Early Head Start Home-Based Program

The Benton Franklin Early Head Start program promotes school readiness in infants and toddlers by enhancing their physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development while also supporting parents and families. 

The program provides support to expectant mothers through prenatal care and education. This includes help with accessing healthcare services, guidance on nutrition, and support for emotional well-being. By ensuring healthy pregnancies, the program helps improve outcomes for both mothers and their children.

What's Included

• The Early Head Start program is designed to help your child's development and promote school readiness.

• Year-round, weekly 1 ½ hour home visits.

• Parent-child playgroups are held twice a month.

• We work with you to support your child's learning by collecting information about your child, assessing their ongoing development, and developing goals together.

• We conduct initial screening for health, hearing, vision, and development, and assist with referrals or follow-up as needed.

• We track well-child exams, dental exams & immunizations and assist you in staying up to date.

• We assist parents with developing personal or family-level goals and provide community resources and referrals as needed.

• We offer parent education & leadership opportunities.

For more information about our Early Head Start program, please get in touch with us at (509) 735-1062 or complete a Benton Franklin Head Start interest form.