Head Start and Early Head Start in Wyoming
45 centers in 33 cities and towns, run by 10 programs. 21 offer Early Head Start, from pregnancy to age 3, and 33offer 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 Wyoming
$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 Wyoming
2 cities have 3 or more centers and a page of their own, most centers first.
- Evanston3 centers
- Rock Springs3 centers
Where to apply in Wyoming
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.
- (307) 836-2751
Wyoming Child & Family Development, Inc
- (307) 347-4192
Absaroka, Inc.
- (307) 782-6602 ext. 1
Lincoln-Uinta Child Development Association
- (307) 332-7163
SHOSHONE & ARAPAHO Head Start Program
- (307) 789-7040
Evanston Child Development Center
- (307) 324-4951
Carbon County Child Development Programs, Inc.
- (307) 682-2392
County of Campbell
- (307) 742-6792 ext. 07659
Laramie Child Development Corporation
- (307) 352-3430
Sweetwater County School District No. 1
- (307) 734-3896
The Children's Learning Center, Inc.
Centers in smaller towns in Wyoming
39 centers in 31 towns with fewer than 3 centers each, A to Z.
Afton · 1
- (307) 885-9286
Afton Child Development Center
Alpine · 1
- (307) 654-4116
Alpine Child Development Center
Arapahoe · 2
- (307) 856-3807
11 Great Plains Road
- (307) 857-6035
Great Plains Early Head Start
Basin · 1
- (307) 568-2032
Absaroka Head Start Basin Center
Buffalo · 1
- (307) 684-2873
Absaroka Head Start Buffalo Center
Casper · 2
- (307) 473-5831
Wyoming Child & Family Development - Casper Early Head Start
- (307) 266-5480
Wyoming Child & Family Development - Casper Head Start
Cheyenne · 1
- (307) 634-9378
Wyoming Child & Family Development, Laramie County
Cody · 1
- (307) 527-6454
Absaroka Head Start Cody Center
Douglas · 1
- (307) 358-3901
Wyoming Child & Family Development - Douglas
Ethete · 2
- (307) 332-4815
Ethete
- (307) 332-7180
Ethete Early Head Start
Fort Washakie · 2
- (307) 332-7163
Fort Washakie
- (307) 332-7055
Ft Washakie Early Head Start
Gillette · 2
- (307) 682-2392
Children's Developmental Services of Campbell County
- (307) 682-4214
Wyoming Child & Family Development - Gillette
Glenrock · 1
- (307) 436-5357
Wyoming Child & Family Development - Glenrock
Guernsey · 1
- (307) 836-2838
Wyoming Child & Family Development - Guernsey
Jackson · 1
- (307) 733-1616
Children's Learning Center- Mercill
Kemmerer · 1
- (307) 877-6984
Kemmerer Child Development Center
Lander · 1
- (307) 332-5559
Absaroka Head Start Lander Center
Laramie · 1
- (307) 742-6792
Head Start of Laramie
Lusk · 1
- (307) 836-2751
Wyoming Child & Family Development - Lusk
Mountain View · 2
- (307) 782-6601
Bridger Valley Child Development Center
- (307) 782-7040
Children's Learning Foundation
Newcastle · 1
- (307) 401-0321
Wyoming Child & Family Development - Crook/Weston County Early Head Start
Powell · 1
- (307) 754-2013
Absaroka Head Start Powell Center
Rawlins · 2
- (307) 324-4951
Carbon County Child Development Programs
- (307) 324-9571
Carbon County Child Development Programs
Riverton · 1
- (307) 856-5078
Absaroka Head Start Riverton Center
Saratoga · 1
- (307) 326-5056
Saratoga Head Start
Sheridan · 1
- (307) 673-2637
Absaroka Head Start Sheridan Center
Thayne · 1
- (307) 883-4116
Thayne Child Development Center
Thermopolis · 1
- (307) 864-5481
Absaroka Head Start Thermopolis Center
Torrington · 2
- (307) 534-4720
Wyoming Child & Family Development - Lincoln Infant Toddler Center
- (307) 532-7068
Wyoming Child & Family Development - TLC
Wheatland · 1
- (307) 322-3385
Wyoming Child & Family Development - Wheatland
Worland · 1
- (307) 347-3164
Absaroka Head Start Worland Center
Head Start in nearby states
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 Wyoming
- How much childcare costsCenter, home daycare and nanny prices
- WIC income limitsFood help for pregnancy and children under 5