SWCAP Head Start, in collaboration with community service agencies, provides expectant parents and families with children ages birth through five, opportunities for:
child development education
health and nutrition services
parent and program partnerships
family support, resource and referral
in an effort to promote school readiness, positive parent-child interactions, self-sufficiency, and healthy lifestyles.
Head Start Annual Report
For review, here is the 2023-2024 Annual Report for the Head Start program.
For review, here is the Head Start Community Assessment - 2023.
Head Start Eligibility:
Families living in Grant, Iowa, Lafayette and Richland Counties meeting federal poverty income levels of 100% or below. Some waivers of income requirements may be granted on a limited basis.
Children must be 3 years old by September 1 of the current year.
Head Start actively recruits families with special needs and disabilities.
Early Head Start Eligibility:
Families living in Grant, Iowa, Lafayette and Richland meeting federal poverty income levels of 100% or below. Some waivers of income requirements may be granted on a limited basis.
Families must be expecting or have a child between 0-3 years of age.
Head Start actively recruits families with special needs and disabilities.
Contact Information
Head Start office
Dodgeville, WI 53533
For more information, contact the Head Start office at 608-935-3379 or 1-800-494-8899.
[email protected]
You may also download this application form (English) / application form (Español), fill it out and mail it to our office at.
Family Resource Directory:
For your convenience, here is the 2025-2026 Family Resource Directory
This website is supported by Grant Number 05HP000495 and 05CH011859 from the Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program, Inc. and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start.