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Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

Head Start and Early Head Start in Detroit Lakes, MN

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

Head Start and Early Head Start

Becker County Home Base

Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Run by Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership, Inc.

Early Head Start

DLCCC EHS Center

826 Summit Ave, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Run by Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership, Inc.

Early Head Start

MState Early Learning Center

900 Highway 34 E, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501

Run by Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership, 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 Detroit Lakes

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 The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings.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