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Mt. Hood Head Start: east Multnomah pre-application and program matching: application or borrowing steps
Mt. Hood Head Start · Multnomah counties
Head Start and Early Head Start pre-application/referral route with part-day, full-day, home-based and combination models in the named east Multnomah school districts.
Where and how to proceed: prepare, file and follow up
Start here: Review the program models and eligibility criteria, then use Start Now/Comience Ahora. Staff contact the family to finalize an application; providers can use the separate referral route.
1. Is this for me?
Families in Parkrose, David Douglas, Centennial, Gresham-Barlow, Reynolds or Corbett school districts, subject to program eligibility. The full-day child-care option additionally requires working with a child-care subsidy or full-time MHCC student status.
Service area: Multnomah counties
2. What should I prepare?
Some documents may be conditional. Ask about alternatives. Checkmarks are temporary and are not saved or sent.
3. Where and how do I submit?
Review the program models and eligibility criteria, then use Start Now/Comience Ahora. Staff contact the family to finalize an application; providers can use the separate referral route.
- Review the program models and eligibility criteria, then use Start Now/Comience Ahora. Staff contact the family to finalize an application; providers can use the separate referral route.
- Confirm the exact program/site and the requirements that apply to your family.
- Keep any application/reference or loan-due information and follow up through the provider. An application is not an enrollment offer.
Timing: Confirm current hours, appointment or loan availability and program intake directly; no opening or award is guaranteed.
4. What will it cost?
Ask the enrollment team about the exact program and any costs. An application-fee requirement is not established by these sources.
5. What happens after I submit?
Use the published enrollment contact to check receipt, requested documents, eligibility review, site choices and any waiting list. A submitted application or pre-application is not an enrollment offer.
6. What if something goes wrong?
If the form does not work or documents are missing, contact enrollment for an assisted or alternate application route. Ask which evidence applies to your circumstances and how to provide it securely.
Language, disability and offline help
Ask the enrollment team about language, disability and application-access assistance; specific accommodations and response times require confirmation. MHCC lists language-specific classrooms/caseloads and a separate provider referral route; ask which option fits the family.
Choose your step and follow-up instructions
Work through the existing instructions for this route. Reviewing a step does not complete a legal requirement.
Application or enrollment help does not guarantee a place, a particular schedule, transport, year-round service or eligibility. Confirm current program/site criteria and any waiting list directly; no overnight or nonstandard-hours care is established. A pre-application is not completed enrollment. The full-day model’s additional work/subsidy or college-student rule is distinct from general Head Start eligibility.
Sources for the added submission and follow-up details
Reviewed 2026-10-18. Read current publisher instructions before acting.
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Guidance reviewed 2026-10-18. Read the current publisher instructions before acting.
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