Mission:
Building a Strong Foundation With our Native Families

Vision:
Strong Native Children and Their Families Reaching Their Full Potential

Our program goals in working with our community are:

• Establish a supportive learning environment for children, parents, and staff. Value & promote the building of awareness, skills, & understanding.
• Recognize that the members of the Head Start community - children, families, & staff - have roots in many cultures. Work as a team and effectively promote respectful and proactive approaches to diversity.
• Families are empowered when families, governing bodies, & staff share the responsibility of program governance. Hear and respect the ideas and opinions of families.
• Embrace a comprehensive vision of health for children, families, & staff. Assure that basic health needs are met, encourage preventive health practices, and promote behaviors that enhance life-long well being.
• Respect the importance of all aspects of individual development, including social, emotional, cognitive, & physical growth.
• Build a community in which each child & adult is respected as an individual while still belonging to the group.
• Foster relationships with the larger community to build a network of partners that respects families and staff.
• Develop a continuum of care, education and services that allows stable, uninterrupted support to children & families before, during & after their Head Start experience.

--Source: Head Start Performance Standards; 45CFR, Introduction, page 1.

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