Programs

Eligible children receive tuition-free enrollment at quality child care centers

Intensive support to child care centers, Head Start and preschool classrooms to improve quality

Certified and registered training hours for the early childhood workforce

Providing local families with access to high-quality early care and education.

Providing local families with access to high-quality early care and education.

Nationally, Early Head Start programs serve over 160,000 children and pregnant women annually.

The Enhanced Early Education strategy seeks to enhance education services offered by early childhood classrooms.

First Steps 4K offers free, full-day four-year-old kindergarten to qualifying children in South Carolina. We partner with more than 270 licensed child care centers and private schools across the state, making it easy for families to find a high-quality program that meets their needs.