We enrich parental skills, starting with prenatal development, and empower parents to be early childhood and educational advocates. Our holistic approach eliminates barriers to success and aids parents in becoming their child’s first teachers and leaders in their communities. We start with pregnant individuals and babies at birth and work with families until the child’s third birthday.
Services are provided at no cost to qualifying families in the Hawthorne zip code 90250, Inglewood zip codes of 90301, 90302, 90303, and 90305, and the South LA zip code of 90001. Families can enroll any time before the child’s turns 3. The earlier families enroll, the more support we can provide!
For families with children under age 3:
For pregnant individuals:
Questions? Call 213-622-5237, ext. 223.
Thank you for sharing our Early Head Start program with families and pregnant individuals in South LA, Inglewood, and Hawthorne!
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Dr. Eric Barela has worked as a measurement & evaluation professional for over 2 decades, helping organizations to better understand and act on their social impact. He’s currently a Senior Consultant with Raya Cooper Impact Consulting and previously worked at Salesforce, where he led efforts to measure the social impact of the company’s work with nonprofits and educational institutions across the globe. He began his career working with the Los Angeles Unified School District and with the nonprofit, Partners in School Innovation. Eric previously served on the Board of the American Evaluation Association and currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the American Journal of Evaluation.
Eric grew up in East LA and was educated in the Montebello Unified School District. He holds a Ph.D. in education from UCLA. He loves a good road trip, with his husband serving as trusty navigator.
