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ABC Head Start is now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 school year. ABC Head Start is a free pre-school and family support program for families of limited income. Our programs are located in 12 locations across the city of Edmonton, including a francophone program. Children’s services include four half-days a week of early childhood education. Free bussing to and from class is provided as well as a daily nutritional snack. The program follows the school year, running from September to June.
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Each class of 16 children has a teacher, two teaching assistants, a part-time speech-language pathologist, and a social worker plus community volunteers. Special services (occupational therapy, community health nurses, cognitive and mental health assessments) are included as needed. Social workers provide family advocacy and on-going parent support, including education groups. See www.abcheadstart.org for more information.
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8 e; Z) _8 D; RTo be eligible for our program for the 2008-2009 school year:
; y6 ` m, v6 r$ v3 ^• the child must be born between March 2, 2004 and March 1, 2005+ X8 Z$ X4 J6 j
• the family income must fall below Statistics Canada’s Low Income Cut-Off (LICO)' K) E& L5 k4 U" \) Q! g8 U/ J
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Family Size LICO Family Size LICO 7 t! Y% O( {$ Z+ w/ v. B' M' s I
2 $27,478 5 $46,518
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4 $41,014 7or more $58,410
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Please note the above LICO figures are the Low Income Cut-offs from 2006 and Low Income Measures for 2005 with an added 4.1 % December 2007 Consumer Price Index adjustment. 9 Z6 h) \7 o j' o- S
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Children accepted into the program include those diagnosed or suspected of mild to moderate delays in the following areas; fine motor, speech and language, behaviour, and learning. Also accepted are children with diagnosed or suspected severe speech and/or language delays and those children from the community who would benefit from a pre-school program.
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. U2 S) n0 k( d( D+ \2 m( |To refer a family and child to ABC Head Start, please complete the referral form and fax it to: 469-0423 or mail it to: #103, 5104 82 Ave. Edmonton, AB T6B 0E6. Families are welcome to apply directly by calling 461-5353. 3 u: M9 C/ S* m! W- ~; _: c( p% N! R. L
# d, c2 r' z: Q. T6 w* }' cThank you for your interest. 1 U+ R$ C" R3 C1 m
7 l- s% q) e# b X v/ }Sincerely,
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+ z5 A% f; r' h) SMary Lou Andrais1 S4 ~* G! P7 E* k1 A# U0 k3 G7 Y
Intake Worker
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