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 in Nevada (NV)
Service Categories | # of providers* in: | NV | NW | Other states (4) (show) | | MT | NM | RI | UT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Behavioral Therapies | 25 | 13 | 40 | 25 | 32 | ||||
Child Abuse Prevention & Intervention | 26 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 34 | |||
Departments of Health, Local | 2 | 31 | 36 | ||||||
Departments of Health, State | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | |||||
Developmental - Behavioral Pediatrics | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 9 | |||
Developmental Assessments | 3 | 13 | 128 | 34 | 55 | ||||
Early Childhood Education/Preschool | 31 | 22 | 145 | 8 | 87 | ||||
Early Childhood Mental Health Care | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |||||
Head Start/Early Head Start | 56 | 1 | 98 | 146 | 17 | 41 | |||
Local Support Groups, Disability/Diag | 51 | 9 | 13 | 149 | 22 | 119 | |||
Local Support Groups, General | 55 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 72 | |||
National Support Services, Disab/Diag | 119 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 119 | 119 | |||
Prenatal/postnatal Home Visitation | 2 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 15 | 26 | |||
School Districts | 22 | 60 | 52 | ||||||
Special Education/Schools | 17 | 4 | 87 | 19 | 41 | 51 |
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.