Early Head Start
Promote healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women, enhance the development of infants/toddlers, and promote healthy family functioning. Services provided in center-based, home-based and family child care homes.
Regional Head Start
Provide a range of individualized services for preschool children in the areas of education and early childhood development, medical, dental, mental health, nutrition, and parent involvement. Services provided in center-based part-day and full-day programs.
Migrant Head Start
Children ages six weeks through school-age of migrant/agricultural parents may be served in a center-based or family child care home setting. Provide a range of services for families in the areas of education and early childhood development, medical, dental, mental health, nutrition, and parent involvement.
Alternative Payment
Provides services and child care reimbursement for children birth to 13 years of age who need care. Children incapable of caring for themselves may be served to age 21. Families have the right to choose child care that is most appropriate to their needs, as long as the child care provider works within the regulations of the programs.
State Preschool
Provide a range of individualized services for preschool children in the areas of education and early childhood development and encourages parent involvement. Services provided in center-based part-day and full-day programs.
General Child Care
Provides services to enhance the development of infants and toddlers including an educational component that is developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate. Services provided in center-based and a family child care home settings.
State Migrant
Children ages six weeks through school-age of agricultural parents may be served in a center-based or family child care home setting. Provide a range of services for families in the areas of education and early childhood and encourages parent involvement.