The City of Oakland partners with a delegate agency, the Unity Council, to offer Early Head Start to Oakland residents. Early Head Start serves pregnant women and children from birth to 3 years old. The program provides early, individualized child development and parent education services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families according to a plan developed jointly by the parents and staff.

Early Head Start provides early opportunities for infants and toddlers with and without disabilities to grow and develop together in nurturing, multicultural and multilingual settings. The program connects with other service providers within the City of Oakland to ensure that a comprehensive array of health, nutrition, career development and other services is provided to the program's pregnant women, very young children, and their families. In coordination with local Head Start and other child development programs, Early Head Start works to ensure continuity of services for these children and families.

Early Head Start is offered year-round at the following sites:

De Colores
1155 35th Avenue
Central Oakland
510-535-6106

Thurgood-Marshall
1117 10th Street
West Oakland
510-836-0543

Foothill Square
10700 MacArthur Blvd #10
East Oakland
510-553-9926

More detailed information about Early Head Start locations.

More information about the Unity Council is available at their website: http://www.unitycouncil.org/