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Head Start Preschool, Contact a Family Advocate

Audubon, Carroll, Coon Rapids:

712-830-9442

Adel, Waukee:

515-987-7428 OR 712-830-1327

Jefferson, Guthrie Center, Panora:

712-830-6990

Sac City, Rockwell City-Lytton, Schaller-Crestland, Southern Cal:

712-830-1326

Perry:

515-238-2194

New Opportunities Head Start and Early Head Start Central Office

Early Head Start, Contact a Home Visitor

Carroll & Greene Counties:

712-830-6988

Southern Dallas & Guthrie Counties:

712-830-8583

Northern Dallas County:

515-465-8106 OR 515-313-3900

New Opportunities, Inc.

Susan Wessling, Director

23751 Highway 30 East

PO Box 427

Carroll, IA 51401

(712)792-9266 ext: 401

Email: headstart@newopp.org

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Health

Oral Health

Nutrition

Mental Health

Parenting

Family Literacy

Child Development & Education

Healthy Marriages & Families

Head Start (HS)/Early Head Start (EHS) HS EHS

Emergency/Crisis Intervention 33 20

Housing Assistance 160 29

Mental Health 71 17

English as a Second Language 42 12

Adult Education 104 12

Job Training 21 11

Substance Abuse Prevention/Treatment 36 0

Child Abuse and Neglect 14 1

Domestic Violence 6 1

Child Support Assistance 16 11

Health Education 149 35

Assistance to Families of Incarcerated Individuals 3 0

Parenting Education 203 35

Marriage Education 92 5

At Least one of Above 230 35

Parent Meetings Policy Council Parent Leadership

Conference

Socializations Male Involvement School Orientation

Field Trips Food Experience Health Advisory

Classroom Volunteers

Most recent review: April 2010

Follow up visit conducted: August 2010

Areas of concern were remedied. For additional information please contact the New

Opportunities Head Start program.

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The New Opportunities Inc. (N.O.I.) Early

Head Start program has a long history of

providing high quality education to young

children as shown by assessment results.

The NOI Early Head Start program utilizes

the child assessment tool, Teaching

Strategies GOLD, a seamless system of

assessing children birth to kindergarten.

GOLD assesses infants and toddlers in

seven developmental areas shown in each

graph to the right. Also, the three annual

assessment points are illustrated in each

graph. In assessing progress, children fall

into one of the following areas of

development:

Below developmental expectations

Meets developmental expectations

Exceeds developmental expectations

The results of the 2011-2012 program year

indicated that progress was made by the

infants and toddlers enrolled and

participating in the Early Head Start

program from September 2011 through

May 2012.

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New Opportunities, Inc. (N.O.I.) Head Start

uses the Teaching Strategies Gold as the

assessment tool to measure growth in

children ages 3-5 in preschool skills

development. This valid and reliable tool

outlines the progress of each child in

relation to curriculum goals which helps

staff and families decide what will help the

child develop and learn.

In assessing progress from Fall of 2011 to

Spring of 2012, children fall into one of the

following areas of development:

Below developmental expectations

Meets developmental expectations

Exceeds developmental expectations

Note the large decrease from Fall to Spring

in children initially below developmental

expectations into the meeting or exceeding

developmental expectations categories.

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Number of persons providing any volunteer services to our

program since last year’s Program Information Report was

reported:

Head Start: 143 Early Head Start: 54

Parent Meetings Policy Council Parent Leadership

Conference

Socializations Male Involvement School Orientation

Field Trips Food Experience Health Advisory

Classroom Volunteers

Head Start and Early Head Start have organized,

regularly scheduled activities designed to involve

fathers/father figures.

Number of enrolled children whose fathers/father

figures participated in these activities:

Head Start: 217 Early Head Start: 4

Average Monthly Attendance

Head Start Center Based: 91% Early Head Start Home Based: 85%

Federal Enrollment Funding

Head Start Center Based: 247 Early Head Start Home Based: 36

Parent Meetings

Socializations

Field Trips

Classroom Volunteers

Policy Council

Male Involvement

Food Experience

School Orientation

Parent Leadership

Conference

Health Advisory

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Children with Health Insurance

Head Start: 97% Early Head Start: 100%

Children with continuous accessible healthcare

Head Start: 99% Early Head Start: 100%

Children with up to date immunizations

Head Start: 100% Early Head Start: 96%

Fluoride Varnish Application completed

Head Start: 616 Early Head Start: 57

Children referred to AEA

Head Start: 31 Early Head Start: 3

Received services: 16 Received services: 1

Children receiving AEA service prior to enrollment:

Head Start: 33 Early Head Start: 4

Children on *IEP’s Children on *IFSP’s

Head Start: 49 Early Head Start: 5

*(IEP) Individual Education Plan

*(IFSP) Individual Family Service Plan

Completed Physicals

Head Start: 99% Early Head Start 91%

Completed Professional Dental Exams

Head Start: 90% Early Head Start 47%

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