Early Learning & Adult Education

EARLY LEARNING

LACOE offers a variety of resources to support the expansion and enhancement of early learning programming across Los Angeles County. Additionally, LACOE is the premier provider of integrated education programs from birth to adulthood in a richly diverse and multicultural global environment.

California Preschool Instructional Network

A regional network of early care administrators and leaders that support school readiness programs and drive collaboration across the county.

Head Start

Every child deserves a high quality early education. Head Start programs ensure children from birth to age five receive the skills and support they need to succeed in kindergarten and beyond.

Inclusive ECE

Increase access, participation, and support of children with moderate to severe disabilities in early learning settings through training, professional development, individualized coaching, digital resources, infrastructure improvements, and mobile services.

Quality Start Los Angeles

Los Angeles County-wide Quality Improvement System (QIS) that empowers early learning providers to enhance the quality of care they provide to children birth to five and help families locate effective early learning programs.

Universal Pre-K

Support for the development and expansion of early learning programs to provide this opportunity for all four-year-old children by 2025-26.

Additional ECE Resources

Materials, frameworks and additional services to support early learning programming.

ADULT EDUCATION

GAIN is part of a large-scale, welfare-to-work initiative program operating in every county in California. In L.A. County, the initiative is under the supervision of the Department of Public Social Services and helps local businesses and employers find and hire quality workers who seek meaningful employment. Each year, GAIN provides job-readiness and career planning services to 50,000 participants at 21 job club sites around the county.

Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN)

Job-readiness services, career planning and pathways to meaningful employment that help adult learners build economic self-sufficiency.

This website is supported in part by Grant Number 09CH012684 from the Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of the Los Angeles County Office of Education and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start.