"Educate, equip, empower and elevate children, parents, and community."

Montgomery County Head Start is a federally funded program. As such, our eligibility criteria is tied to the HHS poverty guidelines. Below is the 2012 guidelines chart for the 48 Contiguous States and the District of Columbia. You may find more information about this at the Pennsylvania Head Start Website.

Size of
Family Unit

48 Contiguous
States and D. C.

1

$11,170

2

$15,130

3

$19,090

4

$23,050

5

$27,010

6

$30,970

7

$34,930

8

$38,890

For each additional
person, add

$3,960