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Long Beach, California

Head Start and Early Head Start in Long Beach, CA

23 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in Long Beach, from the federal Office of Head Start.

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Barton Head Start

1100 E Del Amo Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90807

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

Beach

3701 E Willow St, Long Beach, CA 90815

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start

Bethune

2101 San Gabriel Ave, Long Beach, CA 90810

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

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Birney

710 W Spring St, Long Beach, CA 90806

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

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Buffum

2350 Ximeno Ave, Long Beach, CA 90815

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

Carmelitos

5250 N Via Passilo, Long Beach, CA 90805

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

Chavez

730 W 3rd St, Long Beach, CA 90802

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

Edison

625 Maine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

Elm

1425 Elm Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

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Garfield

2240 Baltic Ave, Long Beach, CA 90810

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

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Good Beginnings

21503 S Prospect Ave, Long Beach, CA 90810

Run by VOALA Grantee Los Angeles County

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Harte

1671 E Phillips St, Long Beach, CA 90805

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

Herrera

1620 Temple Ave, Long Beach, CA 90804

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

Jordan Plus

171 W Bort St, Long Beach, CA 90805

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

King

145 E Artesia Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90805

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

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McKinley

6822 N Paramount Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90805

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

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Oropeza

700 Locust Ave Rm 8, Long Beach, CA 90813

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

Plymouth

495 E Plymouth St, Long Beach, CA 90805

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

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Roosevelt

1574 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

Smith

565 E Hill St, Long Beach, CA 90806

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

Webster

1755 W 32nd Way, Long Beach, CA 90810

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

Whittier

1761 Walnut Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813

Run by Long Beach Unified School District

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 Long Beach

Licensed child care and after-school programs in Long Beach · Youth nonprofits in Long Beach · California 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.