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Head Start and Early Head Start in Montana

95 centers in 51 cities and towns, run by 24 programs. 38 offer Early Head Start, from pregnancy to age 3, and 70offer 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 Montana

$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 Montana

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

Where to apply in Montana

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.

  • Opportunities, Inc.

    12 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (406) 453-5415

  • Confederated Salish And Kootenai Tribes

    11 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (406) 745-4509

  • A.W.A.R.E., Inc.

    9 centers · Early Head Start

    (406) 782-0455 ext. 25345

  • Human Resource Development Council of District IX, Inc.

    7 centers · Head Start

    (406) 586-9652

  • Northern Cheyenne Head Start Program

    6 centers · Head Start

    (406) 477-6346

  • Rocky Mountain Development Council, Inc.

    6 centers · Head Start

    (406) 457-7308

  • Action For Eastern Montana Head Start

    5 centers · Head Start

    (406) 377-3564

  • Blackfeet Early Childhood Center

    5 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (406) 338-7370 ext. 2202

  • Fort Peck Tribes Head Start Pre-K Program

    5 centers · Head Start

    (406) 768-2505

  • District 4 Human Resource Development Council

    4 centers · Head Start

    (406) 265-5810 ext. 55810

  • Central Montana Head Start

    3 centers · Head Start

    No line reported

  • Fort Belknap Indian Community

    3 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (406) 353-2827

  • Head Start, Inc.

    3 centers · Head Start

    (406) 245-7233

  • Northwest Montana Head Start, Inc

    3 centers · Head Start

    (406) 752-7011

  • Ravalli Head Start, Inc.

    3 centers · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (406) 363-1217 ext. 611

  • Child Start, Inc.

    2 centers · Head Start

    (406) 258-7000

  • Action Inc.

    1 center · Head Start

    (406) 723-4078

  • Cdi HS

    1 center · Head Start

    No line reported

  • Centro de la Familia de Utah

    1 center · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (801) 521-4473

  • Chippewa Cree Tribe

    1 center · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (406) 395-4690

  • Deer Lodge County Head Start

    1 center · Early Head Start and Head Start

    (406) 563-8445

  • District IV Human Resource Development Council

    1 center · Early Head Start

    (406) 265-5810 ext. 55810

  • Families in Partnership, Inc.

    1 center · Early Head Start

    (406) 293-6242

  • Young Families Early Head Start Inc.

    1 center · Early Head Start

    (406) 259-2007

Centers in smaller towns in Montana

51 centers in 42 towns with fewer than 3 centers each, A to Z.

Anaconda · 1

  • Deer Lodge County Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 317 W 4th St

    (406) 563-8445

Arlee · 1

  • Arlee

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 72691 Lumpry Rd

    (406) 726-3273

Ashland · 1

  • Kids At Work

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 104 Drumm Street

    (406) 784-2273

Babb · 1

  • Babb Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · One Mile North of Babb, Mt on Highway 89

    (406) 732-5514

Baker · 1

Box Elder · 1

  • Early Childhood Learning Center

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 285 Sumac St

    (406) 395-4690

Bozeman · 2

Brockton · 1

  • Brockton Head Start Center

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 540 5th Ave E

    (406) 768-2505

Browning · 2

  • Blackfeet Early Childhood Center

    Early Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 616 South Piegan

    (406) 338-3991

  • Starr School Head Start

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 615 S Piegan St

    (406) 338-7370

Busby · 1

  • Little Eagle

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 217 Playing Bear

    (406) 592-3589

Columbia Falls · 1

Conrad · 1

Cut Bank · 2

  • Cut Bank Head Start

    Head Start · 202 5th Ave SW

    (406) 873-4109

  • Seville Center

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 30 Golf Course Rd

    (406) 873-4858

Dodson · 1

  • Three Strikes Center

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 138 Medicine Bear Rd

    (406) 673-3307

East Helena · 1

  • Eastgate School Head Start

    Head Start · 4010 Gradestake St

    (406) 459-1665

Eureka · 1

  • Tobacco Valley Head Start

    Head Start · Eureka Elementary School, 335 6th St

    (406) 297-5504

Glasgow · 1

Glendive · 1

Hamilton · 1

  • Ravalli Head Start Preschool

    Early Head Start and Head Start · 81 Kurtz Ln

    (406) 363-1217

Harlem · 1

  • Gilbert Horn Sr Early Childhood Center

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 656 Agency Main St

    (406) 353-2827

Harlowton · 1

  • CMHS - Harlowton

    Head Start · 419 B Ave NE

Hays · 1

  • Ramona King Center, Hays

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 180 John Capture Rd, Fort Belknap Agency

    (406) 673-3085

Heart Butte · 1

  • Heart Butte Center

    Early Head Start and Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 40 Sweat Lodge Rd

    (406) 338-5215

Kalispell · 1

Lewistown · 1

  • CMHS-Lewistown

    Head Start · 25 Meadowlark Ln

Libby · 2

  • Admin Office/Libby Head Start

    Head Start · 263 Indian Head Rd

    (406) 293-4502

  • Families in Partnership Early Head Start

    Early Head Start · 83 Collins Ave

    (406) 293-6242

Livingston · 1

Malta · 1

Miles City · 1

Missoula · 2

Pablo · 2

  • Pablo Early Head Start

    Early Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 2 5th Avenue East

    (406) 675-2777

  • Pablo Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 35639 Stanger Lp

    (406) 675-0058

Plains · 1

Poplar · 2

  • Poplar Head Start Center 1

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 507 E E St (As Registerd in City Water, .

    (406) 768-5365

  • Poplar Head Start Center 2

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 1103 Sagebrush Drive

    (406) 768-5436

Roundup · 1

Saint Ignatius · 2

  • Growing Words - EsKwa?lmi Nuwewlstn

    Early Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 87 Alexander Ln

    (406) 275-2909

  • Mission

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 28 Toweepah Ln

    (406) 745-4483

Shelby · 1

Stevensville · 1

  • North Valley Head Start Center

    Head Start · 585 E 3rd St

    (406) 777-5563

Three Forks · 1

Townsend · 1

West Yellowstone · 1

  • West Yellowstone School District

    Head Start · 411 N Geyser St

    (406) 586-9652

Whitehall · 1

Wolf Point · 2

  • Little Bear Head Start Room

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 608 Custer St

    (406) 768-2302

  • Wolf Point Head Start

    Head Start (American Indian and Alaska Native) · 515 6th Ave S

    (406) 653-2344

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