Head Start and Early Head Start in Columbia, MD

4 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in Columbia, from the federal Office of Head Start.

Head Start and Early Head Start

Bauder Education Center at Long Reach

8775 Cloudleap Ct Ste 110, Columbia, MD 21045

Run by Community Action Council of Howard County

Early Head Start

Children's Learning Center at HCC

5600 Dragon Place, Columbia, MD 21044

Run by Community Action Council of Howard County, MD. Inc.

Head Start

Dasher Green Head Start

6680 Cradlerock Way, Columbia, MD 21045

Run by Community Action Council of Howard County

Head Start

Old Cedar Lane Head Start Center

5451 Beaverkill Rd, Columbia, MD 21044

Run by Community Action Council of Howard County

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 Columbia

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 The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings.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