Head Start Center in Carlsbad operates at 3368 Eureka Place under the MAAC Project, a private nonprofit agency running federally funded Head Start and California State Preschool programs across San Diego County. The Eureka Place campus holds California Community Care License #376700775 with a capacity of 82 children and serves families who meet federal poverty guidelines, a mission supported by the same district-level educational investment championed by the Carlsbad Educational Foundation. MAAC's Child Development Program served 1,324 children across twenty locations during the 2022–2023 program year, with the Carlsbad Eureka campus focusing on ages three through five in a bilingual, multicultural classroom environment. Health and mental-health screenings, nutrition programming, and family-education workshops supplement the core early-literacy and school-readiness curriculum, and the Georgina Cole Library on Magnolia Avenue provides additional storytime and homework-support resources for graduating families. Enrollment is income-based and requires proof of residency, immunization records, and household income verification, with referrals routed by ZIP code to the nearest available MAAC campus.