La Clínica De Familia, Inc. is a federally funded community health center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, providing care and resources for low-income families with infants, toddlers, and pregnant women. Early Head Start provides free child development services from high-quality child care, parent education, child development programs, and more.
As has been often noted, the earlier a child receives needed support, the better, although gains can be lost later in that child’s life. Head Start doesn’t guarantee that remedial educational programs won’t be necessary, but it does take some of the damaging environmental causes out of the success equation.
Organizations such as La Fey, and La Clinica De Familia, act in some ways similarly to Community Schools, in that they combine various resources with educational programs for a holistic approach.