Nebraska Head Start Programs
Closing the opportunity gap for infants, young children, and families
Nebraska’s Early Head Start and Head Start Preschool programs are working to close the gap for eligible young children and their families by promoting school readiness and providing educational, health, nutritional, mental health, social, and other comprehensive services within communities across the state to over 5,300 children each year. Today’s youngest will be the workforce of the mid-century. When families and young children have the support they need, communities benefit with healthier families, stronger schools, higher graduation rates, and a prepared workforce to compete in the future.
In Nebraska, Federal grants are provided to the community recipients listed below to provide Head Start services in one or more of the following programs options:
- Center-Based services: Early care and classroom education setting learning
- Home-Based services: Early care and education services provided in a child’s home with parents and caregivers working with a trained home visitor; group learning, discussion, and social activities are also provided for families on a regular basis
- Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships: Care and education to children in center-based or private home/family-like setting in collaboration with local community providers
HEAD START PROGRAM CONTACTS
Use the contact information provided or click on the links below for additional information about individual programs and services provided. For an interactive map of Head Start Grant Recipients in Nebraska, visit Nebraska Head Start Association.
Blue Valley Community Action Partnership
Early Head Start, Head Start, Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership
Contact Info:
Kyanna Volkman—Children Services Director
kvolkman@bvca.net
620 5th Street
Fairbury, NE 68352
Business: 402-729-2278 x 129
Fax: 402-729-2801
Counties Served: York, Seward, Saline, Fillmore, Jefferson, Thayer, Gage
Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership Early Head Start and Head Start
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Krystal Walrath—Early Childhood Programs Director
kwalrath@centralnebraskacap.com
626 N Street, PO Box 509
Loup City, NE 68853
Business: 308-745-0780
Fax: 308-745-0824
Counties Served: Keya Paha, Boyd, Brown, Rock, Holt, Blaine, Loup, Garfield, Wheeler, Custer, Valley, Greeley, Sherman, Howard, Boone, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Platte, Colfax
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster & Saunders Counties
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Jill Bomberger—Head Start Director
jbomberger@communityactionatwork.org
210 O Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
Business: 402-471-4515
Fax: 402-471-4844
Counties Served: Lancaster, Saunders
Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Anne Peterson—Head Start/Early Head Start Deputy Director
annep@mnca.net
114 E 11th Street
PO Box 2288
Kearney, NE 68848
Business: 308-865-5690
Fax: 308-865-5333
Counties Served: Buffalo, Dawson, Frontier, Furnas, Harlan, Kearney, Keith, Lincoln, Phelps, Red Willow, Norton (Kansas), Phillips (Kansas)
Educare of Lincoln Early Head Start
Early Head Start
Contact Info:
Katlyn Hoggatt—Director
katlyn.hoggatt@educarelincoln.org
3435 N 14th Street
Lincoln, NE 68521
Business: 402-458-3171
County Served: Lancaster
(Delegate of Omaha Public Schools)
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Rafel Hart—Executive Director
rhart@educareomaha.org
2123 Paul Street
Omaha, NE 68102
Business: 402-898-1783
County Served: Douglas
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Krystie Hohnstein—Director
khohnstein@esu13.org
4215 Avenue I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Business: 308-633-3712
Fax: 308-635-0680
Counties Served: Scottsbluff, Morrill, Cheyenne
Head Start Child and Family Development Program Inc.
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Kathleen Riley—Executive Director
kriley@hshn.org
123 North Marian Road
Hastings, NE 68901
Business: 402-462-4187
Fax: 402-462-4568
Counties Served: Adams, Clay, Webster, Nuckolls, Hall, Franklin
Midland University/Dodge County Head Start
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Kristen Fagan—Director
kfagan@dcheadstart.com
PO Box 244
Fremont, NE 68026
Business: 402-721-9022
Fax: 402-721-0504
County Served: Dodge
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska
Head Start
Contact Info:
Sarah Ochoa—Head Start Director
sochoa@capwn.org
3350 10th Street
Gering, NE 69341
Business: 308-635-3089
Fax: 308-635-0264
Counties Served: Scottsbluff, Morrill, Box Butte
Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative
Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership
Contact Info:
Mary Lariviere—Director of Early Head Start
mlariviere@nebraskaearly.org
3200 North 30th Street, Suite 200
Omaha, NE 68111
Business: 531-301-3025
County Served: Douglas
Northeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Carie Ahlgrim—Director
cahlgrim@nencap.org
603 Earl Street/PO Box 667
Pender, NE 68047-0667
Business: 402-385-6300 ext.241
Fax: 402-385-6310
Cell: 402-360-5307
Counties Served: Cuming, Dakota, Knox, Madison, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne
Northwest Community Action Partnership
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Jennifer Sorenson—Head Start Director
jsorenson@ncap.info
270 Pine Street
Chadron, NE 69337
Business: 308-432-3393
Fax: 308-432-4896
Counties Served: Box Butte, Cherry, Dawes, Sheridan
Omaha Public Schools Head Start
Head Start
Contact Info:
Cindy Rasmussen—Head Start Director
cindy.rasmussen@ops.org
3215 Cuming Street
Omaha, NE 68131
Business: 531-299-9683
County Served: Douglas
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Maria E. Garcia—Acting Executive Director
maria.garcia@theomahatribe.com
204 Chief Street
Macy, NE 68039
Business: 402-837-4110
Fax: 402-837-5340
Plattsmouth Community Schools Cass County Early Head Start/Head Start
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Juliana Beck—Early Childhood/Head Start Director
jbeck@pcsd.org
1912 East Highway 34
Plattsmouth, NE 68048
Business: 402-296-5250
Fax: 402-296-5202
County Served: Cass
Salvation Army—Early Head Start
Early Head Start (HB)
Contact Info:
Kelli Rhoades—Early Head Start Director
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3612 Cuming Street
Omaha, NE 68131
Business: 402-898-5920
Fax: 402-898-7533
County Served: Douglas
Santee Sioux Nation Head Start
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Joyce Thomas—Head Start Director
joycethomas555@yahoo.com
425 Frazier Avenue N, Suite 2
Niobrara, NE 68760
Business: 402-857-2738
Fax: 402-857-2535
County Served: Knox County and the Santee Sioux Reservation
Sarpy County/ESU #3 Head Start
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Audra Oestreich—Head Start Director
aoestreich@esu3.org
6949 S. 110th Street
La Vista, NE 68128
Business: 402-339-6592; Ext. 5020
Fax: 402-339-6738
County Served: Sarpy
(Delegate of Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties)
Head Start
Contact Info:
Ben Kreifels—Elementary Principal
bkreifels@wahoowarriors.org
2056 N Hackberry Street
Wahoo, NE 68066
Business: 402-443-4250
Fax: 402-443-4731
County Served: Saunders
Southeast Community Action Partnership, Inc. Head Start
Head Start
Contact Info:
Angie Antholz—Head Start Director
akantholz@senca.org
802 4th Street
Humboldt, NE 68376
Business: 402-862-2411 ext 107
Fax: 402-862-2428
Counties Served: Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Early Head Start and Head Start
Contact Info:
Keri LaPointe —Head Start Director
keri.lapointe@winnebagotribe.com
317 Frenchman
Winnebago, NE 68071
Business: 402-878-4370 ext. 1702
Fax: 402-878-4373
Area Served: Winnebago Indian Reservation
Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership
Contact Info:
Peggy LaRose—Early Head Start Director
peggy.larose@winnebagotribe.com
317 Frenchman
Winnebago, NE 68071
Business: 402-878-4370 ext 1703
Fax: 402-878-4373
Area Served: Winnebago Indian Reservation