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Rio Arriba Head Start Cluster
Abiquiu Head Start Hwy 84 P.O. Box 755, Abiquiu, NM 87510 685-4084
Alta Vista Head Start State Road 76 Mt. View Elementary School Campus, Cordova,
NM 87533 351-4142
Tierra Amarilla/Chama Head Start County Road 323 Building #15A, Tierra Amarilla,
NM 87575 588-0572
El Rito Head Start El Rito Elementary School Campus Hwy 554, El Rito, NM 87530 581-4454
Espanola Head Start 340 N. Railroad Ave. Espanola, NM 87532 747-1456
Fairview Head Start 1000 Zuni Lane, Fairview, NM 87533 630-0113
Hernandez Head Start Hernandez Elementary School Campus Hwy 84 Hernandez, NM 87537
747-2439
Velarde Head Start Velarde Elementary Campus Hwy 68, Velarde, NM 87582 852-1300
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The Rio Arriba County cluster is comprised of eight NAEYC accredited centers, serving
232 children in communities across the county. The largest center is in Espanola.
There are over 2,800 children under five years old in Rio Arriba County of whom
946 live in poverty. The Espanola Center enrolls 72 children in two half day (morning
and evening) classes and two full day classes. The Abiquiu Center enrolls twenty
children in one part day class. The Alta Vista Center enrolls twenty children in
one part day class. The Tierra Amarilla/Chama Center enrolls thirty children in
two half day classes. The El Rito Center enrolls twenty children in one part day
class. The Fairview Head Start Center enrolls thirty children in two half day classes.
The Hernandez Center enrolls twenty children in one part day class and the Velarde
Center enrolls twenty children in one part day class.
Head Start is one of the most successful federal programs for children ever created.
The YDI Head Start program provides comprehensive services for children 3 to 5 years
old.
Head Start centers provide a nurturing safe environment for preschoolers. Comprehensive
services include a multicultural educational program that is tailored to children’s
individual needs, fosters their self-esteem, and develops cognitive, language, motor,
and social skills; medical and dental screenings and follow-up treatment, along
with classroom lessons that emphasize a variety of preventative health practices;
nutritious meals and snacks eaten in family style settings; evaluation, diagnosis,
and special services, in a nurturing mainstreamed classroom environment for children
with special needs; and regular field trips where children can enjoy and explore
the world around them
Parents are welcomed in the classroom and on the bus as involved participants in
their children’s growth and development. They serve on the Head Start Policy Council
and on Center Committees and have a voice in administrative decisions and programmatic
evaluation. YDI Early/Head Start also has a comprehensive social services component.
Staff and families develop a partnership agreement that identifies family strengths
and goals and they work together to assist family members to achieve their goals.