Penfield Children’s Center, an early childhood education and development organization based in Milwaukee, has received more than $2.4 million in Head Start funding. This funding will support 132 Milwaukee children, including 112 children in Early Head Start center- and home-based programming, as well as 20 children in the Head Start center-based program, according to the
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Polina Makievsky, president and CEO of Penfield Children's Center. Photo submitted by Penfield Children's Center.[/caption]
“We know early experiences matter, and set the foundations for lifelong development,” said Polina Makievsky, president and CEO of Penfield Children's Center, in the news release. “Head Start programming will directly contribute to our mission of ensuring children have positive early experiences, helping all children realize their full potential.”
Penfield Children's Center Head Start programs will begin in early December, according to the news release.
“We exist in a childcare desert,” Makievsky said in the news release. “Children and families urgently need these programs and services, and we’re ready to meet them where they are.”