Iowa Community Action Association - Head Start
Iowa Community Action Association - Head Start
Northeast Iowa Community Action Corp Operation: New View Community Action Agency Operation Threshold North Iowa Community Action Organization Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc. Mid-Sioux Opportunity Community Action Agency of Siouxland West Central Community Action New Opportunities, Inc. MATURA Action Corporation South Central Iowa Community Action Program Des Moines Community Action Agency Red Rock Area Community Action Program Mid-Iowa Community Action Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Community Action of Eastern Iowa Community Action of Southeast Iowa Southern Iowa Economic Development Association


Last year 1,905 Iowa families reduced their heating costs through weatherization programs, and 14,363 families received financial support for emergency energy assistance (Read More).

Contribute to ICAA

SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend  

Head Start

Building better Iowa communities involves ensuring the success of our children. HACAP focuses on early child development to provide essential resources to children during a critical time of growth. Head Start and Early Head Start are comprehensive child development programs that serve children from birth to age 5, pregnant women, and their families. They are child-focused programs and have the overall goal of increasing the school readiness of young children in low-income families.

Early Head Start has a triple mission.

  • Promote healthy prenatal outcomes
  • Enhances the development of infants and toddlers
  • Promote healthy family functioning

In addition to center-based school readiness programs Early Head Start provides a home program for pregnant women and children age birth-3. Together with CACFP, CCR&R, PACES and the Quality Early Childhood Initiative, HACAP works to address the growing needs of young children and their parents.

Nurturing healthy and robust child development today promotes the future prosperity of our local communities.
PDF Head Start Annual Report FY10.pdf (144 k)
PDF HSAnnualReport05.pdf (1.2 mb)