Building our future, one child and one family at a time.
People Incorporated is Virginia’s leading child and family development organization and the first to be accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. For more than 45 years, we’ve pioneered the creation of early head start, head start and childcare programs that have helped thousands of children fulfill their potential.
Early Head Start: For children up to 3 years old.
We support the belief that the parent is the child’s first teacher. People’s Early Head Start program provides center-based and home-based education, health, and social services for pregnant women and families with children up to three years of age.
Head Start: For children from 3 to 5 years old.
Our 13 Head Start centers and home-based services promote early childhood education, health, nutrition, social services, parent education, family development, and parental involvement for income-eligible families and children ages three to five. Dedicated teachers provide developmental, sensory, and behavioral screenings during enrollment. We also encourage parents to participate in program governance, volunteer, and attend parenting training, adult literacy, and career skills classes.
Affordable Child Care
Affordable quality daycare for qualifying families is available at Child Development Centers in Abingdon, Clintwood, and Bristol. Supervised, age-appropriate activities designed to promote learning take place in full-day infant-toddler and preschool classrooms, before and after school child care, and full day summer care for school children.
Family Development Institute (FDI)
The FDI is the family service-training arm for Children & Family Development and incorporates two major training programs: SMART (Strong Marriages and Relationships Today) and FDC (Family Development Credential)
Strong Marriages and Relationships Today (SMART)
The SMART program offers a series of relationship/marriage building workshops to income-eligible individuals with young children who may not otherwise have access to this type of training.
Family Development Credential (FDC)
Sponsored by People Incorporated’s Family Development Institute, the FDC trains staff members working in home-visiting or family-service positions. The training leads to a nationally recognized one-year certificate that demonstrates competency and skills in working with families using a strength-based approach.
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Fast Facts
- Head Start and Early Head Start served 565 children, 447 under Head Start and 118 under Early Head Start.
- Head Start and Early Head Start utilized 1621 volunteers for a total of 229,777 hours served, including 832 parents of enrolled or formerly enrolled children. Parents served a total of 175,245 hours at Head Start and Early Head Start Centers during 2009–2010.
- 157 individuals were employed, including 60 current or former Head Start parents.
- Of the children enrolled for more than 45 days required to receive medical exams, 96.9% of Head Start and 96.3% of Early Head Start children received medical services and were up-to-date on a schedule of preventative care at the end of the year. 96.5% of Head Start Children received an oral health exam and 96.3% of Early Head Start children received an oral health screening.
- Average monthly enrollment was 100% for both Head Start and Early Head Start.
- 94% of Head Start and 93% of Early Head Start enrollments met income eligibility requirements.
- Each enrolled Head Start/Early Head Start child received an individualized education program to prepare him or her for kindergarten, using the Early Childhood and Infant Toddler Creative Curriculum as a model. Head Start served 93 children and Early Head Start served 21 children diagnosed with various developmental disabilities.
- 127 children were enrolled in one of our three centers providing all day services, allowing parents to maintain a job or complete their education in part because of the quality childcare provided.
