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Lake County proclaims October 2025 Head Start Awareness Month
Summary
The Lake County Board of Supervisors adopted a proclamation recognizing October 2025 as Head Start Awareness Month and invited local providers to describe services and needs for early childhood programs.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors on an adopted proclamation designated October 2025 as Head Start Awareness Month in Lake County and invited local Head Start providers to summarize services and community needs.
The proclamation notes Head Start began in 1965 as a federally funded early childhood development program offering health, nutritional, educational, social and family services. It calls on decision-makers to prioritize investments in health, mental health, disability supports, early childhood education and trauma-sensitive family services and encourages parents of preschool-age children to participate in literacy activities during October.
Local program representatives described the services they provide and gaps in county childcare. "We run and operate the Lake County Migrant Head Start program, and our services are April through November," Raj Samra, program representative for eCenter, told the board. A representative of Lake Family Resource Center said their Early Head Start program serves "babies from pregnant moms to 3 years old," and reported the center is being renovated with plans to reopen in January. The proclamation text also acknowledged North Coast Opportunities (NCO) and First 5 as local partners.
Supervisor Heather Spaethier (Supervisor Heather Spaethier, Lake County Board of Supervisors) told the providers their work is critical amid a childcare shortage, saying that lack of accessible childcare "is forcing some parents to quit their jobs" and urged efforts to expand services and ensure living wages for childcare workers. Mayor Kim Costa of Lakeport, who also identified herself as a county child welfare manager, told the board the agencies serving young children are often the first line of intervention that can prevent deeper involvement from child welfare services.
The board recorded the proclamation as "passed and adopted" and the document was signed by Vice Chair Rasmussen. The public record and the transcript do not specify a roll-call vote tally or the name of a maker/second for a motion on the proclamation.
Meeting moderators invited photos and brief comments from those present before moving on to other business.
