Madera/Mariposa Regional Head Start Program

"Children Are Our Greatest Resource"


Center Locations

What Can Head Start Offer Your Child and Your Family?
Head Start provides your child with activities that help them grow mentally, socially, emotionally, and physically. Head Start staff recognize that as parents, you are the first and most important teachers in your child's life. Involvement and participation in Head Start activities are encouraged and welcomed.

Head Start offers you family support services, and a chance to be involved in activities that can help your whole family. Staff is readily available to assist your family in obtaining free resources in your own community. These resources may include job training, adult education, or health and nutrition education.

Child's Routine In Head Start
Children who enroll in the Regional Head Start program may attend a part-day or full-day program or the option of being schooled at home by a Homebase Educator. The children are greeted warmly by their teachers as they arrive at the center. Activities included in classroom time are circle time, music, dramatic play, art, food experiences, group time, etc. They have time to work and interact in small groups with other children, and weather permitting, play outdoors on safe, age-appropriate playground equipment. Children receive nutritious lunches and snacks. All children are taught to wash their hands before meals and brush their teeth after. They are encouraged to develop good personal and health habits.

Part Day Program: Children who enroll in the part-day program attend class for 3 ½ hours a day in the morning or in the afternoon. Morning classes are from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and afternoon classes run from 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Full Day Program: Children who enroll in the full-day program attend class from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In order to qualify for the full-day program, parent(s) must be working or enrolled in school/job training for a minimum of six hours per day. These qualifications are verified by the Family Advocate.

Homebase Program: This is a program option that focuses on parents as educators and includes a minimum of 32 weekly home visits per year lasting for a minimum of 1 ½ hours per visit by an assigned home visitor and a minimum of two monthly socialization experiences (16 per year) for both children and parents.

Madera/Mariposa Regional Head Start Program
1225 Gill Avenue
Madera, CA 93637
Phone: (559) 673-0012
Fax: (559) 661-8459

For more information, please contact Maritza Gomez or Angela Avila.
Office hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Center Locations

The following locations are part-day programs:

The following locations are full-day programs:

Our homebase program is housed from the Verdell McKelvey Head Start Center.

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