Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
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As part of our ongoing outreach work, we provide comprehensive dental services, health screenings, and school physicals to children enrolled in Migrant Education and Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs throughout Illinois.
We work closely with each program and each center to ensure that every child receives the health services they need. Our medical teams conduct health screenings on-site, and we work closely with center and school staff to identify children who may require follow-up. As part of our ongoing collaboration with these programs, we maintain a presence at Head Start and Migrant Education Open House events and encourage our clinic staff to serve on the Head Start center's Health Services Advisory Committee. In fact, three of CHP’s Board members are retired or current staff at Migrant and Seasonal Head Start or Migrant Education programs. Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
Unlike most Head Start programs, Migrant and Seasonal Head Start serves children from birth through five years of age, mainly during the growing season, from June through October. The Rantoul Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Center now serves as one of our seasonal sites so that we may address and co-manage health issues that arise.
Migrant Education The Illinois Migrant Education programs serve children ages 3-21, from those enrolled in Pre-K to out of school youth who are beyond high-school age but have not yet completed high school. Our grant from the Illinois State Board of Education enables us to provide health and dental services to students enrolled in the Migrant Education program. We serve between 300-400 students each year through this program using our portable equipment to provide preventive dental and medical services at the schools, and scheduled time at our dental clinics or at contracted dentists’ offices to provide needed dental treatment. |
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