Y Head Start in Baltimore City
Providing a high quality, early learning program at no cost
Providing a high quality, early learning program at no cost
Y Head Start in Baltimore City offers a safe, effective, early learning program that provides educational, health and family services to qualifying families - all at no cost to parents! Our goal is to ensure that every child enters school ready to learn. In fact, Y Head Start children routinely assess higher in school readiness than other assessed children across the state.
Children are enrolled based on a selection system that ranks families by need. All children are welcome, including those with disabilities, in foster care, or are experiencing homelessness. Y Head Start also participates in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) program. See the CACFP non-discrimination statement.
Y Head Start services for children ages 3-5 has an intentional focus to prepare children for kindergarten and beyond. Families must reside in Baltimore City to participate.
To get started, please complete the PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATION to determine eligibility for the Head Start program. Once your pre-registration application is submitted, a Family Service Advocate or Family Development Specialist will reach out to you with more information.
Just click below, then click the blue register button on the next page.
The Y Head Start program is available at the following locations:
BELAIR Y HEAD START CENTER
4605 Belair Rd., Baltimore, MD 21206
DICKEY HILL Y HEAD START CENTER
(Dickey Hill Elementary/Middle School)
5025 Dickey Hill Rd., Baltimore, MD 21207
EAST FAYETTE Y HEAD START CENTER
1116 E. Fayette St., Baltimore, MD 21202
EDMONDSON Y HEAD START CENTER
(Westside Skills Center)
4501 Edmondson Ave., Baltimore, MD 21229
ELGIN Y HEAD START CENTER
2030 Elgin Ave., Baltimore, MD 21217
SHERMAN Y EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
900 E. 33rd Street, 21218
SHERWOOD Y HEAD START
(Leith Walk Elementary/Middle School)
1235 Sherwood Ave., Baltimore, MD 21239
WEST PRESTON Y HEAD START
(The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary/Middle School)
507 W. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21201