Head Start and Early Head Start in Miami, FL
83 centers in Miami. 50 offer Early Head Start, from pregnancy to age 3, and 50 offer Head Start preschool for ages 3 to 5. You apply through 21 programs, which report 4,950 funded slots here. 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 Florida
$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 sizeCenters in Miami
Listed A to Z. A center may serve only some ages; the tags show which programs it runs.
Centro Mater East I HS/EHS/Home Based
Early Head StartHead Start418 SW 4th Ave, Miami, FL 33130
(305) 545-6049Easter Seals Liberty Square HS/EHS
Early Head StartHead Start6304 NW 14th Ave, Miami, FL 33147
(305) 200-3676Haitian Youth-Lillie M. Williams HS
Early Head StartHead Start770 NW 83rd St, Miami, FL 33150
(305) 694-2299KIDCO IV Creative Learning EHS
Early Head StartHead Start6911 NW 3rd Ave, Miami, FL 33150
(305) 758-1664KIDCO VI Creative Learning HS/EHS
Early Head StartHead Start242 NE 26th St, Miami, FL 33137
(305) 573-0447KIDCO VII Creative Learning EHS
Early Head StartHead Start183 NE 57th St, Miami, FL 33137
(305) 579-3078MDCPS-Chapman Partnership North HS/EHS
Early Head StartHead Start1550 N Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33136
(305) 329-3057MDCPS-Gertrude K Edelman/Sabal Palm Elementary HS
Head Start17101 NE 7th Ave, Miami, FL 33162
(305) 651-2411MDCPS-Melrose Elementary @ Bethune ECC HS/EHS
Early Head StartHead Start2900 NW 43rd Ter, Miami, FL 33142
(305) 638-6073MDCPS-Pine Villa Elementary @ Issac A. Withers ECC HS/EHS
Early Head StartHead Start21300 SW 122nd Ave, Miami, FL 33177
(305) 251-2395Miami Dade College North Campus Pre-School Lab
Early Head Start11380 NW 27th Ave, Bldg 600, Miami, FL 33167
(305) 237-1357Miccosukee Preschool
Head StartAmerican Indian and Alaska Native37790 SW 8 Street, Miami, FL 33194
(305) 894-2376Miccosukee Preschool
Head StartAmerican Indian and Alaska Native37790 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33194
(305) 894-2376Shining Light Childcare Development Center, Inc.
Early Head Start8220 NW 13th Ct, Miami, FL 33147
(305) 696-1802St. Alban's Day Nursery Inc DBA St. Alban's Child Enrichment Center
Early Head Start2370 NW 17th Ave, Miami, FL 33142
(305) 443-1234St. Albans Day Nursery Inc Coconut Grove
Early Head Start3465 Brooker St, Miami, FL 33133
(305) 443-1234United Way Center of Excellence HS/EHS/Home Based
Early Head StartHead Start3250 SW 3rd Ave, Miami, FL 33129
(305) 631-7600United Way Miami EHS-CCP At Lillie C. Evans K-8 Center
Early Head Start1895 NW 75th St, Miami, FL 33147
(786) 499-2743United Way Miami, Inc EHS-CCP At Lotus Village
Early Head Start217 NW 15th St, Miami, FL 33136
(305) 646-7150Universal Academy Private School Inc.
Early Head Start21310 NW 37 Avenue, Miami, FL 33056
(305) 626-0010YWCA-Intergenerational Center EHS/HS
Early Head StartHead Start3450 NW 199 Street, Miami, FL 33056
(305) 628-0993
Where to apply in Miami
You apply to the program, not to one center. Each number here is the program's enrollment line: staff check whether you qualify, tell you which centers have room, and add you to the waiting list if they're full. Counts are centers in Miami.
- (305) 995-7632
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida
- (305) 646-7220 ext. 2457
Early Learning Coalition Miami-Dade/Monroe County
- (305) 631-7638
United Way Miami
- (305) 576-7750
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami
- (305) 325-0470
Easter Seals South Florida, Inc.
- (305) 576-6990 ext. 105
KIDCO Creative Learning Inc
- (786) 469-4644
Miami-Dade County
- (305) 377-9922
YWCA South Florida, Inc.
- (305) 357-4395
Centro Mater Child Care Services, Inc.
- (786) 469-4644
Dade County Board of County Commissioners
- (305) 685-4881
Family Christian Association of America
- (305) 223-8380 ext. 2211
Miccosukee Corporation
- (305) 264-3232 ext. 1003
O'Farrill Learning Center
- (305) 443-1234 ext. 112
St. Alban's Child Enrichment Center
- (305) 377-9922 ext. 200
YWCA South Florida
- (305) 633-8690
Allapattah Child Care
- (305) 942-2830 ext. 117
Haitian Youth and Community Center of Florida
- (305) 653-8770 ext. 2017
Landow Yeshiva Early Head Start
- (305) 754-8444
Our Child Care, Inc. DBA Our Little Ones
- (305) 643-1311
Sunflowers Academy
- (305) 631-7638
United Way Miami, Inc.
New to Head Start? Who qualifies, what it costs and how applying works
Help paying for child care
- Child care assistance (subsidies) by stateWhen Head Start is full or your income is a little higher
- 2026 federal poverty guidelinesThe income table Head Start uses
- Child care cost by countyWhat daycare costs in Florida
- How much childcare costsCenter, home daycare and nanny prices
- WIC income limitsFood help for pregnancy and children under 5