Head Start & Early Head Start Preschool
1900 Fruitvale Ave, Ste 1A, Oakland, CA 94601
About
Head Start & Early Head Start Preschool is an early childhood education program that uses a play-based curriculum. The program offers both center-based and home-based care, depending on the needs of families, location, and availability. Teachers make every effort to speak with children and their parents in their home language, and services are offered in at least eight languages throughout seven Head Start and Early Head Start sites. Parents are fully engaged and part of their child’s success.
• Ages: 0–5 years old
The Unity Council, which operates Head Start & Early Head Start Preschool, was founded as a 501(c)(3) in 1967. Its mission is to promote social equity and improve quality of life by building vibrant communities where everyone can work, learn, and thrive. The Unity Council is a non-profit Social Equity Development Corporation whose work expands beyond the Fruitvale district and reaches across Oakland and into Concord, and it provides programs including early childhood education, youth mentorship and leadership development, employment services, career readiness training, housing and financial stability, senior citizen services, affordable housing and neighborhood development, and arts and cultural events. The organization has invested over 100 million dollars in community assets, including affordable housing and community benefit developments like the Fruitvale Transit Village, and it provides financial assistance, resources, and coaching to low-income children, families, and immigrants. Leadership connected to the organization includes Arabella Martinez as Founding Executive Director, Gilda Gonzalez as CEO after the opening of Fruitvale Transit Village in 2004, and Chris Iglesias as Chief Executive Officer beginning in 2013, with Jennifer Escalante serving as Senior Manager of Health/Nutrition Services. This website is supported by Grant Number 09CH012456 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. This institution is an equal opportunity provider, and free language assistance, auxiliary aids, and accommodations are available upon request.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
• Ages: 0–5 years old
The Unity Council, which operates Head Start & Early Head Start Preschool, was founded as a 501(c)(3) in 1967. Its mission is to promote social equity and improve quality of life by building vibrant communities where everyone can work, learn, and thrive. The Unity Council is a non-profit Social Equity Development Corporation whose work expands beyond the Fruitvale district and reaches across Oakland and into Concord, and it provides programs including early childhood education, youth mentorship and leadership development, employment services, career readiness training, housing and financial stability, senior citizen services, affordable housing and neighborhood development, and arts and cultural events. The organization has invested over 100 million dollars in community assets, including affordable housing and community benefit developments like the Fruitvale Transit Village, and it provides financial assistance, resources, and coaching to low-income children, families, and immigrants. Leadership connected to the organization includes Arabella Martinez as Founding Executive Director, Gilda Gonzalez as CEO after the opening of Fruitvale Transit Village in 2004, and Chris Iglesias as Chief Executive Officer beginning in 2013, with Jennifer Escalante serving as Senior Manager of Health/Nutrition Services. This website is supported by Grant Number 09CH012456 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. This institution is an equal opportunity provider, and free language assistance, auxiliary aids, and accommodations are available upon request.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
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