Who we are
This website, https://headstartworks.org/, is operated by the Lawrence County Early Childhood Academy, a Head Start program of the Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization (ILCAO).
Visitor counting (analytics), and your choice about it
We use one analytics tool, WordPress.com Stats (a service of Automattic Inc., also called Jetpack Stats), to count page views and visits so we can understand which pages are useful to the people we serve. When it runs, it receives standard technical information from your browser, such as your IP address, browser type, and the page you viewed.
It only runs if you allow it. The first time you visit, a “Privacy choices” notice appears at the bottom of the screen with two equal options: Allow analytics, or Decline. No analytics code runs, and nothing is sent to WordPress.com, unless you choose Allow. If you decline, or simply ignore the notice, every part of this website still works exactly the same.
- Changing your mind: a “Privacy Choices” link at the bottom of every page lets you review or change your choice at any time. Your choice is remembered for six months, then we ask again.
- Browser privacy signals: if your browser sends the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, we treat that as a Decline automatically and you will not see the notice.
- What we keep about your choice: a record containing a random identifier, the choice you made, the version of the notice you saw, and the date and time. It contains no name, no IP address, and no other personal information. We keep it for up to three years as evidence of your choice, then delete it.
We do not use advertising pixels, retargeting tools, session-recording tools, or social media trackers anywhere on this site.
Forms
This site has two forms: a contact form and an enrollment inquiry form. Both are built with Jetpack Forms (a service of Automattic Inc.). When you send one, what you type is emailed to Academy staff, and a copy is also stored on this website so we can follow up if an email is missed.
The enrollment inquiry form asks for a parent or guardian name, a phone number, and an email address. It also has an optional box for your child’s age, and an open box for anything else you would like us to know. Anything you type in that open box is sent and stored along with the rest of the form, so please share only what you are comfortable sending over the internet.
Form submissions are checked for spam by Akismet, an automated filtering service operated by Automattic Inc. That check happens on our server and runs nothing in your browser. The two form pages also load Cloudflare Turnstile, a bot check that confirms you are a person rather than an automated script. Turnstile does not track you across websites and is not an advertising or analytics tool.
We keep form submissions for as long as we need them to answer you. If you would like a submission you made to be removed, contact us at the number below.
Cookies
- hcg_consent: set only when you make a privacy choice. It remembers that choice for six months. It identifies your choice, not you, and is not shared with anyone.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages and posts may include embedded content, such as videos or maps, from other websites. Embedded content behaves as if you had visited the other website directly, and that website may collect data about you, use its own cookies, or track your interaction with the content. We do not control third-party content providers. Please review their policies when you interact with embedded content.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be directed to the Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization: (740) 532-3140.
Effective date: August 28, 2026.