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Garfield Head Start

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Ages
Ages 2–5
Teacher ratio
1:12 (CA min)

2240 Baltic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90810

Visit website ↗(562) 492-9259Directions ↗Licensed for 58
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Licensing & safety record

✓ Clean licensing record

No citations or complaint visits on file with state licensing as of 2025-09-29. Last licensing visit: 8/18/2025 (2 total).

Source: California Dept. of Social Services, Community Care Licensing (updated 2025-09-29). View official inspection reports →

About this preschool

Garfield Head Start is part of Long Beach Unified School District's Head Start program, providing free part-day and full-day center-based care and education for children birth to five. The program includes comprehensive services such as family engagement, health, nutrition, mental health, and early intervention services.

Philosophy
We embrace the provision of services through a multi-generational approach that builds on the premise that parents are their children's first and most important teacher.
Ages served
Birth to five years old (Early Head Start for children birth to three, Head Start for ages 3-5)

Programs

  • •Early Head Start
  • •Head Start
  • •Home-based services for pregnant women and families with children birth to three
  • •Family engagement and leadership training
  • •School readiness
  • •Health and nutrition services
  • •Mental health services
  • •Early intervention services
  • •Potty training assistance

Highlights

  • ✓Free part-day and full-day care
  • ✓23 locations across Long Beach and Signal Hill
  • ✓Assistance with potty training provided
  • ✓Priority given to low-income families, families with foster children, experiencing homelessness, or with children with disabilities

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