Head Start and Early Head Start in California
1,661 centers in 421 cities and towns, run by 149 programs. 803 offer Early Head Start, from pregnancy to age 3, and 1,319offer 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 California
$27,320a year or less for a family of three, or $33,000 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 sizeHead Start by city in California
165 cities have 3 or more centers and a page of their own, most centers first.
- Los Angeles120 centers
- Sacramento73 centers
- Stockton56 centers
- San Diego40 centers
- San Francisco34 centers
- Pomona26 centers
- LA Puente25 centers
- Long Beach23 centers
- Oakland23 centers
- Modesto22 centers
- San Jose20 centers
- Bakersfield18 centers
- El Monte18 centers
- Watsonville18 centers
- Fresno17 centers
- Compton16 centers
- Baldwin Park14 centers
- Madera13 centers
- Oxnard13 centers
- Palmdale13 centers
- Richmond12 centers
- Escondido11 centers
- National City11 centers
- Eureka10 centers
- Salinas10 centers
- Santa Ana10 centers
- Fairfield9 centers
- North Hollywood9 centers
- Santa Maria9 centers
- Inglewood8 centers
- Ontario8 centers
- San Bernardino8 centers
- Turlock8 centers
- Anaheim7 centers
- Chula Vista7 centers
- Coachella7 centers
- Elk Grove7 centers
- Hawthorne7 centers
- Hayward7 centers
- Lodi7 centers
- Lynwood7 centers
- Norwalk7 centers
- Redding7 centers
- Riverside7 centers
- Rosemead7 centers
- Santa Rosa7 centers
- South Gate7 centers
- Susanville7 centers
- Ukiah7 centers
- West Covina7 centers
- Whittier7 centers
- Antioch6 centers
- Bell Gardens6 centers
- Berkeley6 centers
- Buena Park6 centers
- Fullerton6 centers
- Hanford6 centers
- Jurupa Valley6 centers
- Merced6 centers
- Napa6 centers
- Pasadena6 centers
- South El Monte6 centers
- Visalia6 centers
- Alameda5 centers
- Citrus Heights5 centers
- Corning5 centers
- Desert Hot Springs5 centers
- El Cajon5 centers
- El Centro5 centers
- Indio5 centers
- Lompoc5 centers
- Moreno Valley5 centers
- Oroville5 centers
- Pacoima5 centers
- Palm Springs5 centers
- Pico Rivera5 centers
- Pittsburg5 centers
- Planada5 centers
- Rowland Heights5 centers
- Selma5 centers
- Thermal5 centers
- Van Nuys5 centers
- Woodland5 centers
- Atwater4 centers
- Carmichael4 centers
- Chico4 centers
- Concord4 centers
- Gardena4 centers
- Gilroy4 centers
- Glendale4 centers
- Harbor City4 centers
- Hemet4 centers
- Hoopa4 centers
- King City4 centers
- Lancaster4 centers
- Livermore4 centers
- Livingston4 centers
- Los Banos4 centers
- Manteca4 centers
- Monterey Park4 centers
- Nipomo4 centers
- North Highlands4 centers
- Paramount4 centers
- Paso Robles4 centers
- Placerville4 centers
- Porterville4 centers
- Poway4 centers
- Red Bluff4 centers
- Rialto4 centers
- Roseville4 centers
- San Gabriel4 centers
- San Juan Capistrano4 centers
- San Rafael4 centers
- Santa Cruz4 centers
- Shafter4 centers
- Spring Valley4 centers
- Yreka4 centers
- Yuba City4 centers
- Arbuckle3 centers
- Arcata3 centers
- Azusa3 centers
- Bay Point3 centers
- Brawley3 centers
- Brentwood3 centers
- Calexico3 centers
- Canoga Park3 centers
- Cathedral City3 centers
- Colusa3 centers
- Corona3 centers
- Covina3 centers
- Crescent City3 centers
- Delano3 centers
- Dinuba3 centers
- Downey3 centers
- Fortuna3 centers
- Garden Grove3 centers
- Grass Valley3 centers
- Greenfield3 centers
- Guadalupe3 centers
- Lamont3 centers
- Lathrop3 centers
- Maywood3 centers
- Menlo Park3 centers
- Montebello3 centers
- Novato3 centers
- Oceanside3 centers
- Ojai3 centers
- Orange3 centers
- Orland3 centers
- Placentia3 centers
- Rodeo3 centers
- San Andreas3 centers
- San Fernando3 centers
- San Jacinto3 centers
- San Luis Obispo3 centers
- San Marcos3 centers
- San Mateo3 centers
- Sylmar3 centers
- Tracy3 centers
- Tulare3 centers
- Vacaville3 centers
- Vallejo3 centers
- Ventura3 centers
- Wasco3 centers
- Williams3 centers
Where to apply in California
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.
- (209) 468-4933
San Joaquin County Office of Education
- (858) 715-2642
Neighborhood House Association
- (626) 967-7848
Options for Learning
- (661) 336-5236 ext. 2229
Community Action Partnership of Kern
- (909) 383-2078
County of San Bernardino, Preschool Services Dept.
- (916) 263-3804
Sacramento Employment And Training Agency
- (559) 651-3022 ext. 202
Tulare County Department of Education
- (626) 856-4344
Baldwin Park Unified School District
- (559) 263-1200
Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission
- (916) 395-5500
Sacramento City Unified School District
- (408) 453-6900
Santa Clara Office of Education
- (844) 340-9140
VOALA Grantee Los Angeles County
- (805) 485-7878 ext. 546
Child Development Resources of Ventura County, Inc.
- (323) 421-1100
Crystal Stairs, Inc.
- (209) 381-5170
Merced County Superintendent of Schools
- (323) 588-7320
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
- (714) 241-8920
Orange County Head Start
- (909) 397-4740 ext. 25248
Pomona Unified School District
- (707) 252-8931
Child Start, Inc.
- No line reported
Contra Costa County
- (562) 426-8144
Long Beach Unified School District
- (805) 544-4355
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo Co
- (714) 241-8920
Orange County Head Start, Inc.
- (818) 717-4515
Child Care Resource Center
- (844) 340-9140
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles
- (805) 964-8857
Community Action Commision of Santa Barbara County
- (530) 741-2995
E Center
- (760) 471-4210
Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee
- (323) 753-2400
Children's Institute, Inc.
- (916) 686-7595
Elk Grove Unified School District
- (626) 572-5107
Foundation for Early Childhood Education, Inc.
- (530) 886-4130
Placer Community Action Council, Inc.
- (209) 238-1800
Stanislaus County Office of Education
- (707) 822-7206
Northcoast Children's Service, Inc.
- (916) 971-5988
San Juan Unified School District/Child Development
- (209) 581-9000 ext. 114
Central California Child Development Services
- (559) 507-8020
Community Action Partnership of Madera County
- (510) 535-6949
The Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, I
- (805) 544-4355
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo, Inc.
- (619) 228-2800
Episcopal Community Services
- (562) 776-1301
Plaza de la Raza Child Development Services Inc.
- (530) 241-1036
Shasta County Head Start Child Development, Inc.
- (213) 989-3244
Pacific Asian Consortium In Employment
- (760) 883-2703
Palm Springs USD
- (415) 230-7508
Wu Yee Children's Services
- (530) 295-2307
El Dorado County Office of Education
- (323) 887-7963
Montebello Unified School District
- No line reported
YMCA Early Head Start
- (805) 544-4355 ext. 251
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County
- (626) 452-9164 ext. 3150
El Monte City School District
- (831) 688-3802
Encompass Community Services
- (626) 933-6549
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
- (831) 755-0352
Monterey County Office of Education
- (661) 273-4710
Palmdale School District Early Childhood Education
- (951) 826-6617
Riverside County Office of Education
- (916) 319-8467
California Department of Education
- (760) 848-1075
Coachella Valley USD
- (866) 970-5410
Easter Seals Southern California, Inc
- (626) 307-3396
Garvey School District
- (650) 578-3424
Institute for Human and Social Development, Inc.
- (415) 920-0122
Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc.
- (818) 980-2287
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles South Los Angeles
- (619) 270-7009
AKA Head Start
- (510) 238-3165
City of Oakland Office of Health & Human Services
- (925) 443-3434 ext. 104
Community Association for Preschool Education, Inc.
- (559) 415-7252
Kings Community Action Organization
- (209) 574-1625
Modesto City Schools Child development Programs
- (818) 980-2287
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles San Fernando
- (209) 533-0361 ext. 240
Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency
- No line reported
Community Action Marin
- (707) 544-6911 ext. 1032
Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County
- (415) 982-4777 ext. 300
Kai Ming, Inc.
- (707) 462-2582
North Coast Opportunties, Inc.
- (877) 224-7772
Northern California Child Development, Inc.
- (562) 210-4205
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District
- (213) 740-3406
University of Southern California
- (760) 312-6431
Imperial County Office of Education
- (818) 949-0019
Pacific Clinics Head Start
- (209) 754-2000
The Resource Connection
- (530) 668-3001
Yolo County Superintendent of Schools
- (626) 931-3161
Bassett Unified School District
- (209) 238-1800
Central California Migrant Head Start Program
- (530) 458-0350
Colusa County Office of Education
- (559) 673-9173
Community Action Partnership of Madera County, Inc.
- (530) 865-1145
Glenn County Head Start
- (626) 652-4250
Mountain View Head Start Preschool
- (213) 250-4800 ext. 601
Para Los Ninos
- (530) 283-1242
Sierra Cascade Family Opportunities, Inc.
- (213) 381-2931 ext. 214
St. Anne's Family Services
- (562) 229-7985
ABC Unified School District
- No line reported
Cdi EHS
- (805) 544-4355 ext. 251
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc.
- (760) 771-8678
Desert Sands USD
- (951) 222-7850
Jurupa USD
- No line reported
YMCA Head Start
- (510) 629-6350
Alameda Family Services
- No line reported
Cdi HS
- (626) 993-3050
Foothill Family Service
- (562) 400-5400 ext. 424
HSA - "Pasitos" Early Childhood Education Programs
- (951) 571-4716
Moreno Valley USD
- (831) 728-6955
Pajaro Valley Unified School District
- (760) 337-1555 ext. 104
Riverside County Office of Education, MHS
- (909) 888-4577 ext. 202
Volunteers of America Southwest Corporation
- (213) 742-6385
DignityHealth DBA CALIFORNIAHOSPITALMEDICALCENTER
- (951) 765-1648 ext. 200
Hemet USD
- (650) 403-4300 ext. 4712
Peninsula Family Service
- (209) 226-6400
Turlock Unified School District
- (916) 566-3485
Twin Rivers Unified School District
- (310) 664-7557
Venice Family Clinic
- No line reported
Young Men?s Christian Association Los Angeles (YMCA LA)
- (916) 929-9761 ext. 1700
California Rural Indian Health Board,Inc.
- (213) 742-6385
Dignity Community Care dba California Hospital Medical Center
- (562) 806-5400 ext. 424
Human Services Association
- (530) 493-1490
Karuk Tribe of California
- (626) 652-4250
Mountain View Head Start/State Preschool
- (707) 462-2582
North Coast Opportunities, Inc.
- (951) 352-8290
Riverside USD
- (209) 543-3102
Salida Union School District
- (951) 929-7700
San Jacinto USD
- (530) 283-1242
Sierra Cascade Family Opportunities
- (707) 444-0433
Yurok Tribe Head Start
- (707) 444-0433
Yurok Tribe Head Start/Early Head Start
- (213) 622-5237
Los Angeles Education Partnership
- (530) 233-7167
Modoc County Office of Education
- (714) 480-7542
Rancho Santiago Community College District
- (530) 842-8493
Siskiyou Early Head Start
- (310) 210-4410
University of California-Los Angeles, Board of Regents
- (916) 457-8661
W.C.I.C. / Playmate Child Development Center
- (310) 846-4100 ext. 6506
Allies for Every Child
- (559) 374-0066 ext. 216
Big Sandy Rancheria Tribal Head Start
- (760) 872-3911 ext. 2510
Bishop Indian Head Start Program
- No line reported
Blind Children's Center
- (760) 858-4918
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
- (323) 971-7360
El Nido Family Centers
- (530) 625-1609 ext. 211
Hoopa Tribal Early Head Start
- (530) 625-1609 ext. 34
Hoopa Tribal Head Start
- (209) 656-2388 ext. 4003
Keyes Union School District
- (707) 279-0563 ext. 209
Lake Family Resource Center
- No line reported
Momentum Agencies
- (619) 473-8693 ext. 815
Mountain Empire Campo Kumeyaay Head Start
- (760) 873-5107
Owens Valley Career Development Center
- (707) 463-1454 ext. 132
Pinoleville Pomo Nation
- (760) 919-3656
Quechan Tribe
- (530) 225-8925
Redding Rancheria Indian Health Services
- No line reported
Round Valley Indian Tribes
- (510) 848-1112
Through the Looking Glass
- (707) 487-9255
Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation
- (323) 934-7979
Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services
- (209) 874-3301
Waterford Unified School District
Centers in smaller towns in California
357 centers in 256 towns with fewer than 3 centers each, A to Z.
Adelanto · 1
- (760) 246-5073
Adelanto Head Start
Alhambra · 1
- (626) 677-4861
Northrup (Plaza)
Altadena · 1
- (626) 398-1674
Arroyo
Alturas · 2
- (530) 233-7134
Alturas Family Development Center
- (530) 233-4134
Alturas Head Start
American Canyon · 1
- (707) 974-8750
Vineyard Crossings
Anderson · 2
- (530) 245-5116
Anderson Park Center
- (530) 510-4487
Countryside Center
Angels Camp · 1
- (209) 736-2470
Angel Camp Center
Antelope · 2
- (916) 338-6470
Dudley
- (916) 338-6490
Spinelli
Apple Valley · 1
- (760) 247-6955
Apple Valley Head Start
Aptos · 2
- (831) 477-5275
Baskin
- (831) 477-5275
Baskin Early Head Start
Arleta · 2
- (818) 485-6900
Arleta Site
- (818) 830-1369
CCRC - Osborne Head Start
Arroyo Grande · 1
- (805) 474-3750
EHS Step x Step
Artesia · 2
- (562) 229-7935
Kennedy Head Start (ABC)
- (562) 229-7958
Niemes Head Start (ABC)
Arvin · 2
- (661) 854-3376
Milagro
- (661) 854-6488
Primeros Pasos CDC
Atascadero · 1
- (805) 466-2190
Atascadero Head Start Centers
Auberry · 1
- (559) 374-0066
Big Sandy Rancheria Tribal Head Start
Auburn · 1
- (530) 886-4130
Auburn Early Learning Center
Avenal · 1
- (559) 386-9791
Oasis Opportunity Center
Banning · 1
- (951) 826-4580
Rcoe-Banning Head Start
Barstow · 1
- (760) 255-5761
Barstow Head Start
Beaumont · 2
- (951) 826-4530
Rcoe-Beaumont 8th Street - HS/EHS
- (951) 826-4540
Rcoe-Beaumont Ave HS/EHS
Bishop · 2
- (760) 873-5107
Bishop Early Head Start
- (760) 872-3911
Bishop Indian Head Start
Bloomington · 1
- (909) 841-5212
Colton Bloomington Head Start (CP)
Boulevard · 1
- (619) 473-9022
Campo Kumeyaay Head Start
Brea · 2
- (714) 332-8914
Brea Center
- (714) 332-8914
Brea Center
Buellton · 1
- (806) 688-6633
CAC Oak Valley Center
Burbank · 1
- (213) 250-4800
Magnolia (Para Los Ninos)
Burney · 1
- (530) 510-4665
Burney Center
California City · 1
- (760) 373-7605
California City CDC
Camarillo · 1
- (805) 620-8110
Rancho Campana
Cambria · 1
- (805) 927-0830
Cambria Head Start/Early Head Start
Cameron Park · 1
- (530) 295-4516
Camerado Springs
Camino · 1
- (530) 295-4500
Camino
Carlsbad · 2
- (760) 720-4378
Eureka
- (760) 930-0749
Laurel Tree EHS
Carpinteria · 1
- (805) 318-9332
CommUnify Carpinteria Infant/Toddler Center
Caruthers · 1
- (559) 263-1200
Caruthers Head Start
Castroville · 1
- (831) 633-3369
North Monterey County Head Start
Ceres · 2
- (209) 238-6300
Almond Terrace Head Start
- (209) 537-9032
Walter Thompson Child Development Center
Cerritos · 1
- (562) 229-7933
Carver Head Start (ABC)
Chatsworth · 1
- (818) 717-1000
CCRC - Early Head Start (Home Base Program)
Cherryland · 1
- (510) 581-6432
Eyes on You Day Care Center
Chino · 1
- (909) 627-0206
Chino Head Start
Chowchilla · 2
- (559) 665-0291
Chowchilla
- (559) 665-5559
Fairmead
Chualar · 1
- (831) 679-0503
Primavera
Clearlake · 2
- (707) 994-6045
6302 Pearl Center
- (707) 994-0647
6400 Meadowbrook Center
Cloverdale · 1
- (707) 535-3307
Cloverdale Head Start and Early Head Start
Clovis · 2
- (559) 263-1200
Clovis Head Start
- (559) 263-1200
College Community Head Start
Colton · 2
- (909) 580-5031
Colton San Salvador (CP)
- (840) 201-7270
Las Terrazas Head Start
Commerce · 2
- (213) 598-4980
Commerce
- (323) 482-0515
Montebello-Commerce (YMCA)
Corcoran · 1
- (559) 992-5200
Dolores Huerta Head Start
Costa Mesa · 2
- (949) 548-4480
Matt Kline Center
- (949) 548-4480
Matt Kline Center
Cottonwood · 1
- (530) 347-6793
Cottonwood Center
Covelo · 1
- (707) 354-2524
Round Valley Indian Tribes Head Start
Crestline · 1
- (909) 338-1470
Rim of the World
Cudahy · 2
- (323) 560-1383
Elizabeth Learning Center Head Start
- (323) 869-1300
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center
Culver City · 2
- (310) 397-4200
Allies for Every Child (home based)
- (213) 598-5382
Mar Vista
Cutler · 1
- (559) 528-1834
Cutler #2 Child Development Center
Cuyama · 1
- (661) 522-8813
CAC Cuyama Center
Daly City · 2
- (650) 758-0743
Mission Child Development Center
- (650) 992-6029
Serramonte
Davis · 1
- (530) 668-3053
Montgomery Center
Delhi · 2
- (209) 394-1855
Delhi HS Center
- (209) 394-1857
Shattuck Park Head Start
Dos Palos · 1
- (209) 392-3103
South Dos Palos Head Start
Earlimart · 1
- (661) 849-3406
Earlimart Child Development Center
East Palo Alto · 2
- (650) 566-8639
East Palo Alto
- (650) 323-2949
Magnolia
East Rancho Dominguez · 2
- (818) 980-2287
Chester
- (844) 340-9140
Chester
El Dorado · 1
- (530) 295-4512
Charles Brown
El Nido · 1
- (209) 381-5175
El Nido Home-Based Head Start
Emeryville · 2
- (510) 601-8674
Ralph Hawley
- (510) 601-8674
Ralph Hawley
Empire · 2
- (209) 527-9884
Empire USD (Partner)-Empire Head Start
- (209) 238-1800
Empire USD (Partner)-Pearlene Reese Center
Encinitas · 1
- (866) 970-5410
Encinitas Child Development Center
Escalon · 2
- (209) 644-5334
CAPC - Escalon
- (209) 644-2627
EL CONCILIO (Partner) First Baptist Child Development Center
Esparto · 1
- (530) 668-3052
Esparto Center
Fair Oaks · 1
- (916) 979-8872
Fair Oaks Early Head Start
Fallbrook · 2
- (760) 723-4189
Fallbrook Street
- (760) 723-2062
Fallbrook View
Farmersville · 1
- (559) 741-0814
Hester Child Development Center
Fillmore · 2
- (805) 485-7878
Fillmore
- (805) 524-5166
Linda Vista
Firebaugh · 1
- (559) 659-1576
Firebaugh Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
Five Points · 1
- (559) 884-2363
Five Points Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
Fontana · 2
- (909) 428-8496
Fontana Citrus Head Start
- (909) 888-4577
Volunteers of America Fontana
Foresthill · 1
- (530) 367-2847
Foresthill
Freedom · 2
- (831) 761-6669
Freedom Preschool Migrant & Seasonal Head Start
- (831) 728-5069
Vista Verde
French Camp · 2
- (209) 983-0655
Artesi II
- (209) 982-0520
Artesi III
Galt · 2
- (209) 745-6458
Galt
- (209) 744-7728
Grizzly Hollow
Georgetown · 1
- (530) 295-4515
Georgetown
Glendora · 1
- (626) 914-0149
Whitcomb
Goleta · 1
- (805) 967-9637
CAC Goleta Center
Gonzales · 2
- (831) 675-9135
Gonzales Head Start/State Preschool
- (831) 675-0882
Monterey Co. EHS Home Base
Granada Hills · 1
- (818) 366-0350
CCRC - Tulsa Head Start
Gridley · 2
- (530) 846-3123
Gridley (East)
- (530) 846-3123
Gridley - West
Gustine · 1
- (209) 381-5190
Pioneer Head Start/Early Head Start
Hacienda Heights · 2
- (626) 933-6549
Cedarlane
- (626) 933-2137
Kwis Elementary
Half Moon Bay · 2
- (650) 726-3869
Half Moon Bay
- (650) 712-8729
Moonridge Infant
Hamilton City · 2
- (530) 826-0317
Hamilton City Early Head Start
- (530) 826-3474
Hamilton City Preschool
Happy Camp · 1
- (530) 493-1490
Happy Camp Karuk Tribal Head Start
Havasu Lake · 1
- (760) 858-4918
Chemehuevi Head Start
Hawaiian Gardens · 1
- (562) 229-7921
Hawaiian (ABC)
Heber · 1
- (760) 482-5675
Heber Hawks Early Head Start & Head Start Center
Hesperia · 2
- (760) 948-4411
Hesperia Head Start
- (760) 694-2163
Next Gen Hesperia
Highland · 1
- (909) 425-0785
Highland Head Start
Hilmar · 2
- (209) 394-1859
Elim Head Start
- (209) 381-5170
Stevinson Home-Based Early Head Start
Hollister · 2
- (408) 573-4071
Calaveras (SS) (FD)
- (408) 573-4086
Hollister (SS) (FD)
Huntington Beach · 2
- (714) 842-1221
Jeanne Hardy Center
- (714) 842-1221
Jeanne Hardy Center
Huntington Park · 2
- (323) 581-3923
Santa Fe Center (MAOF)
- (323) 586-9084
Zoe Center (MAOF)
Huron · 1
- (559) 263-1200
Huron Head Start
Ione · 1
- (209) 274-0395
Ione HS/EHS
Ivanhoe · 1
- (559) 798-8101
Ivanhoe Child Development Center
Jackson · 2
- (209) 223-7333
Amador Home Base
- (209) 223-3074
Jackson EHS
Jamestown · 2
- (209) 984-1715
Jamestown EHS
- (209) 984-1617
Jamestown HS
Kelseyville · 1
- (707) 279-1022
Kelseyville
Kerman · 2
- (559) 263-1200
HS/EHS Home-Based Kerman Satellite
- (559) 846-5351
Kerman
Kings Beach · 1
- (530) 546-9076
Kings Beach
Klamath · 2
- (707) 482-2811
Klamath Site
- (707) 482-2811
Klamath Site
LA Mesa · 1
- (619) 463-1093
AKA - La Mesa
LA Mirada · 1
- (562) 210-2798
Foster Road (Norwalk)
LA Quinta · 1
- (760) 771-8675
Dsusd-John Adams Head Start
LA Verne · 2
- (909) 593-3616
Brethren
- (626) 204-8900
Ramona
Lakeport · 2
- (707) 263-8213
6200 Lakeport Center
- (707) 279-0563
Lake Family Resource Center Early Head Start
Lakewood · 2
- (562) 229-7931
Melbourne Head Start (ABC)
- (562) 229-7953
Willow Head Start (ABC)
Lawndale · 2
- (310) 219-1773
Anderson (PACE)
- (310) 370-6345
Green (PACE)
Le Grand · 1
- (209) 381-5181
Le Grand Head Start
Lemoore · 2
- (559) 925-1502
Generations
- (559) 925-1792
Lyndon B. Johnson Head Start
Lincoln · 2
- (916) 645-1051
Carlin C. Coppin
- (916) 434-3705
Lincoln Centerbased
Linden · 1
- (209) 887-4095
CAPC - Linden
Lindsay · 1
- (559) 562-1199
Lindsay Home Base
Live Oak · 1
- (530) 695-8098
Live Oak (Apricot)
Lomita · 2
- (213) 598-5227
Learning Center
- (213) 598-5227
Learning Center
Loomis · 2
- (916) 624-9652
Loomis
- (916) 652-3284
Loomis Centerbased
Marina · 1
- (831) 392-3456
Marina Head Start (MPUSD Collab)
Marysville · 2
- (530) 741-2995
Beverly Terrace
- (530) 740-1339
Marysville Center
Mather · 2
- (916) 228-2500
Home-based Option - SCOE
- (916) 563-5057
Mather
McArthur · 1
- (530) 691-5482
McArthur Center
McKinleyville · 1
- (707) 822-8263
McKinleyville
Mecca · 2
- (760) 848-1799
Cvusd-Mecca Head Start
- (760) 863-3350
Mecca MHSP
Mendota · 2
- (559) 263-1200
Mendota Head Start
- (559) 655-3087
Mendota Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
Monrovia · 2
- (626) 303-7325
Recreation Park (Monrovia)
- (626) 305-0713
Rotary Park 1 Preschool
Montclair · 1
- (909) 626-1700
Easter Seals - Montclair (CA)
Mount Shasta · 1
- (530) 918-2550
Mt. Shasta Center
Murphys · 1
- (209) 728-9946
Murphys Center
Murrieta · 1
- (951) 600-5680
Rcoe-Murrieta Head Start
Needles · 1
- (760) 326-5221
Needles Head Start Center (CA)
Nevada City · 2
- (530) 265-9104
Little Friends Child Development Center, Inc.
- (530) 292-4354
North San Juan
Newhall · 2
- (213) 598-6423
North Walnut
- (661) 290-2829
Wiley Canyon
Newman · 2
- (209) 862-0367
CCCDS Von Renner Child Development Center
- (209) 862-1605
Mike L. Perez Jr Child Development Center
North Fork · 1
- (559) 877-2352
North Fork Head Start
North Hills · 1
- (818) 892-0728
CCRC - Sepulveda Head Start
Northridge · 1
- (818) 993-8462
CCRC - Napa Head Start
Oakdale · 2
- (209) 845-8181
Oakdale Child Development Center
- (209) 847-5889
Oakdale Head Start
Oakhurst · 1
- (559) 658-8171
Oakhurst Head Start
Oakley · 2
- (925) 427-8930
Los Arboles
- (925) 839-0155
YWCA Freedom Oakley
Oceano · 1
- (805) 473-1657
Five Cities Head Start
Olivehurst · 1
- (530) 749-8005
Olivehurst
Orange Cove · 2
- (559) 263-1200
Citrus Head Start
- (559) 626-7199
Orange Cove Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
Orleans · 1
- (530) 627-3281
Orleans
Orosi · 2
- (559) 528-6005
Orosi EHS Home Base
- (559) 528-0866
Orosi Home Base
Palm Desert · 1
- (760) 771-8678
Dsusd-Lincoln Head Start
Parlier · 2
- (559) 263-1200
La Colonia Head Start
- (559) 646-2735
Parlier Migrant Center
Patterson · 2
- (209) 892-8130
CCCDS Patterson Child Development Center
- (209) 892-1610
Del Puerto Child Development Center
Pauma Valley · 1
- (760) 751-0719
Pauma Center
Perris · 1
- (951) 826-7200
Rcoe-Perris HS/EHS
Pinedale · 1
- (559) 263-1200
Pinedale Head Start
Pixley · 2
- (559) 757-9701
Pixley Child Development Center
- (559) 757-0150
Teviston Home Based
Pleasanton · 1
- (925) 426-8341
Hill n' Dale
Point Arena · 1
- (707) 882-2788
Manchester-Point Arena Head Start
Point Reyes Station · 1
West Marin
Pollock Pines · 1
- (530) 295-4511
Pinewood
Port Hueneme · 2
- (805) 259-1573
Pleasant Valley Center
- (805) 485-7878
Sunkist
Portola · 1
- (530) 832-1029
Portola Center
Quincy · 1
- (530) 283-0592
Quincy Head Start
Ramona · 2
- (760) 789-1093
Nuevo Head Start
- (760) 789-2087
Ramona Head Start/Early Head Start
Rancho Cordova · 1
- (916) 563-5090
Bright Beginnings
Rancho Cucamonga · 1
- (909) 948-6979
Cucamonga Head Start
Redlands · 2
- (909) 307-0037
Redlands Valencia Grove
- (909) 798-2690
South Redlands Head Start
Redway · 1
- (707) 923-4691
Redway
Redwood City · 1
- (650) 992-6029
City Center
Reedley · 2
- (559) 416-5639
Inez C. Rodriguez Migrant and Seasonal Head Start
- (559) 263-1200
Jefferson Head Start
Rescue · 1
- (530) 295-4526
Green Valley
Reseda · 2
- (818) 717-4515
CCRC - Melvin Head Start
- (818) 705-0113
CCRC - Reseda Head Start
Richgrove · 1
- (661) 725-0144
Richgrove Child Development Center
Ridgecrest · 1
- (760) 371-1469
Oasis CDC
Rio Dell · 1
- (707) 764-3604
Rio Dell
Rio Linda · 1
- (916) 566-3485
Rio Linda Preschool Center
Ripon · 1
- (209) 599-6965
CAPC - Ripona
Riverbank · 2
- (209) 869-0973
Riverbank Child Development Center
- (209) 869-7005
Riverbank Head Start
Rohnert Park · 1
- (707) 664-8870
Rohnert Park Head Start
Rosamond · 1
- (661) 256-9217
ROSAMOND (at Wayside Church)
Royal Oaks · 2
- (831) 761-6604
Hall Dist PS Migrant & Seasonal Head Start
- (831) 768-6949
Hall Head Start/State Preschool
Salida · 2
- (209) 543-7791
Boer School Head Start Center
- (209) 545-3728
Salida Child Development Center
San Bruno · 1
- (650) 578-3400
San Bruno
San Dimas · 1
- (626) 732-0130
Ekstrand
San Leandro · 1
- (510) 481-4523
REACH (Kidango)
San Pablo · 1
- (323) 588-7320
Contra Costa College
San Pedro · 2
- (213) 598-5069
Santa Cruz
- (213) 598-5069
Santa Cruz
San Ysidro · 2
- (619) 428-6614
ECS -- San Ysidro Head Start
- (619) 621-2525
MAOF San Ysidro
Sanger · 2
- (559) 263-1200
HS/EHS Home Based Sanger Satellite
- (559) 263-1200
Sanger Head Start
Santa Barbara · 1
- (805) 966-4552
CAC Coronel Center
Santa Clarita · 2
- (661) 215-2752
VOA Santa Clarita Head Start
- (661) 215-2752
VOA Santa Clarita Head Start
Santa Fe Springs · 2
- (562) 777-7170
Bloomfield (Plaza)
- (562) 692-9580
Rancho (Plaza)
Santa Monica · 1
- (310) 310-7557
Simms Mann
Santa Nella · 1
- (209) 777-2864
Santa Nella Home-Based Head Start/Early Head Start
Santa Paula · 2
- (805) 485-7878
Bob Borrego Center
- (805) 485-7878
Santa Paula Center
Sausalito · 1
Manzanita Children's Center
Seaside · 1
- (831) 393-3404
Seaside Head Start (MPUSD Collab)
Shasta Lake · 1
- (530) 245-2852
Shasta Lake Center
Shingle Springs · 1
- (530) 295-4501
Buckeye
Signal Hill · 2
- (562) 427-3424
Burroughs
- (562) 427-5901
Signal Hill
Simi Valley · 2
- (805) 485-7878
Berylwood Center
- (805) 485-7878
Simi Center
Smith River · 1
- (707) 487-1113
Howonquet Head Start
Soledad · 1
- (831) 678-1584
Soledad
Sonora · 2
- (209) 533-5455
Blue Bell HS/EHS
- (209) 533-0361
Tuolumne Home Base
Soquel · 1
- (831) 285-0877
The Farm Head Start
Soulsbyville · 1
- (209) 533-3143
Soulsbyville HS
South Lake Tahoe · 2
- (530) 543-8241
Al Tahoe
- (530) 543-4811
Tahoe Center
South San Francisco · 1
- (650) 737-5740
South San Francisco Baden Infant
Stanton · 2
- (714) 230-3814
Stanton Center
- (714) 230-3814
Stanton Center
Strathmore · 1
- (559) 651-3022
Strathmore Home Base
Suisun City · 1
- (707) 974-7797
Suisun
Sun Valley · 1
- (213) 598-1245
El Caminito
Sunland · 2
- (844) 340-9140
Philip Max Saeta Learning Academy
- (818) 865-7801
Philip Max Saeta Learning Academy
Taft · 2
- (661) 765-2866
Taft CDC
- (661) 763-7700
Taft College
Tehachapi · 1
- (661) 822-5535
Tehachapi CDC
Tehama · 1
- (530) 529-1500
Tehama Head Start Center
Terra Bella · 1
- (559) 651-3022
Terra Bella Home Base
Thornton · 1
- (209) 796-5050
CAPC - Thornton
Thousand Palms · 1
- (760) 343-7575
Psusd-Della Lindley Elementary HS
Tipton · 2
- (559) 752-4106
Tipton Child Development Center
- (559) 752-4196
Tipton Home Based
Torrance · 1
- (310) 328-0276
Momentum Pediatric Therapy Network
Truckee · 2
- (530) 886-4130
Truckee Pines
- (530) 582-1826
Truckee STEPP - Child Care Partner
Tujunga · 1
- (213) 598-1300
Plainview
Tulelake · 1
- (530) 233-7134
Tulelake Family Development Center
Tuolumne · 1
- (209) 928-3651
Summerville HS
Twentynine Palms · 1
- (760) 367-5150
Twenty-Nine Palms Head Start
Upland · 1
- (909) 931-0147
Upland Head Start
Upper Lake · 1
- (707) 275-2721
NCO Head Start - Upper Lake
Valley Center · 1
- (760) 749-5189
Rincon
Valley Springs · 2
- (209) 772-1401
Valley Springs Head Start Center
- (209) 772-1991
Vista Del Lago Center
Venice · 1
- (424) 280-4090
Oceanside (PACE)
Victorville · 2
- (760) 951-1425
Northgate
- (760) 245-9147
Victorville Head Start
Vista · 2
- (760) 396-4465
Foothill
- (760) 726-4272
North Campus ELC
Walnut · 2
- (909) 274-4920
Mt. San Antonio College
- (909) 839-1884
Ybarra
Walnut Grove · 1
- (916) 776-4939
Walnut Grove
Walnut Park · 1
- (323) 233-2846
Walnut Park (MAOF)
Waterford · 1
- (209) 874-3301
Waterford Child Development Center
Weaverville · 1
- (530) 623-5980
Weaverville Center
Weed · 1
- (530) 938-2953
Weed Center
West Point · 1
- (209) 754-2255
West Point Center
West Sacramento · 1
- (530) 668-3030
Alyce Norman Center
Westley · 1
- (209) 894-5191
Westley Child Development Center
Willits · 2
- (707) 459-1457
5502 Willits HS & EHS Center
- (707) 459-5141
5502 Willits HS & EHS Center
Willows · 2
- (530) 934-6617
Tehama Children's Center
- (530) 934-6575
Villa Avenue Head Start
Wilmington · 2
- (213) 598-5020
Cesar Chavez
- (213) 598-5069
Robert F Kennedy
Windsor · 1
- (707) 838-4899
Martinez Head Start & Guillory Early Head Start
Winterhaven · 1
- (760) 572-0263
Quechan Head Start
Woodlake · 2
- (559) 564-2135
Woodlake #1 Child Development Center
- (559) 564-5117
Woodlake Home Based
Woodland Hills · 1
- (818) 717-4515
CCRC - The Woodlands
Yucaipa · 1
- (909) 797-3585
Yucaipa Head Start
Yucca Valley · 1
- (760) 369-7242
Yucca Valley Head Start
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