Albina Head Start

Albina Head Start Albina offers Early Head Start and Head Start services to low income families living within our prog

Head Start is a national program that promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of
educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. Early Head Start promotes healthy prenatal outcomes, enhances the development of infants and toddlers, and promotes healthy family functioning.Funded thr

ough the US Dept. of Health & Human Services Office of Head Start, The Head Start program provides grants to local public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies to provide comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families. For more information, refer to the Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center.

From a Head Start classroom in Portland's Albina neighborhood to CEO of a community-focused investment firm, Rukaiyah Ad...
02/17/2026

From a Head Start classroom in Portland's Albina neighborhood to CEO of a community-focused investment firm, Rukaiyah Adams' journey shows what happens when early opportunity meets lifelong purpose.

How it started: At Albina Head Start, Rukaiyah didn't just find early learning. She met Ron Herndon, the program's director and community leader, who would later become a mentor. Decades later, they reunited to launch the 1803 Fund, building wealth and opportunity in the very community that shaped them both. Rukaiyah's work is love in action — investing in the neighborhood that first invested in her.

The bottom line: Head Start is a launchpad for future leaders and strong communities. Rukaiyah's story is living proof.

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Read more about the Phil Knight Foundation's contribution to Albina Head Start!
02/10/2026

Read more about the Phil Knight Foundation's contribution to Albina Head Start!

The Nike cofounder's family foundation has grown to $5.4 billion in assets, with $182 million going to University of Oregon's science campus last year.

01/16/2026

Join the Portland Trail Blazers at the Multnomah County Albina Library on January 18th from 1:00-3:00pm in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  To honor MLK's legacy and belief that literacy is fundamental to freedom, the Trail Blazers will beactivating the Albina Library with fun, pri...

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08/29/2025

Following PPS, All Albina classrooms will be closed at 2:00, Friday, August 29th @ due to extreme heat. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you

2025 Legacy Free Food Market
08/22/2025

2025 Legacy Free Food Market

06/10/2025

Albina Head Start’s Northeast Portland anchor is part of what leaders hope will become a blossoming of Black-serving education institutions.

06/09/2025

Early Closure for Monday, 6/9/25: All Albina Head Start/Early Head Start classrooms will close at 1:00pm due to extreme heat.

05/22/2025

After being given a 100-year-old building next to the Albina Head Start in Northeast Portland's Alberta District, Head Start officials had a choice.

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Portland, OR
97212

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