Regina Coeli Child Development Center is a private, non-profit corporation, which operates Head Start and Early Head Start programs in southeast Louisiana. The programs provide high-quality, comprehensive early childhood services to over 1,700 children and employs over 450 people in a six-parish area. Regina Coeli Child Development Center was founded in 1969, and it has been recognized as one of the best Head Start programs in the country. The program strives to meet the following objectives in its operations:
Provide children with early literacy and numeracy skills
Enhance children's growth and development
Strengthen families as the primary educators of their children
Link children and families to needed health and social services
Involve parents in decision making about the Program