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RESOLUTION NO.
03-275
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE
OF OCTOBER, 2003 , AS "HEAD
AWARENESS MONTH" IN ST.
COUNTY, FLORIDA
MONTH
START
LUCIE
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida, has made the following determinations:
1. Head Start is a comprehensive, family-oriented child
development program for low-income families.
2. Since its establishment on May 18, 1965, Head Start has
provided comprehensive health, educational, nutritional, emotional
and social services to more than 1,000,000 children and their
families nationally through 2,100 locally-based programs.
3. The support of this community has made possible a local
Head Start Program, under the leadership of Mary T. Jones, to
provide services to 731 children and families in the year 2002 at
the Hill Haven, Lincoln Park, George W. Truitt, Village Green,
Morningside, Garden Terrace and Francina Duval Centers.
4. The George W. Truitt Family Services Center has been
completely renovated to serve Head Start and an additional 36
infants and toddlers and 4 pregnant women in the Early Head Start
Program.
5. ALPI Head Start continues the partnerships with Loving
Care
Child Development,
Inc. ,
The Learning Tree Academy,
Gingerbread Lane, Precious Lambs Kiddie Kollege, Sunrise Country
Preschool and Wee Wuns Tu and Wee Wunds Kuntry Klub to serve the
additional 157 children resulting from our expansion efforts.
6. ALPI Head Start continues to demonstrate delivery of
quality services by obtaining accreditation for the centers
directly owned and operated by ALPI and partnering with providers
that are also accredited through the National Association for the
Education of Young Children or The Florida Association for Child
Care Management.
7. Major research findings document the program's lasting
positive effects on children and their families.
8. ALPI Head Start is accepting the challenge to take human
services to a new level by "Impacting the Future" and raising the
bar on performance outcomes, National Reporting Systems and school
readiness.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida that the month of
October, 2003, is hereby proclaimed as "HEAD START AWARENESS MONTH"
during their thirty-seventh birthday celebration in St. Lucie
County, Florida.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 28th day of October, 2003.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY CO~m!SSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLOR~
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