HeadStart

Location
CAO Head Start Program
70 Harvard Place
Buffalo, New York 14209

Phone: 881-5150
Fax: 882-6390

General Information

Our Head Start/Early Head Start Program provides services to 1,102 children and families in fifteen (15) academies. The academies are located through out the city of Buffalo, Cheektowaga, Derby, Springville, Blasdell, Gowanda, Lackawanna and Getzville. CAO Head Start/Early Head Start operates sixty-three center based classrooms and learning environments (full day and half day classroom), and home based program option.

CAO has collaboration with other community agencies program which included the Buffalo Board of Education Universal Pre-K Program, Buffalo Hearing and Speech, Gateway Longview Therapeutic Program, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo State College and RIF.

Services to children and families include education (literacy/numeracy), nutrition, health, mental health, social services, parent involvement and disabilities. Speech therapists, physical and occupational therapist and special education teachers work directly with our children and teachers in the classroom.

Parents are key to our program and are encouraged to volunteer in the classroom, form center parent committees, and be a part of the policy and decision making process for the program. This process often leads to jobs for parents who are unemployed.

Eligibility

Must be low income, at or below the federal designated poverty level
At least 10% of our children must have a diagnosed disability.

Click HERE for the Head Start/Early Head Start Pre-Enrollment Questionnaire!

Chelsea White
Family & Community Partnership Service Area Manager
716-881-5150 ext 4358

LOCATIONS OF CENTERS AND HOME BASED PROGRAMS
Listing Of All Head Start/Early Head Start Sites
(Both CAO and Delegates)

CAO Head Start/Early Head Start Administrative Office 70 Harvard Place Buffalo, NY 14209 Phone: 716-881-5150 Fax: 716-885-2911 Phyllis A. McBride, Early Childhood Administrator Email: pmcbride@caoec.org	CAO Early Head Start 2422 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14216 Phone: 716-871-1873 Fax: 716-871-1875 Diane Semrau, EHS Manager Email: dsemrau@caoheadstart.org
Bethel Head Start Administrative Office 1461 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14209 Phone: 716-878-0220 Fax: 716-878-0225 Antoinette Amos, Director Email: aamos@bethelheadstart.org	Holy Cross Head Start Administrative Office 150 Maryland Street Buffalo, NY 14201 Phone: 716-852-8373 Fax: 716-854-7046 Cortland Purks, Executive Director Email: cpurks@holycrossheadstart.org

BETHEL HEAD START CENTERS

1485 Academy 1485 Jefferson Avenue Buffalo, NY 14208 Phone: 716-878-2425	Infant of Prague Academy 921 Cleveland Drive Cheektowaga, NY 14225 Phone: 716-631-5200
EOC Academy 465 Washington Street Buffalo, NY 14203 Phone: 716-849-9473	FLAR Academy 307 Leroy Avenue Buffalo, NY 14214 Phone: 716-878-0232, 716-878-0233
George K. Arthur Academy 2056 Genesee Street Buffalo, NY 14211 Phone: 716-896-1551	Harlem Road Academy 4255 Harlem Road Amherst, NY 14226 Phone: 716-839-3507
Langfield Academy 175 Oakmont Avenue Buffalo, NY 14215 Phone: 716-833-8337, 716-833-8349	1424 Academy 1424 Jefferson Avenue Buffalo, NY 14208 Phone: 716-878-0226, 716-878-0238
St. James Academy 500 Terrace Blvd. Depew, NY 14043 Phone: 716-681-2625	U.B. Academy 3435 Main Street (Annex B) University of Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14214 Phone: 716-829-3161

HOLY CROSS HEAD START CENTERS

Akron Academy 7 Church Street Akron, NY 14001 Phone: 716-542-2962	Central Academy 80 Clinton Street Tonawanda, NY 14150 Phone: 716-695-0936
Holy Cross Academy 150 Maryland Street Buffalo, NY 14201 Phone: 716-852-8373	Northwest Academy 155 Lawn Avenue Buffalo, NY 14207 Phone: 716-877-5022
Parkside Academy 169 Sher-Parkside Drive Tonawanda, NY 14150 Phone: 716-876-0100	North Buffalo Academy 203 Sanders Road Buffalo, NY 14216 Phone: 716-464-7771

CAO HEAD START CENTERS

Chapel Park Villa Academy 7008 Erie Road, Route 5 Derby, NY 14047 Phone: 716-947-0064 Toll Free: 866-447-0085	Drexel Academy 122 Schiller Street Buffalo, NY 14206 Phone: 716-362-8952
Ferry Academy 909 East Ferry Street Buffalo, NY 14211 Phone: 716-348-3322	Frontier Academy 3780 South Park Avenue Blasdell Elementary School Blasdell, NY 14219 Phone: 716-828-9297
Gowanda Academy 64 East Main Street Gowanda, NY 14070 Phone: 716-532-5927	Memorial Temple Academy 800 Sycamore Street Buffalo, NY 14212 Phone: 716-894-0616, 716-8941620, 716-8941501
Deck Academy 909 Dick Road Cheektowaga, NY 14225 Phone: 716-630-5912	St. Agatha's Academy 65 Abbott Road Buffalo, NY 14220 Phone: 823-9757
St. Hyacinth's Academy 257 Ridge Road Lackawanna, NY 14218 Phone: 716-822-2402, 716-822-2403	Springville Academy 393 North Street Springville, NY 14141 Phone: 716-592-2595
Weinberg Academy 2700 North Forest Road Getzville, NY 14068 Phone: 716-639-3330 ext 2440

CAO EARLY HEAD START CENTERS

Early Head Start Academy 2422 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14216 Phone: 716-871-1873	EHS Durham Academy 200 East Eagle Street Buffalo, NY 14204 Phone: 716-332-0625
EHS Memorial Temple Academy 800 Sycamore Street Buffalo, NY 14212 Phone: 716-894-0616	Deck Academy 909 Dick Road Cheektowaga, NY 14225 Phone: 716-630-5912
Springville Academy 393 North Street Springville, NY 14141 Phone: 716-592-2595

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