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Sure
Start
is committed to providing the highest quality preschool education for eligible children of families living at military installations overseas. Sure Start is based on Head Start. Sure Start is dedicated to providing comprehensive services in the areas of education, health, social services, and family involvement. Close collaboration between families, schools, and the community is essential. Sure Start is founded on the principles of developmentally appropriate practice, which is supported by research. Parent involvement in Sure Start is a mandatory part of the program. Sure Start uses DoDEA PreK Foundational Standards to base its curriculum. Teachers and program assistants receive training in its implementation to ensure consistency. Sure Start specifies a ratio of 2 adults to 18-20 students. Oversight of the program is by DoDEA
Enrollment Eligibility
Sure Start is a program for command-sponsored dependents. It is primarily a program for qualified four year olds. (The child must turn four years old by October 31 of the current school year.)
Children qualify for Sure Start based on family dynamics:
- Rank of sponsor (E-1 toE-4 have first priority)
- Single parent household
- Parent(s) not a high school graduate
- Parent a teenager when first child was born
- One or both parents speak a language other
than English as their primary language
- Low birth weight
- Parent is on remote assignment (TDY) three months or more
- Four or more children close in age, living in the home
- Child has older sibling with a severe disability
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