Mississippi Head Start Association

Address: 921 N. Congress Street
Jackson, MS 39202 Phone: 601.969.6979 Website: http://msheadstart.org/

The Mississippi Head Start Association’s (MHSA) mission is to provide Mississippi children and families with a range of individualized services in the areas of education and early child development, medical, dental and mental health, nutrition and parent involvement. Embracing a set of core value which promotes wellness, respects families cultures and diversity, supports family empowerment and community development.

Established in 1965, Head Start promotes school readiness for children, ages three to five, in low-income families by offering educational, nutritional, health, social and other services. Head Start programs promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. Programs actively engage parents in their children”s learning and help them in making progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals. Significant emphasis is placed on the involvement of parents in the administration of local Head Start programs.

Early Head Start, launched in 1995, provides support to low-income infants, toddlers, pregnant women and their families. EHS programs enhance children”s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development; assist pregnant women to access comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care; support parents” efforts to fulfill their parental roles; and help parents move toward self-sufficiency. Together Head Start and Early Head Start have served tens of millions of children and their families.

Mississippi State Head Start Collaboration Office
580 High St., 18th Floor
PO Box 139
Jackson, MS 39205
Phone: 601-576-2021
Fax: 601-576-2791