• Nationally, the Head Start Program provides free preschool services for almost one million children.
  • Children who complete one year of Head Start do better on kindergarten entry tests.
  • CADA Head Start serves 516 three- and four-year-old children, and 86 children birth to 3 years of age in Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, and Northampton counties.
  • CADA Head Start has some of the highest licensure-rated preschool classrooms in northeastern North Carolina.
  • CADA Head Start has a special focus on literacy and language for preschool children.
  • CADA Head Start has many opportunities for parents as well as children.
  • CADA Head Start / Early Head Start has Male Involvement activities.
  • Families of children with disabilities are encouraged to apply