Early Head Start is a federally funded community-based program
for low-income families with infants and toddlers and pregnant
women. Child Focus has been providing Early Head Start services
in Clermont County since 1990. The mission of Early Head Start
is simple: • to promote healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant
women, • to enhance the development of very young children, and
• to promote healthy family functioning. In 2012 Child Focus
served a total of 258 infants, toddlers and pregnant women
through the delivery of high quality home-based and center-based
Early Head Start services The four cornerstones of Early Head
Start are: Child Development: Early Head Start supports the
physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language development
of each child. Parenting education and the support of a positive
parent-child relationship are critical to this cornerstone.
Child Focus follows Parents as Teachers and Creative Curriculum
as the evidence-based curriculum which guide home visitors and
teachers in supporti