Federally-funded head start programs help prepare young children from low-income families, ages birth to five
years old, and their parents for the social and educational challenges that young children face as they
develop. Each head start program focuses on providing comprehensive services designed to enhance a child's
emotional, social, cultural, language, reading, mathematics, science, health and nutrition education.
This head start center locator page contains links to listings of programs offered in the 4 counties in the state of Hawaii. Each listings page contains the name, address and contact
information for a specific county's available centers. From that page, use additional links to explore
individual center facts, application instructions and directions.
Our head start center locator features the number of head start centers per county in parentheses ( ) to the
right of the county names. To see a current list of your county's head start centers, click your county's
name.
Hawaii Head Start Program Centers Listed by Counties
Head Start provides educational programs designed to meet each child’s individual needs. All children in Head Start benefit from a comprehensive health program, promoting preventive health care and assistance in establishing a medical home.
Head Start offers an early childhood program for children 3 to 5 years of age whose families qualify for our Head Start services. These Head Start centers generally operate a part-day program from 8am to 12 noon that includes breakfast and lunch. We also offer a full-day program to meet the needs of parents who are working or attending school. These Child Development Centers (CDC) generally operate from 7am to 5pm and includes breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack.
Aloha and welcome to the MEO Early Childhood Services department webpage! Early Childhood Services consists of three programs: Head Start, Kahi Kamali`i Infant and Toddler Center, and `Ohana Strengthening. Each program is designed to support families with young children. Please visit each program page by navigating this site. You are welcomed to contact us at 249-2988 or visit our main office at the MEO Family Center - 99 Mahalani Street in Wailuku. Our office hours are 7:15 a.m. – 4:00 p.m
The Head Start (HS) program provides a "head start" for school success for low-income and special needs children 3-5 years of age. Children learn through play and socialization.