A goal of CDI HS is to operate a Head Start program in the same communities in which the previous Head Start grantee operated when possible. CDI HS strives to maintain stability for children and families in the program during the transition through continuity of Head Start and Early Head Start services. CDI HS team members will be visiting each center to evaluate whether or not it meets health and safety standards. The health and safety of children, families and staff come first and only facilities that ensure this will be opened by CDI HS. In some cases a center will be relocated due to challenges with negotiating a lease or because a location does not meet CDI HS standards for health and safety. CDI HS also has to obtain legal permission from state child care licensing to be considered a center owner/operator in order to open a center on our first day; on occasion, there are circumstances that prohibit this from happening.

If a change in center location does occur, families will be notified with as much advance notice as possible.

We recognize that a child’s learning environment is just as important as the quality of staff leading those experiences.