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Early Head Start (EHS) is a federal program serving low-income pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and their families by providing child development and family support services in home-based, center-based, and family child care settings. EHS provides children with individualized services and high-quality early care and learning environments, as well as helps build parents’ skills and community connections.
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Early Head Start improves numerous aspects of child-parent relationships, promotes access to good-quality care, positively impacts parent health and emotional wellbeing, and improves children’s language and vocabulary skills and problem behaviors.
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