Additional Early Services
Public Early Services Programs
Early Head Start and Head Start Programs
Early Head Start
- Early Head Start programs have services for children from birth to age three who may be at risk for developmental delays and have low family income.
- Early Head Start provides structured activities and educational play, health screenings, and family interactions to help children learn and grow skills.
- They also offer parent classes and check developmental milestones.
Head Start
- Head Start is available to children who turn 3 or 4 by September 1st of the current year.
- The program takes part in in school-readiness course of study that includes literacy, language, science, mathematics, and social-emotional development.
- They also receive medical and dental services, have healthy meals and snacks, and enjoy playing safely in- and out-of-doors.
Public Programs That Work With Early Intervention Programs
Home Visiting Programs
- Pregnant women
- First-time mothers
- Families with children with special health care needs
- Low-income families
- Other families
- Feeding
- Developmental milestones
- Medical issues
- Parent-infant bonding
- Other topics
- Improving health and development
- Preventing abuse
- Improving readiness for school
- Showing families how to access other available services
- Registered nurses
- Other professionals
- Para-professionals
- Volunteers
Private Early Services Programs
Pre-School Early Services
- For more information on public schools, private schools, and charter schools, go to our School Types and Options page.
- For more on special education preschool in your state, go to: Special Education Services for Preschoolers with Disabilities
- For a list of pre-schools and child care centers in your state, go to: ChildcareCenter.us
- For Charter School listings in your state, go to: State Resources for Charter Schools (National Charter School Resource Center) - click your state, then click the "schools" tab.
- To search for private pre-schools in your area, go to: Private School Review
Resources
Information & Support
For Parents and Patients
Find Your Parent Center
Parent Centers provide education and referrals for families with a child who has a disability, as well as the professionals
who work with them. There are almost 100 Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers
(CPRCs) in the US states and Territories; Center for Parent Information & Resources.
Family Voices
A national, nonprofit, family-led organization promoting quality health care for all children and youth, particularly those
with special health care needs. Locate your Family-to-Family Health Information Center by state.
State Part C Early Intervention Coordinators
Lists state contacts for Early Intervention (Part C) agencies and is an easy way to locate the person in charge of your state’s
Early Intervention programs; National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA Center).
Parent to Parent USA
A national nonprofit organization that provides support to state Parent to Parent organizations; provides links to state organizations;
provides a Matching Listserv to help organizations connect families to each other; and provides links to other organizations
that serve families.
Learn the Signs. Act Early (CDC)
Offers many tools, videos, lists, learning materials, and an app to track a child’s developmental milestones (ages 2 months
to 5 years) and act if concerned about progress; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Talaris Child Development Timeline
Provides a helpful, interactive timeline for parent’s to look at a child’s developmental milestones in different areas including
physical, social, learning, and communication.
Home Visiting Models (HRSA MCH)
List and links to descriptions for various types evidence-based home visiting programs (models); Health Resources and Services
Administration Maternal and Child Health.
Home Visiting Program: State Fact Sheets
Links to state fact sheets for home visiting programs.
Early Head Start (EHS) Home-Based Model
The Early Head Start (EHS) Home-Based Model is one of eight evidence-based home visiting models selected for the Affordable
Care Act Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program.
Services for Patients & Families Nationwide (NW)
Service Categories | # of providers* in: | NW | Partner states (6) (show) | | ID | MT | NM | NV | RI | UT | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Behavioral Therapies | 30 | 12 | 142 | 34 | 26 | 29 | |||||
Child Abuse Prevention & Intervention | 8 | 46 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 31 | ||||
Departments of Health, Local | 64 | 31 | 65 | 8 | 51 | ||||||
Departments of Health, State | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 28 | ||||||
Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | ||||
Developmental Assessments | 135 | 13 | 234 | 3 | 34 | 51 | |||||
Early Childhood Education/Preschool | 10 | 22 | 232 | 31 | 6 | 72 | |||||
Early Childhood Mental Health Care | 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 30 | ||||||
Head Start/Early Head Start | 1 | 72 | 98 | 72 | 56 | 14 | 49 | ||||
Local Support Groups, Disability/Diag | 7 | 166 | 10 | 68 | 45 | 17 | 125 | ||||
Local Support Groups, General | 3 | 83 | 18 | 175 | 59 | 10 | 70 | ||||
National Support Services, Disab/Diag | 105 | 106 | 105 | 106 | 105 | 105 | 105 | ||||
Prenatal/postnatal Home Visitation | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 21 | ||||
School Districts | 116 | 120 | 21 | 48 | 54 | ||||||
Special Education/Schools | 1 | 6 | 85 | 187 | 14 | 50 | 53 |
For services not listed above, browse our Services categories or search our database.
* number of provider listings may vary by how states categorize services, whether providers are listed by organization or individual, how services are organized in the state, and other factors; Nationwide (NW) providers are generally limited to web-based services, provider locator services, and organizations that serve children from across the nation.