Parents of preschool age children will get the opportunity to learn about the Head Start Program. A special Super Saturday Enrollment session is scheduled for Saturday, April 28 to help parents find out about the no-cost preschool program in Milwaukee County. The Super Saturday will be held from 9 am to 2 pm at more [...]

New guidelines by the Federal Government for all Head Start programs nationwide will require many agencies to enter into a competitive bidding process. Government officials say the new guidelines and implementation of the bidding process will improve quality and accountability for the preschool program. Social Development Commission (SDC) CEO Deborah Blanks welcomes the changes, saying [...]

Margaret Henningsen, who was recently selected as the new executive director of the Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee will be honored with a community celebration to be held on October 8, 2011 at the Radisson North Inn on North Port Washington Road. Henningsen is a founder of Legacy Bank, a state chartered commercial bank located [...]

On a usual work day, this group of engineers is working hard at Johnson Controls to design and refine the batteries that power hybrid cars and trucks. But they took an afternoon away from work to labor on behalf of preschool children at a Head Start school. The nine volunteers from Johnson Controls Power Solutions [...]

A preschool program that provides free preschool education in the Milwaukee area is signing up new students. The Head Start, coordinated by the Social Development Commission (SDC), is now recruiting three, four and five year old children from income eligible families in Milwaukee County. The nationally recognized preschool program prepares children for elementary school with [...]

It is never too early to sign up for a free program for preschool age youth. The Head Start program coordinated in Milwaukee County by the Social Development Commission is now taking applications for youngsters who will between the ages of three and five this fall for its sites located all across the county. SDC [...]

Head Start Body Start National Center for Physical Development and Outdoor Play today announced the Social Development Commission (SDC) Head Start Program as one of 436 recipients of a grant to improve the outdoor play space at the Head Start North facility at 606 W. Concordia Avenue in Milwaukee. The Head Start Center can purchase [...]

A group of preschoolers marked the completion of the latest stage in their education. Five year old members of the Social Development Commission Head Start- Johnson Square site were recognized at a Completion Ceremony. The nine youngsters were singled out at the celebration program for completing the Head Start program. They will be going on [...]

A pilot program is successfully connecting Milwaukee area fathers with the lives of their children. The On My Shoulders program is improving the quality of father-child and co-parenting relationships among Milwaukee area families. The program is one of only a few pilot efforts being done around the country. In Milwaukee County, it is coordinated by [...]

A daylong workshop is seeking to help Milwaukee men become better fathers. The SDC Head Start Healthy Relationship and Marriage Enhancement Program is sponsoring “What does it take to be a Man/Father?” The session will be held Saturday, May 15 from 8 am to 4 pm at the Doubletree Hotel at 611 W. Wisconsin in [...]