Head Start and Early Head Start
Happy Days Berwyn
6304 26th St, Berwyn, IL 60402
Run by Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, Inc.
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Berwyn, Illinois
Head Start and Early Head Start in Berwyn, IL
4 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in Berwyn, from the federal Office of Head Start.
Early Head Start
Jump for Joy
7115 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn, IL 60402
Run by Proviso Leyden Council for Community Action, Inc.
Early Head Start
Jump for Joy Child Care Academy South
3833 S Harlem Ave, Berwyn, IL 60402
Run by Proviso Leyden Council for Community Action, Inc.
Head Start
Riverside Drive
7022 Riverside Dr, Berwyn, IL 60402
Run by The Children's Center of Cicero-Berwyn, 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 Berwyn
Licensed child care and after-school programs in Berwyn · Youth nonprofits in Berwyn · Illinois 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 The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings.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.