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Portland, Oregon

Head Start and Early Head Start in Portland, OR

53 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in Portland, from the federal Office of Head Start.

Head Start

Angelou, Maya

4010 N Borthwick Ave, Portland, OR 97227

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start and Early Head Start

Blank, Owen

909 NE 52nd Ave, Portland, OR 97213

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start

Boise Eliot

620 N Fremont St, Portland, OR 97227

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

Head Start and Early Head Start

Brown, Richard

605 NE Ivy St, Portland, OR 97212

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Early Head Start

Burt, McKinley

1680 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR 97211

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start

Carlton

5249 NE Killingsworth St, Portland, OR 97218

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Early Head Start

Clarendon

9325 N Van Houten Ave, Portland, OR 97203

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start and Early Head Start

Clegg, Tina

1425 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR 97211

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start

Creston

4620 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR 97206

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

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Dr. MLK Jr.

4906 NE 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97211

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

Head Start

Faubion

3039 NE Rosa Parks Way, Portland, OR 97211

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

Early Head Start

Franklin HS

5405 SE Woodward St, Portland, OR 97206

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start

Garlington

4514 SE Flavel Dr, Portland, OR 97206

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start

Gateway

10317 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97216

Run by Mt. Hood Community College

Head Start and Early Head Start

Gethsemane

11560 SE Market St, Portland, OR 97216

Run by Mt. Hood Community College

Early Head Start

Glisan Center

11905 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR 97220

Run by Mt. Hood Community College

Early Head Start

Gordly, Avel

911 N Skidmore St, Portland, OR 97217

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Early Head Start

Grant HS

2245 NE 36th Ave, Portland, OR 97212

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start

Grout

3119 SE Holgate Blvd, Portland, OR 97202

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

Early Head Start

Hayu Alqi Uyxat PPS

1530 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR 97232

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start and Early Head Start

Hazelwood

35 NE 148th Ave, Portland, OR 97230

Run by Mt. Hood Community College

Head Start and Early Head Start

Highland

7600 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR 97213

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start and Early Head Start

Jackson, John & Dion

850 N Jessup St Rm 101B, Portland, OR 97217

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Early Head Start

Jordan, Charles

9009 N Foss Ave, Portland, OR 97203

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start

Kelly Center

9015 SE Rural St, Portland, OR 97266

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

Head Start

Knott

11456 NE Knott St, Portland, OR 97220

Run by Mt. Hood Community College

Head Start

Lent

5105 SE 97th Ave, Portland, OR 97266

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

Head Start

Lewis, Charlotte

4919 NE 17th Ave, Portland, OR 97211

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start

Lexington

7858 SE 72nd Ave, Portland, OR 97206

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start

Marysville

7733 SE Raymond St, Portland, OR 97206

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

Head Start and Early Head Start

McCormack

6930 N Kerby Ave, Portland, OR 97217

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Early Head Start

McDaniel, Leodis HS

2735 NE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR 97220

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Early Head Start

NAYA Family Center

5560 NE 42nd Ave, Portland, OR 97218

Run by Oregon Child Development Coalition, Inc.

Early Head Start

NAYA Family Center

5560 NE 42nd Ave, Portland, OR 97218

Run by Oregon Child Development Coalition, Inc.

Head Start and Early Head Start

PCC SE

7901 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97206

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Early Head Start

Pixie Child Care

2740 SE 174th Ave, Portland, OR 97236

Run by Mt. Hood Community College

Head Start

Priestley, Ben

6841 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR 97217

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start

Rockwood 181

124 NE 181st Ave, Portland, OR 97230

Run by Mt. Hood Community College

Early Head Start

Rockwood Stark

17805 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97233

Run by Mt. Hood Community College

Head Start

Rosa Parks

8960 N Woolsey Ave, Portland, OR 97203

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

Early Head Start

Rose, Traci

4206 NE Garfield Ave, Portland, OR 97211

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Early Head Start

Russellville Center

10420 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97216

Run by Mt. Hood Community College

Head Start

Sacajawea

4800 NE 74th Ave, Portland, OR 97218

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

Head Start

Sitton

9930 N Smith St, Portland, OR 97203

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

Head Start

Sunrise

2222 NE 92nd Ave, Portland, OR 97220

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

Head Start

Sunrise Center

377 SE 192nd Ave, Portland, OR 97233

Run by Mt. Hood Community College

Head Start

Sylvia, Audrey

241 N Alberta St, Portland, OR 97217

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Early Head Start

Talton, Carl

2930 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR 97211

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start

Waters, Gladys

111 NE Failing St, Portland, OR 97212

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start and Early Head Start

White, Carrie

3131 SE 50th Ave, Portland, OR 97206

Run by Albina HEAD Start

Head Start

Whitman

7326 SE Flavel St, Portland, OR 97086

Run by Portland Public Schools HEAD Start Program

Early Head Start

Young, Carolyn

4219 NE Martin Luther King Blvd, Portland, OR 97211

Run by Albina HEAD Start

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 Portland

Licensed child care and after-school programs in Portland · Youth nonprofits in Portland · Oregon 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.