Head Start and Early Head Start in Lancaster, PA

6 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in Lancaster, from the federal Office of Head Start.

Head Start

CAP Early Learning Center

601 S Queen St, Lancaster, PA 17603

Run by Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County

Head Start

Grace Early Learning Center

517 N Queen St, Lancaster, PA 17603

Run by Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County

Early Head Start

Iu13

1020 New Holland Ave, Lancaster, PA 17601

Run by Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit School District #13

Head Start

Manheim Township- Brecht

1250 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601

Run by Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County

Head Start

REC- McCaskey

525 Fairview Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603

Run by Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County

Head Start

Thaddeus Stevens Early Learning Center

420 S Broad St, Lancaster, PA 17602

Run by Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County

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 Lancaster

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 The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings.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