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 2021-2022 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.
headstart@swcap.org
You may also download this application form (English) / application form (Español), fill it out and mail it to our office at.