Thelma Griffith Early Head Start

Head Start/Early Head Start is a free program that provides comprehensive early learning services to children from low-income families. A home-based Early Head Start program option is also available in those counties.

Episcopal Children’s Services operates 30 Head Start/Early Head Start centers in Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Dixie, Duval, Gilchrist, Lake, Levy, Marion, and Nassau Counties, serving pregnant women and children from birth through age 5.