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Description

Northwest Community Action, Inc. (NWCA) is a private, nonprofit Community action agency designated for the northwest Minnesota counties of Kittson Roseau, Marshall, and Lake of the Woods. NWCA’s mission is to stimulate a focus of all ages to attain skills, knowledge, and motivations, and secure the opportunities needed for them to become self-sufficient. Northwest Community Action's Head Start is a program of NWCA and has been serving families in Northwestern Minnesota since 1965. Currently, our Head Start and Early Head Start programs can serve more than 280 children each year in Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Kittson, and Marshall Counties. Northwest Head Start/Early Head Start is a family-oriented program, which provides services to children from birth to five years old, and/or information in the areas of education, health, mental health, nutrition, disabilities, parent involvement, and family services. Head Start/Early Head Start believes that parents are the most important influence in a child's life. Parent involvement in all aspects of the program is essential. Your family participation is needed for a successful year with Head Start. Northwest Head Start/Early Head Start mission seeks to assist children to achieve appropriate physical and developmental growth, increase self-confidence, and improve and expand each child’s ability to think, reason, and communicate with others. Northwest Head Start also seeks to assist parents and families to improve their parenting skills, self-sufficiency, and the conditions in which they live, learn, and work. Northwest Head Start/Early Head Start recognizes when a hand-up is offered to one, many hand-ups are created. One recent story is a current Family Advocate who was herself a Head Start parent. She recalled her struggles as a parent in her early days, then a para, then a teacher, and now advocates for families. Her path of being respected and valued has created a hand up to many. One of her parents then became a policy council member. Passion, skills, careers, and community involvement are a few of the gifts our program offers to our families.