If you would like to take an application for the sibling of a currently enrolled child, please do not fill out this application. Please contact your local center or Central Office at 573-454-2200. If you have already applied at a center and have moved to a center in our eight county area, please call our office, there is no need for an additional application. This is a preliminary application for the Head Start program. Before an application will be considered for enrollment, we must have a copy of the child's birth certificate and 12 months proof of income. Once an application is submitted, a staff member will call/email you in order to receive the appropriate documents to complete this application. Please note, all children that are age and income eligible are placed on a waitlist once all information is verified. Children must have turned 3 before August 1st, 2022 and not turn 5 until after August 1, 2023, in order to be eligible for the 2022-2023 program year. We will pick off of the waitlist until April 2023. Children must turn 3 before August 1st, 2023 and not turn 5 until after July 31st, 2023 in order to be eligible for the 2023-2024 program year. We will pick off of the next program year waitlist until April 2024. We only accept applications in our service area. We services the following counties: Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Madison, Perry, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve and Washington Counties in Missouri.