Head Start
Head Start in Kansas City
Head Start Services
Head Start early education promotes the school readiness of young children from families facing economic barriers by supporting the mental, social and emotional development of children from birth to age 5. In addition to education services, programs provide children and their families with health, nutrition, social and other supports.
Head Start encourages the role of parents as their child’s first and most important teachers. Programs build relationships with families that support positive parent-child relationships, family well-being, and connections to their peers and community.
Head Start Enrollment and Eligibility
Head Start in Kansas
Your family may qualify if you have a child under the age of 5; live in Johnson or Wyandotte counties in Kansas; and are income eligible, homeless, receive TANF/ SSI, or your child is in foster care.
Home-based Head Start
Our early education specialists work with Missouri families in their homes, helping parents be their child’s first and best teacher.
Head Start Locator
If you live outside of the Kansas City metro, please use the Head Start Locator to find a program in your community.
Success Stories
Learn how TFC’s Head Start program is changing lives in the Kansas City area.
Head Start Options
Child Care Program-Based Head Start
We partner with existing child care providers helping them to meet the individualized needs of each child. We improve the capacity and quality of their program so, together, we can prepare children for kindergarten.
Home-Based Head Start
Our early education specialists work with families in their homes, helping parents be their child’s first and best teacher.
This website is supported by Grant Numbers 7CH012381 (under the Mid-America Regional Council), 07HP000560, and 07CH012513 from the Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of The Family Conservancy and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start.