Foundations for Families provided strategic start-up consulting services to an educational service agency that was a new Head Start and Early Head Start program. Working with staff on-site, Foundations for Families crafted a start up roadmap that included timelines, activities, roles and responsibilities. We facilitated working discussions on finances and budgeting, program management and organizational systems, personnel strategies, governance, monitoring and quality assurance. Our work helped the grantee successfully launch Head Start and Early Head Start services.