Orange County Head Start

What Orange County Head Start does

Orange County Head Start is a non-profit early childhood education organization founded in 1965 and headquartered in Santa Ana, California. It serves low-income children and families across Orange County with education, health, nutrition, and family-support services delivered through the federal Head Start / Early Head Start framework administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The organization employs 101-250 staff and operates a network of classrooms serving preschool-age children, with service delivery aligned to federal Head Start performance standards.

Name

Orange County Head Start

Legal name

Orange County Head Start

Website

https://ochsinc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Orange County Head Start is a non-profit early childhood education agency founded in 1965 that delivers federally funded Head Start preschool, health, and family-support services to low-income children and families across Orange County, California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Early Childhood Education Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (6244), Child Care Services (62441), Child Care Services (624410)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Head Start & Public Pre-K Programs (EDACABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Developmental Therapy / Early Childhood Special Instruction (EDACAFAG), Developmental Screening & Assessment (0–5) (EDACAFAA)

Keywords

• Early childhood education
• Head Start programs
• Preschool services
• Child development programs
• Family support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Ana

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Core offering

Orange County Head Start is a nonprofit early childhood education agency that delivers Head Start and Early Head Start preschool programs, child development, family wellbeing, and public-assistance services to low-income children and families throughout Orange County, California. The organization also operates specialized co-taught inclusion classrooms in partnership with local school districts to serve children with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Head Start preschool program Federally funded Head Start preschool program providing free early childhood education to eligible low-income children and families in Orange County, California.
• Early Head Start program Early Head Start services for infants, toddlers, and pregnant women from eligible low-income families in Orange County.
• Preschool Inclusion Initiative Co-taught preschool classroom model combining children with IEPs and typically developing peers in inclusive settings; established at the Topaz campus in partnership with Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, increasing the share of students with IEPs transitioning to general education classrooms from 10% to 40%, and expanded to two additional classrooms in the district's fee-based preschool programs.
• Family wellbeing and public-assistance services Family support, child wellbeing, and public-assistance services connected to the agency's Head Start enrollment, supporting low-income families across Orange County.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Orange County Head Start partnered with Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District to launch the Preschool Inclusion Initiative in 2022. This partnership established Orange County's first co-taught preschool model at the Topaz campus. The initiative increased the share of students with IEPs transitioning to general education classrooms from 10% to 40%. The district has since expanded the model to two additional classrooms within its fee-based preschool programs.

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District: Public school district that operates the partner fee-based preschool programs co-located with OCHS's inclusion classrooms; serves the same Orange County early childhood population and co-designs service delivery.
• Child Development Associates: San Diego-based Head Start and Early Head Start grantee operating multiple early childhood education sites for low-income families in Southern California; directly comparable in funding model, mission, and service mix.
• Los Angeles County Office of Education Head Start: Large Southern California Head Start grantee administering federal early childhood programs across LA County; comparable scale, federal-grant funding model, and inclusion/special-education programming.
• Santa Clara County Office of Education Head Start: Northern California Head Start and Early Head Start grantee operating early childhood programs for income-eligible families; directly comparable in funding model, regulatory regime, and service portfolio.
• Kidango: Bay Area nonprofit Head Start and Early Head Start grantee serving thousands of low-income children across multiple sites; comparable in mission, federal funding dependence, and ECE inclusion work.

Regional players

• Community Action Partnership of Orange County: Orange County community action agency that operates overlapping anti-poverty and family support programs, often co-located with Head Start services; serves the same low-income families in the same geography.
• Catholic Charities of Orange County: Faith-based nonprofit operating family support and early childhood programs in Orange County; comparable in mission, regional footprint, and grant-funded service delivery to low-income families.

Emerging players

• Easterseals Southern California: Nonprofit providing early intervention, inclusive preschool, and special-education services across Southern California; comparable in inclusion/IEP-transition work that overlaps with OCHS's Topaz campus model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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Investments

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