| Funding
Sources: Department of Health and Human Services,
Kentucky Department of Education, Western Kentucky
University, Lexington CAC Operating Budget:
$13,047,863 (combined programs)
Staff: 395 Full-time and 49 part-time staff;
122 substitutes
Service Area: 16 western Kentucky counties in
the Green River and Pennyrile Area Development Districts
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These
programs served 3,140 children in 2006-2007:
●2,246 low
income children and their families were provided
services by Head Start, Early Head Start and Migrant
Head Start;
● 894 low-income children and children with
disabilities were served in the KERA preschool program;
● 2,589 children were enrolled in part-day classes for
nine months;
● 551 children were enrolled in full-day classes for
twelve months;
● Staff received over 8,000 hours of training in the
early childhood field; a minimum of eighteen hours
for each staff person.
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Head Start Preschool*
- Low income families with household incomes of 130% or
below the federal poverty guidelines and children ages 3
or 4 are eligible. Early Head Start* - Low
income families with household incomes of 130% or below
the federal poverty guidelines and children 0-3.
Migrant Head Start* - Low income
families with household incomes of 130% or below the
federal poverty guidelines and children ages 0-4; 50% of
income must be from plant-related agriculture; and must
have moved within the past two years.
KERA Preschool At-Risk - Low income families
with household incomes of 150% or below the federal
poverty guidelines and children age 4.
KERA Preschool Disability - Children ages 3 to
4 with a diagnosed disability; there are no income
requirements.
* Some programs allow up to 10% of enrollment to
exceed income requirements. |
