Mid-West New Mexico CAP Grants Early Childhood Development Center has been serving children and families in Cibola County for over 50 years. The Grants Early Childhood Development Center has both Head Start and Pre-K classrooms, serving children ages 3 to 5. The center is located at 246 Mountain Road in Grants and employs 49 employees. The center is federally funded to serve 168 Head Start children and state funded to serve 40 Pre-K children.
The center has 10 Head Start classrooms and 2 Pre-K classrooms. Six of our Head Start classrooms have 4-hour classes. Three classes are held from 8 to 12 noon and the other three classes are held from 12 noon to 4 in the afternoon. The remaining four Head Start classrooms have 6-hour classes and are held from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. We have 1 morning and 1 afternoon Pre-K classroom. The child to teacher ratio is 10 to 1, with the exception of the classrooms which have children with an IEP that specifies a request for an Inclusion Aide. Parents can enroll their child into Head Start as soon as their child turns 3 years of age. This encourages continued recruitment and enrollment throughout the program year. Children are also referred from other community agencies such as La Vida Felizidad, NAPPR (Native American Professional Parent Resources Inc.) and ECEP (Early Childhood Evaluation Program). Children referred from these agencies are referred to help continue the child’s needs in developing.
The center provides transportation to and from the center for the children. Bus routes travel as far as Bluewater Village (13 miles west of the center), but can travel within a 25-mile radius.