INCOME GUIDELINES
To qualify for Head Start, you must meet the Federal Income Guidelines, be receiving public assistance, or be one of the 10% of children who exceed the income guidelines.
The income guidelines change every year, if you wish to check the Health and Human Services Directory for poverty and click on the current years guidelines click on Federal Poverty Guidelines (shown below).
2012 HHS Poverty Guidelines
| Size of Family Unit | 48 Contiguous States and D.C. |
|---|---|
| 1 | $11,170 |
| 2 | 15,130 |
| 3 | 19,090 |
| 4 | 23,050 |
| 5 | 27,010 |
| 6 | 30,970 |
| 7 | 34,930 |
| 8 | 38,890 |
| add for each additional person | 3,960 |
HEAD
START
OWCAP Head Start is a federally funded program which offers services to all of Weber County in Northern Utah.
- Children in Head Start are between the ages of three and four years old.
- Children with disabilities are welcome and services are offered to meet those children’s special needs.
OWCAP Head Start Goal:
Our goal is to develop the overall social competence of children. This goal is achieved by recognizing that the families are the prime educators and working closely with families to become self-sufficient helps the child in the long term.
OWCAP Head Start Program Staff:
Head
Start Program Managers:
Early childhood Development: (801) 399-9281
ext. 318
Program Design & Management and Healthy Families:
(801) 399-9281 ext. 335
Visit the National Head Start Web Site at: http://www.nhsa.org
OWCAP Head Start Application QuestionsAge of child (the child must be 3 or 4 by September 1st of the intended school year)
Live in Weber county (the child must live in Weber County)
If the child qualifies above:
- Pick up an application – address 3159 Grant Ave. Ogden
- Come to the next registration / recruitment (date and time is on the entrance page to the website).
Bring the following information to registration / recruitment:
- Proof of address in Weber County
- Birth Certificate for applying child – or something with the child’s date of birth (i.e. Medicaid card, legal papers)
- Shot record for the applying child.
- Income from last calendar year or the last 12 months (which ever best meets situation) or documentation of TANF / SSI or Foster Care.
Income documents include: Taxes, W2’s, Check stubs, Unemployment, Written statements from employer.
Other important info:
- There are no buses / transportation for Head Start.
OWCAP
HEAD START SITES 2011-2012
|
Site
Name
|
Address
|
Education
Supervisor
|
| Children's Classic-North | 160 Ninth St., Ogden | Johanna Orton |
| Country View | 4650
W. 4800 S., Roy |
Connie House |
| Green Acres | 640
E 1900 N, Ogden |
Julianne Stromberg |
| Marshall White | 222 28th Street, Ogden | Johanna Orton |
| Mound Fort | 1396
Liberty Ave, Ogden |
Connie House |
| Ogden-Weber Community Action Partnership, Inc. | 3159 Grant Avenue, Ogden | Bobbie
Daniels 1000A-H Julianne Stromberg 1000J-N |
| Ogden Weber Applied Technology College Children's School North & South | 559 East AVC Lane, Ogden | Shae McMurrin |
| Plain City | 2335 N 3600 W, Plain City | Julianne Stromberg |
| Roy | 5600 S 2888 W, Roy | Connie House |
| YCC | 2261 Adams, |
Bobbie Daniels |