📅 Deadline: Rolling enrollment — contact local programs for availability
Amount
Free comprehensive early education services
Provider
US Dept. of Health & Human Services
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About this program
Head Start and Early Head Start provide comprehensive early education, nutrition, health, and social services for low-income children from birth to age 5 and their families. It's not just childcare — it includes health screenings, dental care, mental health services, and family support. Many families don't apply because they don't know they qualify or assume spots are full.
Who qualifies?
Families with children birth to 5 years old with income at or below the federal poverty level. Also children in foster care, homeless families, and families receiving public assistance automatically qualify.
What you get
Free full or part-day early education, health and developmental screenings, dental care, nutritious meals, mental health services, and family support services.
Requirements
- ✓Child age 0–5
- ✓Income at or below federal poverty level (or foster/homeless/public assistance status)
- ✓Residency in the service area
How to apply
- 1Find your local Head Start program at eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/center-locator
- 2Contact the program directly to inquire about enrollment
- 3Applications accepted year-round — join the waitlist if spots are full
- 4No cost to apply
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