YFS Home-Based Head Start provides services in 7 counties in western South Dakota.

  • Pennington
  • Meade
  • Lawrence
  • Custer
  • Fall River
  • Jackson
  • Haakon

Contact Us

Youth & Family Services
Home-Based Head Start
1920 N. Plaza Blvd.
PO Box 2813
Rapid City, SD 57702

Send us e-mail

605-342-4195

800-568-0202

Contact Us by County

Custer County / Fall River County

346 S. Chicago St
Hot Springs, SD 57747

Jackson / Haakon Counties

809 Main Street
Kadoka, SD 57543

Lawrence County

236 W. Jackson Blvd.
Spearfish, SD 57783

Meade County

2112 Dolan Creek Rd
Sturgis, SD 57785

Pennington County

1920 N. Plaza Blvd.
Rapid City, SD 57702

YFS Home-Based Head Start

YFS Home-Based Head Start is a federally funded, no-cost, parent-focused program that serves low-income children, ages 0-5, and their families.

• Caring, highly qualified home visitors work with parents and children in their homes. They plan and share activities that benefit the educational lives of the children.
• Home visitors work with children and their families on a weekly basis to develop their skills and set individual goals for each child.
• Home-Based Head Start recognizes the parent as the child's primary teacher, educator and advocate.
• Working hand-in-hand with the home visitor, parents are able to continue teaching educational activities between home visits.

Want to learn more?

Complete this short form and a YFS Head Start staff member will contact you to answer your questions and tell you more about our programs!
Interest Form

Ready to Apply? Complete an Enrollment Application Today!

YFS Head Start gives priority to families who meet the household income guidelines or have children with disabilities. Income guidelines are established by the federal government each year. All services are free of charge for participants who qualify. YFS Head Start has options for pregnant women and children ages 0-5.
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To apply: Download the application, fill it out, and return it to Youth & Family Services.
Download our Child Enrollment Application here.
Download our Prenatal Enrollment Application here.
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Attention Parents

Call us at (605) 342-4195 to learn more!

Why enroll my child in Head Start?

*To help them learn and grow
*To help them be ready for kindergarten
*To provide them interaction with a teacher
*To help them learn new skills
*To encourage them to be creative
*To get a Head Start for success
*It's fun!

Why choose YFS?

*Individualized learning plans
*High quality programming
*Home visitors are professionals in early childhood development
*Parents are encouraged to be partners in their child's education
*Head Start is available at NO COST to families
*We care about you

Head Start Child Development and Learning Framework

Early Learning Outcomes

Youth & Family provides effective learning experiences that support critical early learning outcomes throughout the continuum of learning for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Comprehensive educational programming is designed to support skill development, behaviors, and knowledge that promote early childhood development and school readiness. Education strategies focus on all areas of development, including approaches to learning; creative arts expression; English language development; language development; Literacy knowledge and skills; Logic and reasoning; mathematics knowledge and skills; Physical development and health; science knowledge and skills; social and emotional development; and social studies knowledge and skills.

Parent, Family & Community Engagement

Youth & Family Services recognizes the benefits of building strong, healthy relationships with families that support family well-being, strong relationships between parents and their children, and ongoing learning and development for both parents and children. Our approaches, grounded in positive, ongoing, and goal-oriented relationships with families, are systemic and integrated across program foundations and program impact areas to promote more positive family engagement outcomes, ultimately resulting in children who are healthy and ready for school.

Program Design & Management

Youth & Family Services Head Start and Early Head Start programs are designed to meet the community's needs and the regulations. Oversight and ongoing monitoring ensures that programs manage their finances, support the staff, and improve the lives of children and families.
Head Start® is a registered trademark of HHS.