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The
organization I decided to follow is NHSA National Head Start Association. They are a non profit organization that have
been committed and believe that every child will succeed. This organization has been the voice for more
than 1 million children. They have been
working in supporting kids since 1974 in all 50 States. Their model is not only to support children
but to support their families and the community.
Mission and Vision
“NHSA's vision is to lead - to be the untiring
voice that will not be quiet until every vulnerable child is served with the
Head Start model of support for the whole child, the family and the community -
and to advocate - to work diligently for policy and institutional changes that
ensure all vulnerable children and families have what they need to succeed.
NHSA's mission is to coalesce, inspire, and support the Head Start field as a
leader in early childhood development and education” (NHSA, 2018).
One of the campaigns that really grabbed
my attention what the “Head Start Transformation Storytelling Campaign” So what
they do is chose one family that has been transformed in one year. These families must show how Head Start
impacted and transformed their lives. I
like that fact that they chose one family from every state.
I was so impressed to learn that
NHSA works to connects with 33 million Head Start alumni that have graduated
from the program since the year 1965. They
do a national campaign that promotes Head Start Alumni, so parents and graduates
can share their powerful stories. I was
just thinking that I am a graduate of a Head Start program and would love to
share my story as well.
Janet,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you about the NHSA being a great program helping children and families succeed. I’m happy that we have early childhood programs like head start to not only provide families with care, but with struggles in everyday life such as food assistance and transportation. I worked in head start in flint,MI and because of the water crisis we gave out packs of water to families in need. I’m happy to hear that head start graduates are more likely to graduate. I think with all of these good things with head start, we should look at regular childcare as well and the type of care they are getting. All children deserve a high quality preschool education and I think childcare needs a lot of improvement. I know this because there is a huge difference in the quality of head start and regular childcare. My question is why?
Thank you for sharing!
Mellissa early