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Head Start and Early Head Start in Colorado

247 centers in 77 cities and towns, run by 44 programs. 120 offer Early Head Start, from pregnancy to age 3, and 180offer 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 Colorado

$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 size

Head Start by city in Colorado

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

Where to apply in Colorado

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.

  • Community Partnership For Child Development

    27 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (719) 635-1536

  • Poudre School District #1

    23 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (970) 490-3204

  • Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers

    17 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (303) 861-2602

  • Early Learning Ventures

    16 centers · Early Head Start

    No line reported

  • Thompson School District R2J

    14 centers · Head Start

    (970) 613-5761

  • Centro de la Familia de Utah

    13 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (801) 521-4473

  • Clayton Early Learning, Trustee George W. Clayton Trust

    11 centers · Early Head Start

    (303) 355-4411 ext. 432

  • Colorado Early Education Network

    9 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (970) 515-6664 ext. 110

  • Denver Public Schools Head Start

    9 centers · Head Start

    (720) 423-2676

  • Otero College

    8 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (719) 384-3100

  • Summit County Head Start 0-5

    8 centers · Head Start

    (970) 406-3069

  • Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.

    7 centers · Head Start

    (719) 420-0125

  • County of Jefferson

    7 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (720) 497-7900

  • Durango 4-C Council

    7 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (970) 247-5960

  • Adams County Head Start

    6 centers · Head Start

    (720) 523-4612

  • Early Childhood Council of the San Luis Valley

    6 centers · Early Head Start

    (719) 937-4010

  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Denver

    5 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (303) 742-0828 ext. 6714

  • Eagle County Department of Human Services

    5 centers · Early Head Start

    (970) 328-2601

  • Eagle County Reorganized School District #50-J

    5 centers · Head Start

    (970) 328-3942

  • Ability Connection Colorado, Inc.

    4 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (303) 691-9339

  • Summit County Head Start

    4 centers · Early Head Start

    (970) 406-3069

  • Wild Plum Center

    4 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (303) 776-8523

  • Clayton Early Learning

    3 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (303) 355-4411 ext. 432

  • County of Boulder

    3 centers · Head Start

    (720) 564-2210

  • Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1

    2 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    No line reported

  • Delta County School District 50J

    2 centers · Head Start

    No line reported

  • Family Star Montessori

    2 centers · Head Start

    (303) 477-7827

  • Family Star, Inc.

    2 centers · Early Head Start

    (303) 477-7827

  • Salida School District R-32-J

    2 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (719) 530-5362

  • Sewall Child Development Center

    2 centers · Head Start

    No line reported

  • Akron United Methodist Church

    1 center · Head Start

    (970) 345-2695

  • Brush School District RE-2J, Inc.

    1 center · Head Start

    No line reported

  • Developmental Opportunities

    1 center · Early Head Start

    (719) 275-0550

  • Englewood Head Start

    1 center · Head Start · for Sheridan School District #2

    (303) 806-2522

  • Family Star

    1 center · Early Head Start

    (303) 477-7827

  • Iliff Community Center, Inc.

    1 center · Head Start

    (970) 521-0538

  • Lake County School District #1

    1 center · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (719) 486-6890

  • Limon Head Start

    1 center · Head Start

    (719) 775-0222

  • Monte Vista Community Center, Inc.

    1 center · Head Start

    No line reported

  • Rio Grande Child Development and Family Services

    1 center · Head Start

    (719) 657-3101

  • Sheridan School District #2

    1 center · Head Start

    (720) 833-6600

  • Upper Arkansas Area Council of Governments

    1 center · Head Start

    (719) 275-8636

  • Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

    1 center · Head Start

    (970) 993-0170

  • Volunteers of America

    1 center · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (720) 644-6985

Centers in smaller towns in Colorado

69 centers in 58 towns with fewer than 3 centers each, A to Z.

Akron · 1

Arvada · 1

  • Arvada

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 5150 Allison St

    (720) 497-7900

Avon · 1

Basalt · 1

  • Basalt Elementary School-Basalt Campus Kids

    Early Head Start · 151 Cottonwood Dr

    (970) 384-5800

Berthoud · 2

  • Berthoud Early Childhood Center

    Head Start · 950 Massachusetts Ave

    (970) 613-7488

  • Berthoud Elementary

    Head Start · 500 Bunyan Ave

    (970) 613-7572

Blanca · 1

  • Tiny Hands Early Childhood Center

    Early Head Start · 922 Weaver

    (719) 379-2607

Boone · 1

Boulder · 2

Brighton · 2

  • Brighton Center

    Early Head Start and Head Start (Migrant and Seasonal) · 130 S Main St, Ste B

    (801) 521-4473

  • Brighton Head Start

    Head Start · 1850 E Egbert St, Ste G10

    (303) 659-2270

Brush · 1

Canon City · 2

  • Fremont County Head Start

    Head Start · 1718 Brookside Ave

    (719) 275-8636

  • SPIN Early Childhood Education Center

    Early Head Start · 1339 Elm Ave

    (719) 275-0550

Carbondale · 1

  • Faith Lutheran Child Care

    Early Head Start · 1340 Highway 133

    (970) 510-5694

Commerce City · 1

  • Greyhound Head Start

    Head Start · 6230 Glencoe St, Ste C119

    (720) 523-4821

Conejos County · 1

  • Conejos Center

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 6535 County Road 12.9

    (801) 521-4473

Cortez · 1

  • Mesa View Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 1320 E Empire St

    (970) 565-6040

Cripple Creek · 1

  • Pioneer Preschool

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 412 North C Street

    (719) 689-3420

Del Norte · 1

  • Rio Grande Child Development & Family Services

    Head Start · 770 11th St

    (719) 657-3101

Delta · 1

Dolores · 1

Durango · 1

  • Durango North Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 2019 E 3rd Ave

    (970) 247-9487

Eagle · 2

  • Eagle Valley Elementary School

    Head Start · 737 East Third Street

    (970) 328-3942

  • Eagle Valley Elementary School Preschool

    Early Head Start · 61 Mill Rd

    (970) 328-6981

Englewood · 2

Evans · 2

Fountain · 1

Golden · 1

Hotchkiss · 1

Ignacio · 1

  • Ignacio Early Learning Program

    Head Start · 535 Candelaria Drive

    (970) 563-0681

Iliff · 1

Johnstown · 1

La Junta · 1

  • Columbian Early Childhood Center

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 800 Grace Ave

    (719) 384-3100

La Salle · 1

Lafayette · 1

Lamar · 1

Laporte · 1

  • Cache La Poudre Elementary

    Head Start · 3511 W County Road 54G

    (970) 488-3097

Leadville · 1

  • The Center

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 130 W 12th St

    (719) 486-6920

Limon · 1

Mancos · 1

  • Mancos Early Learning Center

    Head Start · 131 S Walnut Street

    (970) 533-1587

Manzanola · 1

Monte Vista · 1

  • Monte Vista Community Center

    Head Start · 2863 Sherman Ave

    (719) 852-3215

Olathe · 1

  • Olathe Center

    Early Head Start (Migrant and Seasonal) · 290 Hap Ct

    (801) 521-4473

Pagosa Springs · 2

  • Pagosa Springs Head Start

    Head Start · 475 S 8th Street

    (970) 264-2484

  • Seeds of Learning

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 575 S 7th St

    (970) 264-5513

Parachute · 1

  • Parachute Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 101 W Battlement Pkwy

    (970) 200-8106

Peyton · 1

  • Falcon

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 12050 Falcon Hwy

    (719) 635-1536

Rifle · 1

Rocky Ford · 2

Salida · 2

  • Children's Discovery Ranch

    Early Head Start · 9104 W US Highway 50

    (719) 530-5362

  • Salida Early Childhood Center

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 516 Teller St

    (719) 530-5362

San Luis · 1

  • Centennial Early Learning Center

    Early Head Start · 14644 Highway 159

    (719) 672-3232

Sanford · 1

  • Sanford Center

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 390 Greenleaf St

    (801) 521-4473

Sheridan · 1

  • Rising Star Early Learning Center

    Early Head Start · 3400 S Federal Blvd, Unit D

    (303) 781-1726

Thornton · 1

Timnath · 1

Towaoc · 1

  • Ute Mountain Ute Child Development Center

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 514 Sunset Blvd

    (970) 564-5323

Trinidad · 1

Walsenburg · 1

Wellington · 1

Westminster · 2

Wheat Ridge · 1

  • Wheat Ridge Head Start

    Early Head Start · 12725 W 42nd Ave

    (720) 497-7680

Woodland Park · 1

  • Kid City USA - Midland

    Early Head Start · 520 Midland Avenue

    (719) 687-8125

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Having a baby in ColoradoBenefits, each with its source, checked October 2026Pregnancy MedicaidUp to 265% FPLWICYesPaid family leaveYesMedicaid pays for a doulaYesSee Colorado