Head Start and Early Head Start in Rochester, MN

9 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in Rochester, from the federal Office of Head Start.

Head Start and Early Head Start

CCRR - NW

2830 18th Ave NW, Rochester, MN 55901

Run by Child Care Resource and Referral, Inc.

Head Start and Early Head Start

Empowerment Center

930 40th St NW, Rochester, MN 55901

Run by Child Care Resource and Referral, Inc.

Early Head Start

Empowerment Center

930 40th St NW, Rochester, MN 55901

Run by Child Care Resource and Referral, Inc.

Early Head Start

First Steps Child Care

3089 25th St NW, Rochester, MN 55901

Run by Child Care Resource and Referral, Inc.

Early Head Start

Good News Children Center

2645 Broadway Ave N, Rochester, MN 55906

Run by Child Care Resource and Referral, Inc.

Early Head Start

Rochester ALC

37 Woodlake Dr SE, Rochester, MN 55904

Run by Child Care Resource and Referral, Inc.

Head Start

Rochester Family Literacy

700 4th Ave SE Hawthorne Education Center, Rochester, MN 55904

Run by Child Care Resource and Referral, Inc.

Head Start and Early Head Start

The Place

1026 E Center St, Rochester, MN 55904

Run by Child Care Resource and Referral, Inc.

Early Head Start

The Place

1026 E Center St, Rochester, MN 55904

Run by Child Care Resource and Referral, 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 Rochester

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 The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings.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