Community Action of Eastern Iowa is the Head Start and Early Head Center provider in Clinton, Scott, Cedar, and Muscatine counties. Head Start/Early Head Start is a comprehensive program providing education, family, health, mental health and nutrition services to children from income eligible programs. The Early Head Start in Clinton county is adding a classroom to serve 8 more infants and their families. Early Head Start is an evidence-based program specifically for children ages birth to 36 months. They currently have over 100 families on the wait list of Early Head Start. The children will attend five days a week, 6 hours per day, for 12 months. IWF funds will be used to help purchase the needed equipment for the classroom.
