Kootenai Valley Head Start, Inc.

Address: 247 Indian Head Road
Libby, MT 59923 Phone: (406) 293-4502 Fax: (406) 2939620 Email: kvhstart@libby.org

KVHS has a funded enrollment of 84 children.  74 are in classroom settings and 10 are in home based programs. Head Start is a comprehensive child development program that has served low-income families since 1965.  These child-focused programs serve children birth to 5 years of age, pregnant women, and their families with the goal of increasing school readiness of children from low-income families.  Head Start provides a range of individualized services in the areas of education and early childhood development; medical, dental, and mental health; nutrition; and parent involvement which are responsive and appropriate to each child's and family’s developmental, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage and experience.