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Established in 1973, New North Citizens' Council provides advocacy, social and human services to the residents of Hampden County, Mass. Its housing program provides assistance to families in need of housing services, including first-time homebuyers' workshops and homeless prevention services. The organization s young parents support program provides pregnant and parenting youths with home-based parent support programs and case management, prenatal and parenting education, child abuse prevention, and information and referral services. It also offers individual assessment and planning and case management services. In addition, it offers child care, family support, transportation, health and nutrition counseling, family planning and parenting education services. The organization also assists families where a member has a developmental disability.

Since 1965 HCS Head Start Inc. has been providing high-quality early childhood education services for children and families in cities and towns located in Western Massachusetts. We are committed to providing low-income children and their families with a Beacon of Hope and source of support for a brighter future. We strive to do so by providing high quality comprehensive child development services to enrolled children and empowering families to achieve stability in their home environment. We serve Brimfield, Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Granby (Shared with Community Action), Hampden, Holland, Holyoke, Indian Orchard, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer, South Hadley (Shared with Community Action), Springfield, Three Rivers, Wales, and Wilbraham. Head Start provides a solid foundation for children to gain necessary skills to enter kindergarten and to be successful in life. Our centers are fully licensed by the MA Department of Early Education and Care. For more information about our centers or the towns we serve, contact us at (413) 417-7779.

Acorn Learning Center provides a toddler, pre-school, and before/after school programs offering half and full day care for children. We provide environments that contributes to social, emotional, intellectual and physical development of the young child. Mission The school's program is designed to provide opportunities in a non-discriminating environment that contributes to the social, emotional, intellectual and physical development of the young child. The atmosphere is one of warmth and concern that is planned to include materials that provide first hand learning experiences, encourage creative expression and the development of a secure self image. We feel that a genuine interest and acceptance of the child as he or she will create the foundation of the individual that he or she may become.