Family Services of Westchester, Inc.
Family Services of Westchester runs a licensed early-childhood day care in Mount Vernon, the Ellen Farrar Center at 114 East 4th Street, as part of a long-running Westchester County nonprofit. Its early-childhood work centers on Head Start and Early Head Start, at no cost to income-eligible families, and includes nutritious meals and snacks, a curriculum focused on cognitive, language, social, and emotional growth, plus routine health and dental care and family support. Families begin enrollment through Family Services of Westchester's early childhood offices.
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Program details
A nonprofit-run, licensed Mount Vernon early-childhood program offering Head Start and Early Head Start with food, curriculum, and family support, details families can confirm before enrollment.
Program type
A licensed early-childhood day care run by Family Services of Westchester, a Westchester County nonprofit, built around Head Start and Early Head Start, a federal program for preschool children from low-income families.
Ages
Early Head Start serves pregnant women, infants, and toddlers; children move into a center-based program around their first birthday. Head Start serves preschool-age children.
Cost
Head Start services are at no cost to income-eligible children and families.
Meals
Nutritious meals and snacks, plus formula, baby food, diapers, and wipes for the youngest children.
Learning
A curriculum focused on cognitive and language development, social and emotional development, and physical and mental health.
Health support
Families establish a medical home where children receive ongoing routine health and dental care, along with health and nutrition education.
Family support
Parents get help sharpening parenting skills and navigating the school system, plus access to programs that help the family move toward economic self-sufficiency.
Eligibility to bring
Proof of residence (such as a utility bill or phone bill), a birth certificate for the child applying, and federal income eligibility.
Mount Vernon
The Mount Vernon early-childhood site is the Ellen Farrar Center at 114 East 4th Street, part of Family Services of Westchester's Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
Getting started
Families begin through Family Services of Westchester's early childhood offices, which handle applications and intake.
Program details can change, so ask about the exact Mount Vernon location and program for your child, ages currently enrolling, daily hours and full-day vs. part-day schedule, income and document eligibility, the application and intake steps, inspection-history details, and current licensing status before making plans.
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