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Are you looking for an early childhood or preschool program for your child or a child that is near and dear to your heart? 591-KIDS is there to help you navigate through this journey!

To begin the application process to enroll your child in a Genesee Intermediate School District Early Head Start, Head Start, or Great Start Readiness Program, submit an interest form to here. 

Learn More About the Programs

Great Start Readiness Program

Need free PreK for your 4-year-old? The Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) is Michigan’s free PreK program for eligible four-year-olds. Ranked #1 in the U.S., it’s a safe place where children learn how to get along with others, share, take turns, and make friends. Math, reading, and thinking skills are taught every day through fun, hands-on activities. GSRP will help make sure your child is ready for kindergarten and beyond.

Head Start

Head Start programs prepare America’s most vulnerable young children to succeed in school and in life beyond school. To achieve this, Head Start programs deliver services to children and families in core areas of early learning, health, and family well-being while engaging parents as partners every step of the way.

The Head Start program encompasses Head Start Preschool programs, which primarily serve 3- and 4-year-old children, and Early Head Start programs for infants, toddlers, and pregnant women. Head Start programs operate in every state, many tribal nations, and several U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico. Head Start services are delivered nationwide through 1,600 agencies that tailor the federal program to the local needs of families in their service area.

Genesee Intermediate School District Programs

The Genesee Intermediate School District’s (GISD) Center for Countywide Programs early childhood staff deliver student services and assist local district staff and families in the program areas shown below. All are free (or based on income guidelines) and welcome all children, including those with disabilities or cognitive delays.

GISD Head Start

The GISD Early Head Start program provides infant/toddler center-based classrooms and comprehensive services for children 6 weeks to 3 years of age in the Flint school district. Free (income based) school and home-based services are available.

The GISD Head Start program provides preschool classes and comprehensive services for children, ages 3-5, who live in the Beecher, Carman-Ainsworth, and Flint school districts. Free (income based) school and home-based services are available.

Great Start Readiness Program

The Great Start Readiness Program provides preschool classes for Genesee County children, age 4. Classes are in schools and childcare centers throughout the county.

Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD)

The GCCARD Head Start program provides preschool classes and comprehensive services for children, ages 3-5, who live in Atherton, Bentley, Bendle, Clio, Davison, Fenton, Flushing, Genesee, Grand Blanc, Kearsley, Lakeville, Linden, Montrose, Lake Fenton, Mt. Morris, Swartz Creek, and Westwood Heights school districts. Free (income based) school and home-based services are available.

Beecher Early Head Start Program

Beecher Early Head Start (EHS) is a free program for 6 months to 3-year-old children who qualify and is funded by a grant awarded to Beecher School District by the Federal Government through GCCARD.

Mott Community College (MCC) Early Head Start

Mott Early Head Start is a free program for 6 months to 3-year-old children who qualify and is funded by a grant awarded to Mott College by the Federal Government through GCCARD.

The Learning Community Early Childhood Center

Bendle/Carman-Ainsworth Early Head Start is a free program for pregnant women and 6 months to 3-year-old children who qualify.