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Head Start and Early Head Start centers in Tennessee
358 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in 157 Tennessee cities and towns, from the federal Office of Head Start.
Cities with the most centers
All cities A–Z
- Alamo 1
- Andersonville 1
- Ashland City 1
- Athens 1
- Bean Station 1
- Big Rock 1
- Bluff City 1
- Bolivar 1
- Briceville 1
- Bristol 1
- Brownsville 1
- Bruceton 1
- Byrdstown 1
- Camden 2
- Carthage 1
- Celina 1
- Centerville 1
- Charleston 1
- Chattanooga 12
- Chuckey 1
- Church Hill 1
- Clairfield 1
- Clarkrange 1
- Clarksville 4
- Cleveland 16
- Clinton 4
- Coalmont 1
- Columbia 3
- Cookeville 3
- Cordova 3
- Corryton 1
- Cosby 1
- Covington 2
- Crossville 2
- Cumberland Gap 1
- Cunningham 1
- Dandridge 2
- Dayton 2
- Decatur 1
- Decaturville 1
- Dickson 1
- Dresden 2
- Dunlap 1
- Dyersburg 2
- Elizabethton 3
- Erin 1
- Erwin 1
- Fayetteville 1
- Gainesboro 1
- Gallatin 4
- Greeneville 9
- Hampton 1
- Harriman 4
- Hartsville 2
- Heiskell 1
- Henderson 1
- Hendersonville 1
- Hohenwald 1
- Humboldt 2
- Huntingdon 1
- Huntsville 2
- Iron City 1
- Jackson 4
- Jamestown 1
- Jefferson City 1
- Johnson City 7
- Kingsport 1
- Kingston 1
- Knoxville 5
- La Follette 2
- Lafayette 1
- Lawrenceburg 1
- Lebanon 2
- Lenoir City 1
- Lewisburg 1
- Lexington 1
- Limestone 1
- Linden 1
- Livingston 1
- Louisville 1
- Lynchburg 1
- Madisonville 1
- Manchester 2
- Martin 1
- Maryville 2
- Maynardville 2
- Mc Kenzie 1
- McMinnville 1
- Memphis 76
- Middleton 1
- Milan 1
- Mohawk 1
- Monterey 1
- Mooresburg 1
- Morristown 5
- Moscow 2
- Mosheim 1
- Mountain City 3
- Mt Pleasant 1
- Murfreesboro 2
- Nashville 13
- New Tazewell 1
- Newbern 2
- Newport 4
- Oak Ridge 1
- Oakdale 1
- Ocoee 1
- Oliver Springs 1
- Oneida 1
- Paris 4
- Parrottsville 1
- Parsons 1
- Pikeville 2
- Pioneer 1
- Powell 1
- Pulaski 2
- Puryear 1
- Red Boiling Springs 1
- Ripley 2
- Roan Mountain 1
- Robbins 1
- Rock Island 1
- Rocky Top 1
- Rogersville 1
- Rutledge 2
- Savannah 1
- Selmer 2
- Sevierville 4
- Shelbyville 2
- Smithville 1
- Sneedville 2
- Soddy Daisy 1
- South Pittsburg 2
- Sparta 2
- Speedwell 1
- Spencer 1
- Springfield 2
- Sunbright 1
- Surgoinsville 1
- Sweetwater 1
- Talbott 1
- Tazewell 3
- Telford 1
- Tiptonville 1
- Tracy City 1
- Trenton 2
- Troy 1
- Tullahoma 1
- Union City 1
- Wartburg 2
- Waverly 1
- Waynesboro 1
- White Pine 1
- Whitwell 1
- Winchester 1
- Winfield 1
- Woodbury 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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