Action for a Better Community’s Head Start and Early Head Start are federally funded programs that provide educational and developmental services to more than 1,000 children and pregnant women in Monroe County. Every year, Head Start programs serve more than one million children across the United States.
ABC provides one of the highest performing Head Start programs in the country by actively ensuring all children have equitable access to a quality preschool education and by assisting parents in providing a home life that nurtures their child’s full development.
Ashley and Diciel Moukoudi enrolled their two-year-old daughter Kinsley in Early Head Start in September 2023. Since enrolling, the Moukoudi’s have enjoyed many benefits. “We were looking for a program to help Kinsley develop socially,” said Ashley. “She had never really been anywhere without me. She was a late talker and walker. ABC Head Start helped her develop verbal and social skills. By the end of the year, Kinsley knew every one of her classmates by name and invited all of them to her birthday party.”
Kinsley’s academic progress has been equally impressive. In just one school year, the two-year-old learned how to recite the alphabet, count to 20, and identify an array of colors.
After one year of Early Head Start, Ashley and Diciel are thrilled with Kinsley’s development and confident that she’s well on her way to being kindergarten ready by the time she turns five.