The Southwest Consortium of Indian Head Start Programs, Inc.

Native American Child and Family Conference

Improving and promoting direct comprehensive services to children, families and communities served by Native American Head Start, Early Head Start and Child Care programs through training, technical assistance, communications and collaboration with various resources.

Goal

The goal of the Native American Child and Family Conference is to provide Head Start, Early Head Start, and Child Care programs with training opportunities to build their capacity in providing quality services.

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To provide quality workshops targeted toward building the knowledge base and beginning skills of front-line staff working directly with children and their families.

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To increase the knowledge base of program management staff in order to provide quality early childhood development services.

Conference Objectives

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To provide a learning environment for sharing among programs for the benefit of young children moving to become future leaders in their communities.