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Asheville, North Carolina

Head Start and Early Head Start in Asheville, NC

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

Early Head Start

Verner Central

566 N Louisiana Ave, Asheville, NC 28806

Run by Verner Center for Early Learning

Early Head Start

Verner East

2586 Riceville Rd, Asheville, NC 28805

Run by Verner Center for Early Learning

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 Asheville

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 The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings.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