• 15 Sep 2024

Final Rule Supporting the Head Start Workforce and Consistent Quality Programming

The Administration for Children and Families released a final rule in the Federal Register, Supporting the Head Start Workforce and Consistent Quality Programming. The rule updates the Head Start Program Performance […]

• 28 Nov 2023

Major Updates Proposed to Head Start Program Performance Standards

Major Updates Proposed to Head Start Program Performance Standards On Monday, November 20 the Office of Head Start on issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) with major updates to […]

• 21 Aug 2023

Welcome our New Board President!

Kim Hill Elected President Of Virginia Head Start Association Board Of Directors Kim Hill, People Incorporated’s Associate Director of Child and Family Development, has been elected as the new President […]

• 05 Apr 2023

2023 VAHSA Health Institute

The Virginia Head Start Association recently hosted our Health Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, welcoming health specialists, family service Head Start specialists, and other health professionals. The conference was pleased to […]

• 03 Jan 2023

Welcome 2023!

• 27 Dec 2022

2023 Health Institute Announced!

• 23 Nov 2022

Learn about the Chickahominy Indian Tribe of Charles City, Virginia Childcare programs

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we want to share a profile of some attendees to our Annual Conference, The Chickahominy Tribe of Charles City, Virginia. While it is […]

• 17 Aug 2022

We need Parent Reps on our Board!

Meet our Northwest parent Board Rep: Kerri Banks Kerri is our Northwest region Parent rep on our board. She is a parent with Skyline CAP Program. Kerri started with Head […]

• 14 Jul 2022

Meet our Board Members

While you can see all of our Board and meeting minutes on our Leadership page here: https://headstartva.org/about-us/our-leadership/ We want to share a little bit more about a few of our […]

• 06 Jul 2022

New Program Directors 2022!

We have many new program Directors for 2022 and we would like to welcome and support them here on our VAHSA website.  If you know of anyone who should be […]

• 28 Apr 2022

Scholarship Winners

We are pleased to announce the 2022 winners of our Annual Nancy Elmore Scholarship recipients. The Nancy Elmore Scholarship is a wonderful opportunity for two people to receive some financial […]

• 15 Mar 2022

An introduction to Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

    Reconceptualizing Social Determinants of Health and Working Towards Systemic Change . . . is one of the many engaging offerings we have lined up for our Virtual Health […]

• 20 Feb 2020

Parent Ambassadors Visit The General Assembly

The 2020 VAHSA Parent Ambassadors visited Richmond on January 22 to share their compelling stories with State Delegates and Senators about how Head Start has impacted their lives. They valued […]

• 19 Feb 2020

Playdate at the Capitol – February 17, 2020

Our group with First Lady Pam Northam Virginia Head Start Parent Ambassadors joined other ECE stakeholders in advocating for early childhood education at the State Capitol. They brought their children […]

• 02 Mar 2019

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes: Teaching Children at Head Start

By Jennifer Lazzo   Head Start. It’s an easily recognizable name, but do you know what the program is designed to do? Head Start provides young children from low-income families and children […]

• 21 Jun 2018

Establishment of The Governor’s Executive Leadership Team on School Readiness

The Governor and First Lady announced an Executive Directive to establish an Executive Leadership Team on School Readiness, which will be co-chaired by Commissioner Duke Soren and Chief School Readiness […]

• 20 Jun 2018

Virginia’s First Lady visits programs across Virginia

Virginia First Lady Pamela Northam, and Chief School Readiness Officer Jenna Conway, visit Head Start classrooms and other early childhood facilities in a Back to School Tour.   In June 2018, […]

• 15 Jun 2018

Dr. Deborah Bergeron visits Prince William County Head Start Program

Dr. Deborah Bergeron, Director of the Office of Head Start, visited Prince William County Head Start program on June 5, 2018.  Dr. Bergeron visited three Head Start classrooms to learn […]