Offering an immersive educational experience that’s Indigenous by design, Cook Inlet Native Head Start is now enrolling for the fall! With a culturally-informed curriculum and family supports, children from birth to age five are encouraged to live their culture inside and outside of the classroom- from meals to programming, playground to pick-up."

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Cook Inlet Native Head Start is building strong foundations with Alaska Native Families through Alaska Native cultures and education.

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Do you need help with your application? For assistance or questions, please contact Ariel Johnson 907-433-1601(phone) /ajohnson@cinhs.net (email) or Mary Shanigan, 907-433-1600 (phone)/mshanigan@cinhs.net (email). Once you have submitted your application, an Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment and Attendance (ERSEA) Specialist will contact you. This ERSEA Specialist, either Mary S. or Ariel Johnson, will reach out once they have processed your application with the needed documents on file, or if they require additional information.
If you have not been contacted within a week, you can call our office at 907-433-1600 to get an update on your application.

Thank you for considering us to be a part of your child’s education!