Community Action is now accepting Head Start applications for the 2020-2021 school year in DeWitt, Logan and Piatt Counties.

Executive Director Alison Rumler-Gomez says as tax information gets received by families in Central Illinois, parents with kids that have kids in the birth-to-five age, they need to contact Community Action about the availability in the early childhood education program.

The first selection process is based on income and other factors like disability or incarcerated parents. Rumler-Gomez says get those tax returns filed quickly so you can have those ready when you go to apply.

Rumler-Gomez indicates if you do get accepted but there are not any openings, they do have a waiting list and encourages parents paying for childcare elsewhere to try to get their kids on that waiting list as they do have cases where spots open up. 

To get more information on the Head Start Application process, contact Community Action by visiting capcil.info or ask for Darrin Worth when you call 217-732-2159.