The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis received two new Head Start grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services totaling more than $7,703,463 at its newest Magnolia Head Start Center grand opening on 2725 Alhambra Ct. in St. Louis. Urban League Head Start/Early Head Start will now serve 672 students from six weeks to five years of age, as well as services to expectant mothers.
“I want to specifically thank Hazel Mallory, vice president of Urban League Head Start, her management team and staff for doing a great job of managing our Head Start program over the years,” said Michael P. McMillan, president and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc.
“Early childhood education plays a direct role in the emotional, social and physical development of young children, which also plays a key role in the overall development of the adult they will become.”
Since 2001, Urban League Head Start has worked to educate thousands of St. Louis children as a delegate agency of the YWCA. It partners with corporations such as Monsanto, Express Scripts and USBank, which has helped to enhance Head Start’s STEM, mental health and reading initiatives and offer experiential learning activities at the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis Butterfly House and the St. Louis Science Center.
The program provides early childhood education services and opportunities for parent engagement. Families may also take advantage of the many other programs and services offered by the Urban League, such as food pantry, job training, housing, utility assistance, continuing adult education and so much more.
Urban League Head Start/ Early Head Start programs are enrolling now. For more information, call (314) 867-9100 or visit www.ulstl.com .
