The Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative Head Start/Early Head Start Program serves 309 preschool children and 100 infants, toddlers and prenatal women in a predominantly rural eight-county area adjoining the urban sprawl of Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky on the Ohio River in Northern Central Kentucky. A variety of program options including full-day/full-year center-based HS/EHS programs and school day school year center-based programs Head Start programs are available to meet the specific needs of the population served as determined by the annual Community Needs Assessment. Applications for our Head Start and Early Head Start programs are taken throughout the year by our Family Advocates at the site locations they serve.