Some 400 care packages for Harris County Department of Education Head Start families have been assembled and will be distributed by HCDE staff. The program called “Because We Care” provides food items meeting healthy food guidelines selected by nutrition staff at HCDE Head Start during the COVID-19, stay-at-home order.

Head Start families from area centers gain care boxes as they drive by in their vehicles. Parents from five centers will be served at the central location (Walker). More distributions are being planned at additional locations.

The HCDE Board approved the care package program through an emergency board meeting, appropriating funding for food for Head Start families. Food was purchased through Choice Partners, HCDE’s purchasing cooperative which supplies one million meals for Harris County students yearly. Distribution assistance is provided by Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia’s office.

(Care packages will be given to families enrolled in HCDE Head Start programs from designated centers, not the general public. Families have already been selected by geographic location and notified about the giveaways by HCDE personnel.)