NACOG Head Start and Early Head Start

Cottonwood Youth Center, 270 E. Mingus Avenue, Cottonwood, AZ 86326

mapCottonwood Youth Center, 270 E. Mingus Avenue, Cottonwood, AZ 86326

About

NACOG Head Start and Early Head Start offers Head Start, Early Head Start Home-based option, Early Head Start Center-based option, and a Birth to Five program. Head Start is a federally funded school readiness program for children, prenatal to age 5. The Early Head Start Home-based option offers services in the comfort of the family’s own home, and the Birth to Five program includes twice-a-month home visits and weekly classroom experiences.

Programs

  • Head Start — 3-5 years of age · Head Start is a federally funded school readiness program for children, prenatal to age 5.
  • Early Head Start Home-based option — pregnant moms and children 0-3 years of age · Offers services in the comfort of your own home.
  • Early Head Start Center-based option — 1-3 years of age
  • Birth to Five program — pregnant women and children from birth to five years of age · twice a month home-visits and weekly classroom experiences · Available in the White Mountain and Page areas.

At a glance

  • Ages: 0–5 years old
  • Facility hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 am-5:00 pm for the Cottonwood Head Start location

About the provider

Head Start provides services to eligible children and families in early learning, health, and family well-being, while engaging parents and guardians as partners every step of the way. If anyone in an immediate family has applied or was enrolled during the 2020-2021 program year, the program says not to complete an online application and to complete the paper application instead.

If anyone in your immediate family has applied or was enrolled during the 2020-2021 program year, do not complete an online application; complete the paper application instead.

Last updated August 31, 2026.

Is this your business? There is no cost, but you will be asked to sign up or log in.