Head Start provides a program that recognizes parents as the primary educators of their children through positive parent activities. The program includes opportunities for parents to volunteer in their child's Head Start preschool classroom, family activity days, monthly parent meetings, parent trainings, literacy events, home visits and parent-teacher conferences.

Head Start provides families with the necessary information to successfully maintain family life. The Family Partnership Plan assists the family in its own efforts to improve the condition and quality of life. This includes family assessments, step-by-step action plans and referrals to local social service agencies and other resources. Staff work with parents to better understand typical child development, effective parent-child communication, the importance of reading to their child and age appropriate discipline. Teachers demonstrate how parents can work on school readiness skills with their child using materials readily available in their own home.