La Peninsula Head Start

In the South Bronx, La Peninsula is a nonprofit early childhood education and family support organization serving Hunts Point and Longwood. Its Head Start program provides free, full-day education for children ages 3 - 5, with individualized learning plans and bilingual English and Spanish classrooms. Children receive two hot meals and a snack each day, along with on-site health screenings and dental checks. Family support includes case management, benefits navigation, mental-health referrals, and parent leadership programs. Each family is matched with a bilingual family worker, and local pediatric providers support the organization's health and wellness services. La Peninsula operates two neighborhood centers and prepares children for kindergarten through more than 1,020 hours of classroom instruction per year.