The Foundling’s Head Start program operates in Puerto Rico and provides high-quality early education and child development services, which promote children’s cognitive, social, and emotional growth for later success in school. The center-based program embeds responsive and effective teacher-child interactions.
The Head Start program integrates parent and family engagement strategies into all systems and program services to support family well-being and promote children’s learning and development. The program delivers developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate learning experiences in language, literacy, mathematics, social and emotional functioning, science, physical skills, and creative arts. To deliver such high-quality early education and child development services, the program is staffed by qualified teachers, social workers, nurses, and mental health professionals. Operating across Puerto Rico, Head Start services are provided by The Foundling in five municipalities: San Juan, Cataño, Vega Alta, Coamo, and Toa Baja. The program educates children ages 3-5 in specially designed early childhood centers.
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The services featured on this page are supported by Grant Numbers #02CH011266, #02CH012165, #02CH012181, #02TD000097, #02TD000164, and #02TD000191 from the Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of The New York Foundling and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start.
