Head StartPROCLAMATION
Huntsville, Texas
WHEREAS, the Greater East Texas Community Action Program, Head Start Child Development Center is a non-profit organization established to provide services to low-income children and
families in Walker County; and
WHEREAS, to develop fully and to achieve social competence, children and their families are provided a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to services including education, health,
nutrition, social services and parent involvement, ethnic, cultural and linguistic experience and heritage; and
WHEREAS, the Head Start program is family centered and is designed to foster the parent’s role as the principal influence on the child’s development and as the child’s primary educator,
nurturer and advocate. Head Start works in close partnership with parents to develop and utilize parent’s individual strengths in order to successfully meet personal family objectives.
Parents are encouraged to become involved in all aspects of Head Start, including direct involvement in policy and program decisions that respond to their interests and needs; and
WHEREAS, Head Start strives for excellence in staffing, management, oversight, facilities and research; expanding to better meet the needs of children and families; and forming partnerships
with communities, schools, the private sector and other national initiatives; and
WHEREAS, the mission of Head Start is to provide comprehensive services to improve the quality of life for children and families.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED, that I, J. Turner, Mayor of the City of Huntsville, do hereby recognize the month of October 2006 as
HEAD START AWARENESS MONTH
And I urge the citizens of Huntsville to be aware of the tremendous work provided by the Head Start Development Center and to strongly support their mission and their program.
Proclaimed and signed this the 17th day of October, 2006.
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J. TURNER MAYOR