Early Childhood Programs

We work with several Head Starts and other early childhood programs to assure that developmental screenings, medical exams, and immunizations are up to date to allow children to continue to participate in these vital programs.

Head Start and Early Head Start

Youth In Need (South City)

Head Start is a program for children, ages 3- to 5-years-old. Early Head Start is for children, ages birth to 3-years-old, as well as prenatal services for expectant parents. IFM partnered with YIN more that a decade ago to establish a clinic within the walls of the south city location. IFM received the James A Braun/YIN Champion of Children Award in 2011.

Expanding the partnership and consistent with the IFM mission of bringing care to the patient, a medical van operated by YIN brings the IFM nurse practitioner to head starts in St. Charles, Lincoln, Warren and Montgomery Counties as well as other locations within St Louis city.

Youth In Need Mobile Van

SSECC’s mission is to create lasting opportunity in the lives of our children—and their families—by providing the best in early childhood education and support services including health. IFM has been SSECC’s partner in providing on-site health screenings for a number of years, and received SSECC’s Champion of Children award in 2019.

South Side Early Childhood Center

hilltop early child development center

Hilltop’s mission is to develop the cognitive, social, and emotional well-being of young children; and to serve the diverse needs of their families, Hilltop provides a comprehensive early education program in which children are encouraged to explore, question, and discover.