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EightCAP, Inc
EightCaP, Inc a private nonprofit corporation was established as a Community Action Agency in 1966, serving counties of Gratiot, Ionia, Isabella, and Montcalm. EightCap has one Community Services office in each of our four primary counties: Ionia, Montcalm, Gratiot, and Isabella. Each office is staffed on a full-time basis.
The mission of EightCAP, Inc is to advocate and promote the health, education, and welfare of the residents in the service area. The corporation will design, administer and deliver programs that address the causes of poverty, alleviate its effects on our citizens and teach self-sufficiency including the habilitation/rehabilitation, social development and employment of mentally, physical, emotionally and socially disabled persons
Programs and services include: Head Start & Early Head Start, Threshold Academy (K–6 Public School), Housing, Weatherization Client Assistance, Foster Grandparent/Senior Companion Program, Community Services (Camp Wah-Wah-Tay-See), Emergency Food and Housing.
EightCAP – Head Start & Early Head Start
EightCAP, Inc. Head Start is a federally-funded program for children in Gratiot, Ionia, Isabella and Montcalm counties.
Early Head Start is a child development program that is offered to pregnant women, infants, and toddlers under 3. There are two program options available for families, Center-Based or Home Based.
Center-Based: Children attend the center four days per week, Tuesday thru Friday during the school year, and weekly home visits during the summer.
Home-Based: families receive a weekly home visit and may attend playgroup twice per month.
Head Start preschools provide children with a safe environment, nutritious meals, health care, and the skills they need to succeed in kindergarten and beyond. Children attend early childhood centers four half days each week.
The Head Start program focuses on child development, family support, and medical and nutritional care of enrolled children. Both programs are free of charge to children whose family’s income falls within certain guidelines and to children with disabilities
Locations:
EightCAP – Threshold Academy
5827 Orleans road
Orleans, MI 48865
Phone: (616) 761-2296
EightCAP – Head Start & Early Head Start – Isabella County
County Community Services
310 W. Michigan
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Phone: (989) 772-0110
EightCAP – Head Start & Early Head Start – Gratiot County
County Community Services
525 N. State – Suite #2
Alma, MI 48801
Phone: (989) 463-5693
EightCAP – Head Start & Early Head Start – Ionia County
County Community Services
327 W. Main
Ionia, MI 48846
Phone: (616) 527-2337
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Eight CAP – Administration and Early Head Start – Montcalm County:
