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Head Start and Early Head Start in Kansas City, MO

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

Head Start

Columbus Park

1100 E 4th St, Kansas City, MO 64106

Run by Mid America Regional Council

Head Start and Early Head Start

EarlyStart St Mark Center

2008 E 12th St, Kansas City, MO 64127

Run by Mid America Regional Council

Early Head Start

Front Porch Alliance

3210 Michigan Ave, Kansas City, MO 64109

Run by Mid America Regional Council

Head Start and Early Head Start

Learn A Lot Academy

4010 Sterling Ave, Kansas City, MO 64133

Run by Mid America Regional Council

Head Start

Mattie Rhodes

3100 NE 83rd St Ste 1501A, Kansas City, MO 64119

Run by Mid America Regional Council

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 · Missouri 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 The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings.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.