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The Office of Head Start (OHS) administers grant funding and oversight to the agencies that provide Head Start services. OHS also provides federal policy direction and a training and technical assistance (T/TA) system to assist grantees in providing comprehensive services to eligible young children and their families.

Family Connection's mission is to promote early care and education for all children by helping families find and pay for child care, and helping child care providers meet their professional development goals.

KIDS COUNT is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation to track the well-being of children in the United States. Indicators are in four categories: health, education, economic well-being, and family and community.

Montana Head Start servse children 3 to 5 years of age, and their families with the goal of increasing school readiness of children from low-income families. Head Start provides a range of individualized services in the areas of education and early childhood development; medical, dental, and mental health; nutrition; and parent involvement which are responsive and appropriate to the development, cultural and linguistic heritage and abilities of each enrolled child and family.

The Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF) offers a broad range of action kits, toolkits, strategy guides and other resources that provide municipal leaders with practical ideas for helping children, youth and families thrive. City leaders can search for and download all of the Institute's publications by topic area or search for publications by format.