Head Start

Nisqually Tribe Head Start is a comprehensive child development program which serves children 3½-to-5 years of age. Head Start is a child-focused program, and haves an overall goal of increasing the social competence of young children in low-income families. The Head Start program has a long tradition of delivering comprehensive and high quality services designed to foster healthy development in low-income children. Nisqually Tribe Head Start provides a range of individualized services in the areas of education and early childhood development, medical, dental, mental health, and nutrition and parent involvement.

Our mission is to “offer a place of support for our children and families by empowering the families to become more involved in the education of their children. Head Start provides educational opportunities necessary to nurture and develop self-esteem and competency amongst our families as they move forward in life.”

If you are interested in enrolling your child into our program, please call 360-400-1100 and someone on staff will assist you.

If you are looking for job opportunities with Nisqually Tribe Head Start, please contact the Nisqually Tribe Human Resource Department at 360-456-5221.

Management Staff Directory:

Linda, McCloud  Program Director
(360) 400-1102 mccloud.linda@nisqually-nsn.gov

Sioux Cano, Deborah  Program Operations Manager
(360) 400-2084 siouxlee.debbie@nisqually-nsn.gov

Bishop, Kimberly  Family Services Coordinator
(360) 400-1100 bishop.kimberly@nisqually-nsn.gov

Soto, Lucille  Health Services Coordinator
(360) 400-2094 soto.lucille@nisqually-nsn.gov

Pace, Rena  Transportation Supervisor
(360) 790-1836 pace.rena@nisqually-nsn.gov

Goals:

Following is a list of goals. After phase one is completed we will then establish the network of how all of the departments will interact with one another. It will be the criteria for how a family that comes into the system will be tracked in and out of the process. For some departments i.e., Head Start, this process will last throughout the child/ren school age years.

Short Term Goals:

1. Establishment of collaboration between tribal and non-tribal programs that have to do with Head Start i.e., Daycare, Early Childhood Development.
2. Provide a healthy Head start to child and families.
3. Provide a model tribal Head Start program.

Long Term Goals:

1. To own a facility on tribal grounds.
2. To have a social services facility that provides for “one door” services.
3. To eventually provide support for the region.