HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-244RESOLUTION NO. 02-244
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE
MONTH OF OCTOBER, 2002, AS "HEAD
START AWARENESS MONTH" IN ST. LUCIE
COUNTY, FLORIDA
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. Sinceits establishment onMay 18, 1965, Head Start has provided comprehensive health,
educational, nutritional, emotional and social services to more than 865,000 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 673 children and families in the year 2001 at Hill
Haven, Lincoln Park, George W. Truitt, Village Green, Momingside, Garden Terrace and Francina
Duval Centers.
4. ALPI Head Start continues the partnerships with Loving Care Child Development, The
Learning Tree Academy, Inc., Gingerbread Lane, Precious Lamb Kiddie Kollege, Sunrise Country
Preschool and Wee Wuns Tu and Wee Wuns Kuntry Klub to serve the additional 157 children
resulting from their expansion efforts.
5. ALPI Head Start has demonstrated delivery of quality services by obtaining accreditation
for all of the centers directly owned and operated by ALPI and parmering with providers that are also
accredited through the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
6. Major research findings docmnent the program's lasting positive effects on children and
their families.
7. 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 and school readiness.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St.
Lucie County, Florida that the month of October, 2002, is hereby proclaimed as "HEAD START
AWARENESS MONTH" during their thirty-seventh birthday celebration in St. Lucie County,
Florida.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 8th day of October, 2002.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM AND
T~)RNEY