AED's Center for Early Care and Education currently houses the Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Technical Assistance Center (MSHS TAC-12), the National American Indian/Alaska Native Collaboration Office, and the National Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Collaboration Office.

Currently, the projects housed within the center focus on domestic service provision.

Given the comprehensive nature of early childhood programming, the Center employs highly qualified and talented individuals with early childhood expertise in the following:

• Second Language Acquisition
• Early Language and Literacy Development
• Health (including maternal, child and paternal) and Nutrition
• Family and Community Partnerships
• Father Involvement
• Disabilities Services
• Early Childhood Education (Birth to Eight)
• Program Design
• Program Management
• Human Resources
• Community Assessment/Community Mapping
• Safe Transportation of Young Children
• Child Friendly and Appropriate Playgrounds
• Collaboration and Partnership Development

The center focuses on the provision of high quality culturally and linguistically appropriate services and has expertise with the following populations:

• American Indian & Alaska Native tribes
• Migrant/Seasonal Farm Workers
• The Latino population in general

 

Las Manos de Apá


Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Technical Assistance Center (MSHS TAC-12)


National American Indian & Alaska Native Head Start Collaboration Office (NAIANHSCO)


National Migrant & Seasonal Head Start Collaboration Office (NMSHSCO)

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