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Head Start and Early Head Start centers in New Jersey
194 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in 82 New Jersey cities and towns, from the federal Office of Head Start.
Cities with the most centers
All cities A–Z
- Atlantic City 1
- Bayonne 3
- Belleville 1
- Bergenfield 1
- Blackwood 1
- Brick 1
- Bridgeton 4
- Browns Mills 1
- Camden 14
- Clayton 1
- Clementon 1
- Cliffside Park 1
- Clifton 8
- Delanco 1
- Denville 1
- Dover 1
- East Orange 9
- East Windsor 1
- Egg Harbor Township 1
- Elizabeth 1
- Ewing 1
- Flemington 1
- Freehold 1
- Galloway 2
- Garfield 1
- Glassboro 2
- Glen Ridge 1
- Hackensack 2
- Hackettstown 1
- Hamilton 4
- Hammonton 1
- Hewitt 1
- Hoboken 3
- Irvington 2
- Jersey City 5
- Kearny 1
- Lakewood 4
- Lindenwold 1
- Linwood 1
- Lumberton 1
- Manchester 1
- Mays Landing 1
- Millville 2
- Montclair 1
- Morris Plains 1
- Neptune City 1
- Newark 37
- Newton 1
- North Bergen 1
- North Brunswick 2
- Oaklyn 1
- Orange 1
- Passaic 3
- Paterson 2
- Paulsboro 1
- Penns Grove 1
- Perth Amboy 1
- Phillipsburg 2
- Plainfield 4
- Pleasantville 1
- Pompton Lakes 1
- Red Bank 1
- Ringoes 1
- Ringwood 1
- Roselle 1
- Somerset 2
- South Amboy 1
- Stanhope 1
- Swedesboro 1
- Toms River 1
- Trenton 8
- Union City 1
- Vauxhall 1
- Villas 1
- Vineland 8
- Wantage 1
- Washington 1
- Wayne 1
- Wenonah 1
- West New York 2
- Williamstown 3
- Woodbine 1
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
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