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We are now enrolling for the 2017-18 preschool year.
CALL TODAY TO ENROLL: (216) 589-9922
All of our centers are four-and-five star rated by the State of Ohio’s Step Up to Quality initiative and are certified by PRE4CLE, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s quality preschool initiative.
To learn more about the talented team members that lead the Head Start Centers click here.

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Thoughts From the CEO

The Council for Economic Opportunities’ President and CEO, Dr. Jacklyn A. Chisholm, has the honor of meeting a lot of Clevelanders. Now, she’s sharing the stories she’s hearing from them with you! Check out her new blog, where she’ll share her experiences with clients, partners and others in Greater Cleveland.

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We Invest in People

We’ll meet with you to address any immediate needs then identify some life goals. Do you want to enroll your child in preschool to get him or her on a path to success early in life? Are you unemployed and looking for a job? Do you want to go back to school to get a college degree? Are you having trouble paying the bills and making ends meet? Whatever your challenges are, we will work with you on solutions.

Council Launches Friendship through Reading Program

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We Nurture Success

We provide health + dental screenings, emphasize the importance of nutrition + exercise, promote family engagement, teach new skills and will work with you to sharpen key abilities. We offer free workshops on topics from managing time better to improving self-esteem. We will encourage you to walk taller and prepare you to get the job you are seeking. We instill confidence, you can do it!

We Transform Lives

We are teachers, family development specialists, job coaches, case managers, nutritionists, program monitors and school bus drivers. We are someone to talk with and share your dreams. We hope to inspire you, and we are rooting for your success. Take the first step today, and meet with a family development specialist to discover how, together, we can develop your plan for a brighter future so that all of Greater Cleveland succeeds, one very important person at a time (that’s YOU).

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CHECK OUT DR. JACKLYN A. CHISHOLM'S NEW BLOG

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JOB BOARD - Week of July 17th

Enroll your child in Head Start for the 2017-2018 school year. Apply online now, or call (216) 589-9922. Give your child a Head Start today.

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Check out what's coming up:

Click on the workshop to find out more. Then, make an appointment at one of our Neighborhood Opportunity Centers to register and to learn more about what the Council can offer you on your path to a better life. Take the first step with us today.

July 25 – November 14 : Domestic Violence Workshop

July 26 – September 13 : Anger Management Workshop

July 27 : Board Meeting

July 27 – September 14 : Parenting Workshop

August 1 – August 4 : Job Readiness Workshop

August 7 – August 25 : Microsoft Office Training Workshop

August 15 : One-Day Job Placement Workshop

August 21 – September 29 : International Customer Service Training Program

September 5 : One-Day Job Placement Workshop

September 5 – September 8 : Job Readiness Workshop

September 15 : Open Orientation at the Central NOC

September 19 – September 22 : Job Readiness Workshop

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Stories of Progress + Success

Dr. Wilson discusses the Council's initiatives on "Ideas"

Construction will begin soon on a certified outdoor classroom

Dr. Thea Wilson is featured on WKYC's "We The People"

Dr. Chisholm shares success story at national Head Start conference

Crain's selected the Council's Dr. Thea Wilson as a 2017 Educator to Watch

Dr. Chisholm welcomes Sen. Brown (D-OH) to Head Start Center

Council joins esteemed panel at Ideastream

The Council's 2015-16 Report to the Community

Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams reads to Head Start students

Students look in awe at Dr. Chisholm's gown and hood.

Dr. Jacklyn Chisholm talks to WKYC's Russ Mitchell.

The Rock Hall's education team performed for the Toddler Rock finale

Head Start Alumna Natoya Walker Minor Heads Up Cleveland Public Affairs

WKYC features Dr. Chisholm reading at Union Miles open house.

Ava can't stop smiling as she crawls through a tube at the Fit You! event

Mikhail loves paper airplanes & wants to be a pilot when he grows up.

Nailys & Kaybence giggle over the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Dr. Thea Wilson talks about Council Initiatives on “Ideas”

The Council for Economic Opportunities' Dr. Thea Wilson joined reporter Darrielle Snipes on Ideas to talk about a few of the Council's initiatives, including the Friendship through Reading program. The Friendship through Reading program brings City of Cleveland police...

Employees, partners, community members join to break ground on certified outdoor classroom

Donning hard hats and holding shovels, Head Start students, families, CEOGC employees, partners and community members broke ground on the outdoor classroom at the Louis Stokes Head Start Center. Dr. Jacklyn Chisholm, President and CEO at the Council for Economic...

CEOGC’s Reading Program with Cleveland Police Poised to go National

The National Head Start Association (NHSA) wants to encourage more children to embrace reading in the communities it serves. It realizes a partner in this goal can be local police departments. This week NHSA sent Robert Manning, its Senior Advisor for Community...

CEOGC’s Head Start family, center featured on Cleveland’s Channel 5 News

Quiana Baskin and her daughter Amiyah were the focus of a story on a recent WEWS Channel 5 News report. The report focused on access to high-quality preschools in Cleveland. Amiyah was a student at the Council for Economic Opportunities' William Patrick Day Head Start...