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Publicly-Funded Providers Publicly-Funded Providers Publicly-Funded Providers Child Care Assistance Program The Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) assists low-income families with the costs of child care while they are at work or attending school. Learn more about becoming a CCAP Provider Child Care Criminal Background Checks Family Child Care (FCC) Providers Quality Providers Resources CECIL J.

PICARD LA 4 EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM The Cecil J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program is the primary preschool program in Louisiana, serving more than 16,000 children. It provides full day pre-K programming in public schools to four-year-olds from disadvantaged families.

LA 4 Reporting and Reimbursement Requirements 8(G) STUDENT ENHANCEMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM The 8(g) Student Enhancement Block Grant Program supports roughly 3,000 at-risk preschool students to attend pre-K programs each year through the Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund, administered by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The Nonpublic Schools Early Childhood Development (NSECD) Program provides pre-K programming to approximately 1,400 four-year-olds from low-income families. Children in the NSECD program receive full day pre-K in state-approved private preschools and child care centers.

NSECD Program Procedures and Provider Responsibilities Head Start is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families through comprehensive preschool programming. Many Head Start programs also provide Early Head Start, which serves infants, toddlers, and pregnant women who have incomes below the federal poverty level.

Head Start and Early Head Start programs serve children with identified disabilities, and eligible families with incomes over the poverty guidelines. In order to determine eligibility submit an application to a program nearby.

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