Head Start and Early Head Start in San Luis Obispo, CA

3 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in San Luis Obispo, from the federal Office of Head Start.

Early Head Start

Cuesta Infant Toddler Center

4000 Chorro Valley Road Room 4021, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

Run by Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo, Inc.

Early Head Start

SLO Early Education and Child Care Center

981 Marsh St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Run by Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo, Inc.

Head Start

Santa Rosa Early Education and Child Care

864 Santa Rosa St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Run by Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo, Inc.

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 San Luis Obispo

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 The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings.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