Children and Family

Services

The Children and Family Development Department of SHARE conducts programs designed to improve the educational, emotional, social, and physical well being of preschool children and their families.

A highly trained staff of 300 works with the children and their families in a variety of settings to provide a strong foundation for school readiness and long term success in school and later life.

The health and nutrition aspects of the program have improved the prevention, detection, and treatment of children's medical, dental, and nutritional problems, thereby removing barriers to growth and learning. Parents are directly involved in the program as volunteers, recipients of training, and as participants in program planning and policy making.

During the 2008 program year, parenting classes were designed to enhance parenting, literacy and employability skills. Head Start has established many successful collaborative partnerships with various community organizations and agencies. These collaborative partnerships have helped to make existing services in the community more readily available to Head Start and Early Head Start families. The program currently provides services to 1,574 children, ages 0 – 4 and their families living in Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, and Pickens Counties in Upstate South Carolina.