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Head Start and Early Head Start in Alaska

89 centers in 75 cities and towns, run by 18 programs. 34 offer Early Head Start, from pregnancy to age 3, and 80offer Head Start preschool for ages 3 to 5. It's free if you qualify.

Source: Office of Head Start service locations, as of October 2026. Each program reports its own sites, so call before you visit. Closed sites are left out.

Who qualifies in Alaska

$34,150a year or less for a family of three, or $41,250 for four. That's the 2026 federal poverty line, Head Start's income limit.

You also qualify at any income if you get TANF or SSI, your child is in foster care, or your family is homeless.

Sources: 45 CFR 1302.12; HHS poverty guidelines

Poverty guidelines for every family size

Head Start by city in Alaska

2 cities have 3 or more centers and a page of their own, most centers first.

Where to apply in Alaska

You apply to a program, not to one center. Each number here is the program's enrollment line: staff can tell you which of its centers have room and add you to a waiting list.

  • Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc

    21 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (907) 865-7335

  • Kawerak, Inc

    12 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (907) 443-9050

  • Tlingit & Haida Head Start

    10 centers · Head Start

    (907) 463-7127

  • Association of Village Council Presidents (onap)

    9 centers · Head Start

    (907) 543-8621

  • Tanana Chiefs Conference

    8 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (907) 452-8251 ext. 3797

  • Kids' Corps, Inc.

    6 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (907) 279-2021

  • Bristol Bay Native Association

    4 centers · Head Start

    (907) 842-4059

  • CCS Early Learning

    4 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (907) 373-7000

  • Chugachmiut Head Start

    3 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (907) 562-4155

  • Aleutian Pribilof Islands Head Start Program

    2 centers · Head Start

    (907) 351-8329

  • Cook Inlet Native Head Start

    2 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (907) 433-1610

  • Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments

    2 centers · Early Head Start

    (907) 662-7579

  • Cook Inlet Tribal Council Clare Swan Early Learning Center

    1 center · Early Head Start

    (907) 793-3626

  • Fairbanks Native Association Head Start 0-5

    1 center · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (907) 451-8814 ext. 6726

  • Kenaitze Indian Tribe

    1 center · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (907) 335-7260

  • Metlakatla Early Learning Programs

    1 center · Head Start

    (907) 886-5151

  • Metlakatla Indian Community

    1 center · Early Head Start

    (907) 886-5151

  • Thrivalaska Head Start Birth to Five

    1 center · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (907) 452-4267 ext. 260

Centers in smaller towns in Alaska

77 centers in 73 towns with fewer than 3 centers each, A to Z.

Akiachak · 1

  • Akiachak Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 112 Main Street

    (907) 825-4120

Akiak · 1

  • Akiak Head Start/Early Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 234 Church Hill Road

    (907) 765-7111

Alakanuk · 1

  • Alakanuk Head Start

    Head Start · Osier River Front Street

    (907) 238-3917

Angoon · 1

  • Angoon

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 727 Aandeina Att Street

    (907) 788-3109

Bethel · 1

  • Bethel Head Start Class

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 161 Atsaq, 161 Atsaq

    (907) 543-8590

Brevig Mission · 1

  • Brevig Mission Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 1 Tuksuk Street

    (907) 642-2068

Chefornak · 1

  • Chefornak Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 8748 Riverside, Box 128

    (907) 867-2270

Chevak · 1

  • Chevak Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · Lot 6, Block 21 Chevak Subdivision, City Office Roadway

    (907) 858-7414

Copper Center · 1

  • Kluti-Kaah Head Start

    Head Start · 104 Old Richardson Hwy

    (907) 865-7335

Craig · 1

  • Craig

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 100 School Rd

    (907) 826-3775

Dillingham · 1

  • Dillingham Head Start

    Head Start · 1499 Kanakanak Road, Box 310

    (907) 842-4059

Elim · 1

  • Elim Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 49 Elim Heights Road

    (907) 890-3981

Emmonak · 1

  • Emmonak Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 192 Headstart Lane Track B

    (907) 949-1015

Fairbanks · 2

  • FNA Head Start 0-5 Poldine Carlo Building

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 3830 S Cushman St

    (907) 451-8814

  • Thrivalaska Head Start Birth to Five

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 1949 Gillam Way, Ste F

    (907) 452-4267

Fort Yukon · 1

  • Fort Yukon Early Head Start Program

    Early Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · East 3rd Avenue

    (907) 662-7579

Gambell · 1

  • Gambell Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 211 Walrus Street

    (907) 985-5758

Golovin · 1

  • Golovin Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 100 Nichols Street Lot 7A, Ira Building

    (907) 779-3981

Haines · 1

Homer · 1

Hoonah · 1

  • Hoonah

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 300 B Front Street

    (907) 945-3255

Hooper Bay · 1

  • Hooper Bay Head Start/Early Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 302 Tomagunak Road

    (907) 758-4450

Huslia · 1

  • Huslia Birth to Five Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · Jimmy Huntington School, Huslia School Blvd

    (907) 829-2246

Juneau · 1

  • Juneau

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 3800 Mendenhall Loop Rd

    (907) 463-7127

Kake · 1

Kenai · 1

  • Kenaitze Kahtnuht'ana Duhdeldiht Campus

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 12271 Kenai Spur Hwy

    (907) 335-7260

Ketchikan · 2

  • Ketchikan Head Start/Early Head Start

    Head Start · 1001 Schoenbar Rd

    (907) 225-7499

  • Saxman

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 2659 Raven Street

    (907) 225-8728

Klawock · 1

  • Klawock

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 6710 Hemlock Street

    (907) 755-2903

Kodiak · 1

Kotlik · 1

  • Kotlik Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · General Delivery

    (907) 899-4833

Koyuk · 1

  • Koyuk Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 2 Tamarak, Armory Building

    (907) 963-3032

Kwethluk · 1

  • Kwethluk Head Start/Early Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 102 Airport Road

    (907) 757-6910

Manokotak · 1

Marshall · 1

McGrath · 1

  • McGrath Birth to Five Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · McGrath School, 90 Takotna Ave

    (907) 524-1205

Metlakatla · 2

  • Metlakatla Indian Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 8th and Milton St

    (907) 886-5151

  • Metlakatla Indian Head Start

    Early Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 8th and Milton St

    (907) 886-3226

Mountain Village · 1

Nanwalek · 1

  • Nanwalek Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · Nanwalek Head Start, 109 English Bay Road

    (907) 281-2323

Napaskiak · 1

  • Napaskiak Head Start/Early Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · Tribal Street #3

    (907) 737-7511

Nenana · 1

  • Nenana Head Start & Early Head Start

    Early Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 3rd and D Street

    (907) 832-1099

New Stuyahok · 1

  • New Stuyahok Head Start

    Head Start · 29 Old Airport Road, Suite 117

    (907) 693-3023

Nome · 2

  • Nome Early Head Start/Child Care Partnership

    Early Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 606 East I Street

    (907) 443-9050

  • Nome Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 880 East 6th Ave

    (907) 443-9055

Northway · 1

  • Northway Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · C/O Walter Northway School, Mile 7 Village Road

    (907) 778-2332

Nulato · 1

  • Nulato Birth to Five Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 123 Front St

    (907) 898-2373

Nunapitchuk · 1

  • Nunapitchuk Head Start/Early Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 148 Site #1

    (907) 527-5708

Palmer · 1

  • CCS Early Learning - Palmer Center

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 905 W Auklet Ave

    (907) 746-4483

Petersburg · 1

  • Petersburg

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 206 Haugen Street

    (907) 772-4751

Pilot Station · 1

  • Pilot Station Head Start/Early Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 500 Tutalaq Street

    (907) 549-3314

Port Graham · 1

  • Port Graham Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 63795 Graham Road

    (907) 284-2276

Quinhagak · 1

  • Quinhagak Center

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 8151 Carter Street

    (907) 556-8151

Russian Mission · 1

  • Russian Mission

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 5229 School Lane

    (907) 584-5229

Saint Marys · 1

  • St. Mary's Head Start/Early Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 49 Elementary Way

    (907) 438-2118

Saint Michael · 1

  • St Michael

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 100 Baker Street, City Building

    (907) 923-2540

Sand Point · 1

  • Sand Point Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 409 Red Cove Rd

    (907) 383-5999

Savoonga · 1

Scammon Bay · 1

  • Scammon Bay Home Based

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 102 Askinuk

    (907) 558-5711

Seward · 1

  • Seward Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 201 Third Ave, Ste 103

    (907) 562-4155

Shaktoolik · 1

  • Shaktoolik Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 40 Riverside

    (907) 955-3981

Shishmaref · 1

  • Shishmaref Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 137 Raven Street

    (907) 649-2525

Sitka · 1

  • Sitka

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 110 College Dr

    (907) 747-8356

Stebbins · 1

Tanana · 1

  • Tanana Birth to Five Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 89 Front St

    (907) 366-7254

Teller · 1

  • Teller Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 100 Airport Avenue

    (907) 642-2067

Tetlin · 1

  • Tetlin Birth to Five Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 100 Main St, Tetlin School

    (907) 324-1401

Togiak · 1

Tok · 1

  • Tok Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 275 Jon Summar Dr

    (907) 883-5159

Toksook Bay · 1

Tuluksak · 1

  • Tuluksak Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · School Zone #3 Lane

    (907) 695-6456

Tuntutuliak · 1

  • Tuntutuliak Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 101 Petluska Road

    (907) 256-2400

Unalaska · 1

  • Unalaska Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 217 Biorka Dr

    (907) 581-6469

Venetie · 1

  • Venetie Early Head Start

    Early Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 112 Main Street

    (907) 849-8400

White Mountain · 1

  • White Mountain Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 87 White Mountain Way, Ira Building

    (907) 638-2019

Wrangell · 1

  • Wrangell

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 350 Bennett Street

    (907) 874-2455

Yakutat · 1

  • Yakutat

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 102 Forest Highway

    (907) 784-3993

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Other benefits in Alaska

Having a baby in AlaskaBenefits, each with its source, checked October 2026Pregnancy MedicaidUp to 230% FPLWICYesPaid family leaveNoMedicaid pays for a doulaNoSee Alaska