Head Start and Early Head Start in Kent, WA

4 open Head Start and Early Head Start locations in Kent, from the federal Office of Head Start.

Head Start

KYFS KENT Family Center

13111 SE 274th St, Kent, WA 98030

Run by Puget Sound Educational Service District - HS

Head Start

KYFS KENT Valley ELC

317 4th Ave S, Kent, WA 98032

Run by Puget Sound Educational Service District - HS

Head Start

KYFS Springbrook

20035 100th Ave SE, Kent, WA 98031

Run by Puget Sound Educational Service District - HS

Early Head Start

South King Home Based

Kent, WA 98032

Run by Akin (formerly Children's Home Society of Washington)

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 Kent

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 The information is reported by each Head Start grant recipient and can be out of date, so call the center to confirm its address, hours and openings.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