CANI Head Start influences the lives of some 800 children per year, but it is more than just a preschool. It provides help with educational and social service needs of the families of the children as well.

CANI Head Start is helping interested parents learn how to be substitute teacher assistants through its PASTA program. Parents who volunteer at least 50 hours on the classroom are given additional training in child development and health and safety procedures. They then can apply as substitute teacher assistants when they are needed in the classroom.

Community groups from high school students to retirees also are an important part of CANI Head Start. For example, high school students in the Whitley County HANDS program and Haverhill Elementary School donated time, energy, and gifts to make the holidays brighter for Head Start children. Students from Homestead High School made quilts for nap blankets for head Start children.

CANI presented a workshop on teaching fire safety to preschoolers in October, which is Fire safety Month. More than 200 people attended, including CANI Head Start personnel and other Head Start educators from throughout northern Indiana and Ohio. Dr. Robert Cole, Associate Professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center, President of Fireproof Children and nationally respected authority on fire safety education, presented the morning-long program. The workshop was free to participants and also free to CANI through the BIC Corp.

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Your child may benefit from CANI Head Start

The CANI Head Start program serves preschoolers and their families in Allen, Noble, and Whitley counties. The CANI Head Start program offers:

• Free, fun high-quality preschool to income-eligible families.
• Chance for parents to get involved.
• Part-day and full-day classes.
• Free meals for children.

Children must be at least 3 years old by August 1st. Families with a special-needs child are encouraged to apply.

To apply for CANI Head Start,
YOU MUST TURN IN:

• 12 months of income
• Child's birth certificate
• Child's Social Security card
• Shot records
• Insurance card, if available
• A completed application <click to download> You will need Adobe Acrobat reader.

Mail all of the above to the Head Start Main Office address below:
CANI Head Start
P.O. Box 10570
Fort Wayne, IN 46853-0570

You may also drop off the above information at:
CANI Head Start
227 E. Washington Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46802

 

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