Early Head Start
90-35 148th Street
9035 148th St, Jamaica, NY 11435
Run by B'Above Worldwide Institute
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Jamaica, New York
Head Start and Early Head Start in Jamaica, NY
6 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in Jamaica, from the federal Office of Head Start.
Early Head Start
Bright Beginnings Jamaica
8625 162nd St Suite 2, Jamaica, NY 11432
Run by B'Above Worldwide Institute Inc.
Head Start
Colin Newell Early Childhood Development Center II
10765 Merrick Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11433
Run by Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services, Inc.
Early Head Start
Colin Newell Early Childhood Development Center II
10765 Merrick Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11433
Run by Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services, Inc.
Head Start and Early Head Start
Committee FOR Early Childhood Development DAY CARE Center INC.
11721 Sutphin Blvd 117-21 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11434
Run by Committee for Early Childhood Development D.C.C., Inc.
Early Head Start
Rising Ground Home Base
Jamaica, NY 11432
Run by Rising Ground 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 Jamaica
Licensed child care and after-school programs in Jamaica · Youth nonprofits in Jamaica · New York 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 The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings.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.