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Head Start and Early Head Start in Birmingham, AL

13 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in Birmingham, from the federal Office of Head Start.

Head Start and Early Head Start

Cooper Green Head Start Center

1501 Arthur Shores Drive, NW, Birmingham, AL 35211

Run by Mississippi Action for Progress, Inc.

Head Start and Early Head Start

Elyton Head Start Center

432 Center St N, Birmingham, AL 35204

Run by Mississippi Action for Progress, Inc.

Head Start

Hand in Hand ELC

100 Oslo Cir, Birmingham, AL 35211

Run by Childcare Resources

Head Start

James Rushton ELC

5512 1st Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35212

Run by Childcare Resources

Head Start and Early Head Start

Kingston Head Start Center

801 46th St N, Birmingham, AL 35212

Run by Mississippi Action for Progress, Inc.

Head Start and Early Head Start

New Beginnings CDC

501 Mountain Dr, Birmingham, AL 35206

Run by Childcare Resources

Early Head Start

UAB Early Head Start

933 19th St S Ch 19 Room 118, Birmingham, AL 35205

Run by University OF Alabama, Birmingham

Head Start and Early Head Start

YWCA Central Alabama

309 23rd St N, Birmingham, AL 35203

Run by Childcare Resources

Who can enroll

Head Start serves children ages 3 to 5 (ask the center about its birthday cutoff date). Early Head Start serves pregnant women, babies and toddlers under 3. Both are free for families who qualify.

Families usually qualify when household income is at or below the federal poverty guideline for their family size, or when the family gets public assistance such as TANF or SSI, the child is in foster care, or the family is experiencing homelessness. Programs may also enroll some children from families just above the guideline, and each program sets its own application steps and waitlist, so ask the center.

Official HHS poverty guidelines (current year) · Head Start's own center locator

Also in Birmingham

Licensed child care and after-school programs in Birmingham · Youth nonprofits in Birmingham · Alabama program rules

Source: Head Start Service Location Dataset, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Head Start (CSV file), file dated November 8, 2026. The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings. Locations the program lists as closed are left out. Home-based locations show city and ZIP code only. A listing is not an endorsement.