ENROLLING NOW FOR 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR!

ENROLLMENT

Eligibility Requirements

  • ​Must be a resident of Adams County
  • Families must have incomes below the federal poverty guidelines for Head Start (https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines)
  • Children must be 3 or 4 before September 1st; or turn 3 years of age at time of enrollment (children who turn 5 before September 1st are not eligible)
Also eligible:
  • Children from homeless families
  • Foster children 
  • Children with disabilities

HOW TO APPLY

To Apply Online Click Here.
​To Mail In:
  • Stop by the main office to pick up an application:
    Address:
    705 Old Harrisburg Rd #5
    Gettysburg, PA 17325
    (717) 337-1337
  • Download application to mail or drop off at the main office. Application can be found under the Forms and Handbooks tab.
Documentation required to process the application:
  • Copy of child’s birth certificate or other proof of age
  • Proof of income (at least 2 pay stubs, W2 form, tax form 1040, TANF, SNAP, SSI, child support/alimony, signed and dated statement from employer, and/or social security)

Locations

​​Classrooms are available in the following areas:
  • Biglerville
  • Gettysburg
  • Littlestown
  • McSherrystown
  • New Oxford
  • Orrtanna
  • York Springs