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Kansas City, Kansas

Head Start and Early Head Start in Kansas City, KS

14 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in Kansas City, from the federal Office of Head Start.

Head Start

El Centro

1340 S 30th St, Kansas City, KS 66106

Run by The Family Conservancy

Head Start and Early Head Start

Futures First

444 Minnesota Ave Ste 200, Kansas City, KS 66101

Run by Mid America Regional Council

Head Start and Early Head Start

Project EAGLE Early Head Start

444 Minnesota Ave Ste 100, Kansas City, KS 66101

Run by University OF Kansas Medical Center Research Institute

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 Kansas City

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 The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings.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