Areas of Work

Welcome to the . . .
Head Start Collaboration Project

The New York State Head Start Collaboration Project is a federally-funded program designed to build partnerships between Head Start programs and a wide range of state and local programs that provide quality early childhood education and family support to low-income children and their families. These partnerships are important for maximizing resources and developing comprehensive, efficient, and effective service delivery systems.

Through funding from the federal Office of Head Start, the Collaboration Project serves as a vehicle for including Head Start in policy discussions regarding young children and their families. In partnership with the New York State Head Start Association, other state agencies and early childhood organizations the Head Start Collaboration Project works to address a variety of issues in federally identified topic areas.

NYS Head Start Collaboration Annual State Profile Report—2012

NYS Head Start Collaboration Annual State Profile Report —2011

For information on current projects and activities, choose a topic area below:

• education—NEW NYS Learning Alignment and NYS Early Learning Alignment Crosswalk;
• health care;
• child care;
• welfare and child welfare;
• community services;
• services to children who are homeless;
• children with disabilities; and
• professional development.