General Info

The CAO Head Start Program serves more than 500 children and families in over 10 sites in Buffalo, N.Y., and at the Weinberg Nursing Home in Getzville, N.Y. The program operates nearly 20 classrooms, approximately 10 full-day and more than 11 half-day sessions. It collaborates with other community agencies to offers program that includes the Buffalo Board of Education Universal Pre-K Program, Kaleida, Buffalo Hearing and Speech, Gateway Longview Therapeutic Program and Building Mentally Healthy Communities. The CAO Head Start Program offers educational, nutritional, health, mental health and social services for children and families. Its staff includes speech, physical and occupational therapist s and special education teachers. The program is a part of the Community Action Organization of Erie County.