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Welcome to Rural Utah Child Development!
Mission StatementTo create an environment of opportunities where Head Start and Early Head Start children and families are empowered to change their lives.
"We Dare to Dream"
Giving Children a Head Start...
Head
Start is a comprehensive child development program designed to meet the
educational, emotional, social, health, and nutritional needs of children and
families. The program encompasses much more than what is generally thought of as
a preschool program. The overall goal of Head Start is to bring about a greater
degree of "social competence" to children and their families. Social competence
refers to the everyday effectiveness in dealing with both present environment
and later responsibilities in school and life. Children and families leave Head
Start more confident in their own abilities and ready to succeed.
It is a pleasure and privilege to provide services to the children and families
within the Rural Utah Child Development service area. RUCD has a long standing
position in the communities we serve. We face challenges in providing services
to families and children in areas that are spread out over one third of the
state of
The
Management Team works together to provide strong leadership and support to the
staff at the centers and home base programs. The dedicated Specialists travel
extensively providing support and guidance to sites. They provide supervision
for staff, monitor classrooms, attend parent meetings, monitor documentation,
ride the bus routes, train new staff and meet with center teams. The center and home base staff are the heroes in the program.
Each and every day they deliver quality services for children and families. They
are devoted and committed to the children and families. They provide
individualized lesson plans, learning experiences, work with families to achieve
goals, help children with health issues and assist in building parenting skills.
The meals served to children are nutritional home cooked style meals prepared on
site. The program is supported and made possible by the Board of Directors and the Policy Council. The Policy Council is made up of 51% or more of parents who have a child currently enrolled in the program. This hard working group meets monthly and approves budgets, policy, hiring and many other administrative functions. The Board of Directors is a seven member group that has the legal and fiscal operation of the program. RUCD is private non-profit organization that is federally funded for HS/EHS services. The members of both groups volunteer their time and effort to make this program a quality service for the children and families we serve.
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