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Head Start and Early Head Start in Los Angeles, CA

128 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in Los Angeles, from the federal Office of Head Start.

Early Head Start

Watts Towers (CII)

1716 E 105th St, Los Angeles, CA 90002

Run by Children?s Institute, Inc

Head Start

West Blvd (PACE)

1809 West Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019

Run by Pacific Asian Consortium In Employment

Head Start and Early Head Start

Western (CII)

4277 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90062

Run by Children?s Institute, Inc

Early Head Start

William Mead (Foundation)

120 Leroy St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Run by Foundation for Early Childhood Education, Inc.

Head Start

Winter Gardens

1277 Clela Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90022

Run by Montebello Unified School District

Head Start and Early Head Start

Young Innovators (MAOF)

4261 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90011

Run by Mexican American Opportunity Foundation

Head Start and Early Head Start

Young Innovators (PACE)

3740 Don Felipe Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90008

Run by Pacific Asian Consortium In Employment

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 Los Angeles

Licensed child care and after-school programs in Los Angeles · Youth nonprofits in Los Angeles · 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 The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings.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.