New Directions Early Head Start
University of Delaware (UD) home-based program provides home-based services for 67 families by six home visitors. The families are comprised of pregnant people and families of children from birth to three years of age, in the New Castle County area including the city of Wilmington. These families receive weekly visits and emphasis is placed on the parents being their child’s first and primary educator.
New Directions Early Head Start-Kent County is a partner program of the University of Delaware providing services in the Kent County area to pregnant people and families of children birth to three years of age through home-based services. Delaware Early Childhood Center (DECC) provides home-based services for 60 families by six home visitors. The families are comprised of pregnant people and families of children birth to three. These families receive weekly visits and emphasis is placed on the parents being their child’s first and primary educator.