No one should carry the load alone. Learn how partnerships between programs, teachers, and families help children succeed.
Some loads that feel impossible to carry alone become lighter when someone walks beside you.
In this episode, Rhonda Meyers talks with Janice Smith, Director of Early Childhood Services at the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA). Their organizations spent a full year working to open Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms at Heartfelt’s Lake Orion location.
Janice explains that Head Start looks at the whole child, from health to nutrition to family needs.
[00:14:17] “You are creating a bright future for these children and their families. Even though you don’t see it directly, you are having that impact.”
Rhonda and Janice also walk through what slowed the opening, from licensing to inspections, and what kept the project moving. 
[00:23:16] “I think just having persistence and contacting them, emailing them and staying on top of it, I think is what really made the difference.”.
Janice also shares how families can enroll with OLHSA and emphasizes why every community should have access to these services.
 
Resources
<a href="https://www.olhsa.org/head-start">OLHSA Head Start Program</a>
<a href="https://www.olhsa.org/en-us/early-head-start">OLHSA Early Head Start Program</a>
<a href="https://www.olhsa.org/early-childhood-program-locations">OLHSA Early Childhood Program locations</a>

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