Office of Early Childhood services
The Office of Early Childhood Services administers Early Intervention and Preschool services. Preschool services include the federally-funded Head Start program and the state-funded Pre-K Counts program.
Head Start
Head Start is a free preschool program which promotes school-readiness of young children from low-income families. Head Start programs support the mental, social, and emotional development of children from ages 3 to 5. In addition to education services, programs provide children and their families with health, nutrition, social, and other services.
Pre-K Counts
The Pre-K Counts program delivers high-quality pre-kindergarten programs to age-appropriate children at no cost to income-eligible families in Montgomery County. Children must be between age three and the entry age for kindergarten and living in families earning up to 300 percent of the poverty level.
Early Intervention
The Early Intervention program provides services to eligible young children ages three to age of beginner through an agreement with the Department of Education. Preschool children are eligible for early intervention services that exhibit a developmental delay of 25 percent or a disability and require specially designed instruction.
Dr. Holly Acosta
Director of Early Childhood Services
Administrative Assistant:
Lisa Boffa
lboffa@mciu.org
Dr. Nicole Marchisello Irvin
Assistant Director of Early Childhood Services
Program Contacts
Head Start
Paula Rice
Program Administrator
484-808-2230
price@mciu.org
Pre-K Counts
Rebecca DeSantis
Program Administrator
610-755-9394
rdesantis@mciu.org
Early Intervention
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