parenting
    • The Butterfly Project
    • The Children’s Room
    • Crisis Nursery
      • Motherhouse Crisis Nursery
      • Crisis Nursery in Bloomington
    • Early Start
    • Family Visitation Center
    • Healthy Families Illinois
    • Doula
    • Kid’s Turn
    • Parents Care & Share
    • Power of Fathers
    • Pregnancy, Early Parent, and Adoption Counseling
    • Stronger Beginnings for Families
  •  Child Care
    & Education
    • Community Child Care Centers
      • Bloomington
      • Carpentersville
      • Englewood
      • Palatine
      • Schaumburg
      • Viva Chicago
    • Early Head Start
    • Head Start
    • Preschool For All
    • Child Care Assistance Program
    • Child Care Resource and Referral
      • Southern Region
        • Looking for Child Care
        • Parent Resources
        • Provider Services
        • Statistical Information
        • Training Opportunities
        • CCR&R Staff Directory
  • Signup for Email
  • About
    • Mission & Vision
    • Leadership
      • Mike Shaver
      • Jan Stepto-Millett
      • Angelica Stapert
      • Paula Corrigan-Halpern
      • Hilary Freeman
      • Sara Irmen
      • Dawnielle Jeffrey
      • Keith Polan
      • Lynsey Sloan
      • Mendy Smith
      • Renae Storey
      • Amanda Whitlock
    • Board of Trustees
    • License & Accreditation
    • Mission & Vision
    • Financial Information
    • Client Policy and Rights
  • Get Involved
    • Join an Auxiliary Board
      • Associate Board
        • Associate Board Membership Request Form
      • Hinsdale Auxiliary
      • Lost Dunes Golf Committee
      • Rice Leadership Committee
      • The Woman’s Board
      • Central Regional Advisory Board
      • Northern Regional Advisory Board
      • Southern Regional Advisory Board
    • Attend or Sponsor an Event
    • Get Your Company Involved
    • Volunteer
      • Volunteer Metro
      • Volunteer Central
      • Volunteer Northern
      • Volunteer Southern
  • Ways to Give
    • Make a Donation
    • Become a Monthly Donor
    • Shop Amazon Smile
    • Attend or Sponsor an Event
    • Get Your Company Involved
    • Remember Us in Your Will
    • Make a Gift of Stock
    • Give Through Your IRA
    • Create Your Own Fundraising Event or Campaign
    • See Our Impact
    • Double Your Impact – Matching Gifts
  • Policy Center
    • Advocacy
    • Start to Finish Coalition
    • Youth Budget Commission
    • Our Projects
    • Result of the Quarter
    • Get our Newsletter!
  • Events
  • Blog & News
  • Locations
  • Careers
    • Intern
  • COVID-19
    • How You Can Help
    • COVID-19 Resources
    • COVID-19 Client and Parent Resources
    • COVID-19 Staff Resources
    • Agency Site and Program Closures
    • Event Cancellations
    • Stay at Home Executive Order Frequently Asked Questions
  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
    • Equity, Diversion and Inclusion Resources
    • Hispanic Heritage Month
    • Self-care after the election
    • Native American Heritage Month
  • Community Child Care Centers
    • Bloomington
    • Carpentersville
    • Englewood
    • Palatine
    • Schaumburg
    • Viva Chicago
  • Early Head Start
  • Head Start
  • Preschool For All
  • Child Care Assistance Program
  • Child Care Resource and Referral
    • Southern Region
      • Looking for Child Care
      • Parent Resources
      • Provider Services
      • Statistical Information
      • Training Opportunities
      • CCR&R Staff Directory

Head Start

Improving Education for Children from Low-Income Families

Head Start programming, offered through a collaborative agreement between Heartland Head Start and Children’s Home & Aid, promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children in low-income families.

The Head Start program offers educational, health, disability, mental health, nutrition and social services to children from 3 to 5 years of age. Educational services are designed to meet the child’s individual interests. Learning experiences are planned to foster total growth and developmental skills. Children participate in music, art, language, literacy, dramatic play, math, science, and computer activities.

Head Start embraces a core set of values including: establishing a supportive learning environment for children, parents and staff; respecting the importance of all aspects of an individual’s development, including social, emotional, cognitive and physical growth; embracing a comprehensive vision of health for children, families and staff which ensures that basic health needs are met; encouraging the prevention of future illness; and promoting positive, culturally relevant health behaviors that enhance life-long well-being.

Head Start funding is dependent upon volunteer hours from parents. Parents are able to volunteer in their child’s classroom to see how their child interacts in a group setting.

Head Start is offered at the following Children’s Home & Aid locations:

Children’s Home & Aid
Mitzi Freidheim Englewood Child & Family Center
1701 West 63rd Street
Chicago, IL 60636
773-476-6998

Children’s Home & Aid
Community Child Care Center of Palatine Township
721 South Quentin Road
Palatine, IL 60067
847-991-1030

Children’s Home & Aid
Schaumburg Child & Family Center
725 East Schaumburg Road
Schaumburg, IL 60194
847-985-8130

Children's Home + Aid

Corporate Home Office

125 South Wacker Drive, 14th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 424-0200
+ DONATE NOW!

ABOUT

  • Media / Press Room
    • Press Releases
  • Careers
  • Financial Information
  • Corporate & Foundation Partners
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy

GET IN TOUCH

  • Contact Us
  • Volunteer
  • United Way
  • COA

© copyright 2021 children’s home + aid