Head Start/Early Head Start

Youth Development, Inc. (YDI), founded in 1971, is a nationally recognized youth and family service organization in New Mexico. We can help you with early childhood education and child care, prenatal care, alternative education, job training and placement, mental and behavioral health services, homeless assistance, mentoring, family development and family counseling services.

Specific programs can be found at: https://www.ydinm.org/#our-programs

Services: Visits focus on the parent-child relationship to support optimal development and social-emotional health; assistance with community resources. Service until child is 5 years old.
Eligibility/Ages: No first-time parent requirements. Enroll prenatal to age 5. Serves Doña Ana and Otero Counties.

Services: Home visitors partner with families to promote child development and confident parenting by supporting relationships.
Eligibility/Ages: No first-time parent requirements. Enroll prenatal until child is 3 years old. Serves Colfax County and areas of Union County, specifically the Clayton area.

The First Born Program is founded on the belief that supported families create healthy communities, focuses on strong relationships and health in the early years. The program is relationship-centered and curriculum-based. Families who participate in home visits receive coaching, support, information about early childhood development, health, nutrition and safety and learn fun activities to help build brain development and learning. The First Born Program was named one of the nation’s 10 most innovative and exemplary prevention programs in 2002 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, along with several other agencies.

Through weekly home visits, families identify personal goals, recognize challenges and opportunities for growth and build a healthy, loving, playful relationship with their child.

The First Born Program supports child development in the areas of social emotional development, language, literacy and problem solving skills. Investing early means better outcomes for children, happier families and healthier communities.

First Born is for first-time parents. In many communities, the program is offered as First Born and More and is available to any family who is expecting or has a child under 3.

Please visit https://firstbornprogram.org/ for more locations.

Services: Partners first-time mothers with Certified Parent Educators. Visits focus on the parent-child relationship to support optimal development and social-emotional health; assistance with community resources. Service until child turns 3 years old.
Eligibility/Ages: First-time parent requirements. Enroll prenatal to age 3. Serves McKinley County.

Services: Visits focus on the parent-child relationship to support optimal development and social-emotional health; assistance with community resources. Service until child is 5 years old.
Eligibility/Ages: No first-time parent requirements. Enroll prenatal to 4 years 6 months. Serves Luna and Hidalgo Counties.

Services: Prenatal support and education for low-income families with infants, toddlers, and pregnant women. Partners with parents in establishing goals for their infants, toddlers and family.
Eligibility/Ages: No first-time parent requirements. Enroll prenatal until child is 3 years old. Serves families that meet income guidelines and who live within Las Cruces city limits, and Las Cruces Public Schools District. Serves Doña Ana County.

Services: Home visits encourage the development of skills and knowledge around infant growth and development, nurturing positive relationships, and creating safe environments.
Eligibility/Ages: Prenatal to 3 years old. Available to women having their first child, first-time families, and families adopting their first baby. Serving Grant County.

Services: Provides parenting educational services, child developmental guidance, and local community resource information to families with children prenatal to age 2 for Healthy Start program and prenatal to age 3 for CYFD program.
Eligibility/Ages: No first-time parent requirements. Enroll prenatal until child is 2 years old for Healthy Start program, and prenatal to age 3 for CYFD program. Serves Doña Ana, Luna, and Otero Counties. Healthy Start also serves Sierra County.

The Parent Education / Home Visiting Program serves parents and caregivers of children through five years of age. This includes adoptive and teen parents, as well as expectant parents. The goals are to provide educational services and child development guidance; to ensure that babies are born healthy; children are physically, emotionally, and mentally healthy; children are safe; children and parents have a nurturing relationship; the parents and caregivers are connected to formal and informal supports in the community; and children are ready for school. This program is built on the belief that a parent is their child’s first and most important teacher. For more information or to find a service location near you, please call 1-800-477-7633 or visit http://www.pmsnm.org/locations/search/service/home-visiting

At Presbyterian Medical Services, we believe that the best way to improve community health and well-being is for everyone to work together. To that end, we work collaboratively with community groups, school districts, local providers, hospitals and governments at every level. Together, we develop programs and services that meet the needs of the people living within these communities. And we only expand into communities that invite our involvement.

Our diverse services include primary care, dental, behavioral health, early childhood education, supportive living, and senior programs. To make the greatest impact possible, we concentrate our resources on meeting the needs of underserved areas of New Mexico.

All told, we operate approximately 100 programs in communities throughout the state. Many of the individuals served by Presbyterian Medical Services live at or below the federal poverty level.

Services: Provides parenting educational services, child developmental guidance, and local community resource information to families with children prenatal to age 3 in the home, or at alternative locations at the family’s request.
Eligibility/Ages: No first-time parent requirements. Enroll prenatal until child is 3. Serves Sierra County.

Services: Serves prenatal to age 3. Home visits encourage the development of skills and knowledge around infant growth and development, nurturing positive relationships, and creating safe environments.
Eligibility/Ages: No first-time parent requirements. Enroll prenatal to age 3; service until child is 3 years old. Serves Lea County.

Services: Aims to increase access to high quality early childhood services. Supports optimal child and family development, healthy lifestyles, and strong connections to family, community, culture, and tradition. Services until child’s 5th birthday.
Eligibility/Ages: No first-time parent requirements. Serving Native American families, enroll prenatal until child is 4 years old. Services available during pregnancy, for grandparents who are primary caregivers, foster, and adoptive parents. Serves Taos County.

Services: Serves prenatal to 3 years old. Home visits encourage the development of skills and knowledge around infant growth and development, nurturing positive relationships, and creating safe environments.

Eligibility/Ages: Enroll prenatal to 2 months old. Available to women having their first child, first-time families, and families adopting their first baby. Serves Santa Fe County.

Services: Home visits provide new parents with information, support, and access to resources in the community that promote early childhood development and a positive family foundation.

Eligibility/Ages: Prenatal to 3 years old. Available to women having their first child, first-time families including fathers, adoptive parents and foster families. Serves Taos County.

Services: Provides information, support and encouragement through home-based services for families of infants prenatal to age 3. Spanish-speaking staff are available in both counties.

Eligibility/Ages: Enroll prenatal to age 3. No first-time parent requirements. Serves Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties.

Services: Home visits encourage the development of skills and knowledge around infant growth and development, nurturing positive relationships, and creating safe environments. Serves prenatal to 3 years of age.

Eligibility/Ages: Prenatal or newborn under 2 months of age. Available to women having their first child, first-time families, and families adopting their first baby. Serves Rio Arriba County.

Services: Home visits encourage the development of skills and knowledge around infant growth and development, nurturing positive relationships, and creating safe environments. Serves prenatal to 3 years of age.

Eligibility/Ages: Prenatal or newborn under 2 months of age. Available to women having their first child, first-time families, and families adopting their first baby. Serves Los Alamos County.

Services: Prenatal support and education. Provides basic infant care, health, nutrition and safety. Specialized services for teen parents, grandparents raising grandchildren, and dads. Access to community supports for Diné and Keres language learning and traditional child-rearing practices.

Eligibility/Ages: No first-time parent requirements. Serving Native American families, prenatal until child is 3. Service can continue through child’s 5th birthday. Serves Bernalillo, Cibola, and Sandoval Counties, as well as Tribal Lands.

The New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired was founded in 1903 as a land grant school governed by a Board of Regents. Three years later, the school opened its doors in Alamogordo, New Mexico with 21 students, two teachers and a superintendent. It is a specialized school which provides residential, academic, support, and outreach services to the students who are blind and visually impaired in New Mexico. Today, the residential campus is still located on the original site in Alamogordo with a second campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico that houses an Early Childhood Program and as well as the school’s statewide services.

Los Pasitos provides Early Intervention services to children ages birth to three years, that are at risk for, or that have a developmental delay or disability, get the support they need to reach their full potential. Los Pasitos partners with families to nurture and advocate for their child’s development through coaching and modeling in their natural environment so that parents and caregivers can shine while helping their child reach their full potential. All early intervention services are free to families

Serve infants and toddlers under the age of 3, and pregnant women. EHS programs provide intensive comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families, and to pregnant women and their families.

Region 9 Developmental Services Program provides comprehensive developmental/early intervention activities that benefit the families and children from birth through age three who have or may be at risk for developmental delays. Some options of this program include family counseling and education; health services; Child Find and screening services; assessment and evaluation services; special instruction provided by developmental specialists; nutritional consultation; occupational, physical, speech, and language therapy; transportation; family service coordination; and respite care services. An Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) is developed for each child/family based upon determined needs.

Roundtree Children’s Developmental Services provides early intervention to all San Juan County families with children birth to three who exhibit a delay, may be at risk for a delay, or who are involved with the New Mexico Children’s Youth and Families Department. Roundtree’s services include family service coordination, developmental instruction, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, nutritional services, and outreach services in conjunction with the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired as well as the New Mexico School for the Deaf. Services are provided at no cost to families.

Services: Prenatal support and education. Provides basic infant care, health, nutrition and safety. Specialized services for teen parents, grandparents raising grandchildren, and dads.
Eligibility/Ages: No first-time parent requirements. Serving low-income families, prenatal until child is 3. Serves Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties.

The City of Albuquerque Albuquerque division of Child and Family Development Centers provides both:

1. Early Head Start Program (0 to 3-years-old) - Comprehensive Child Development and Family Support Services such as High Quality Care & Education, Home-Based and Center-Based Services, Parenting Skills, Home-Visiting, Referrals, and Food Services.

Note: Please contact Monica Watrin @ (505)-767-6512 for more information and assistance.

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2. Preschool & NM Pre-K (3 to 5-years-old) - Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Early Literacy, School Readiness, Full Day Programs, and different start dates for 3, 4, and 5 year old's for PreK (also provides additional services that are the same as Early Head Start).

Note: Please contact Lisa Lopez @ (505)-767-6504 for more information and assistance.

At the local, regional, and state levels, the UNM Early Childhood Services Center collaborates to promote a complete and aligned quality early care, education, and family support system that is equitably available to all children and their families in New Mexico.

This website serves as a great tool for families to search and identify agency program and resources that provide Home-Visiting, Home-Based Child Care, Early Intervention Programs, Head Start and Early Head Start, NM PreK, and Special Education Preschool.

Pulltogether serves as an information directory to New Mexicans statewide by listing agencies that provides services and supports such as COVID-19 Information, Child Care Home-visiting, Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse, Family Services, Domestic Violence Services, and Career Services (is a hotline to help assist New Mexicans find these resources across all counties in New Mexico).

To advance exemplary services, research, education, and policies to support the well-being of all New Mexicans. The Center for Development and Disability serves children and adults throughout New Mexico with developmental, intellectual, or physical disabilities. Our programs include home visits, screenings, evaluations, and early intervention services.

Services: Focuses on a child’s health and development from prenatal to age 3. First-time mothers and families receive weekly home visits by a trained health educator.
Eligibility/Ages: Enroll prenatal or newborn under 2 months of age. Available to women having their first child, first-time families, and families adopting their first baby. Serves Bernalillo, Sandoval (certain areas) Valencia, Luna, and Doña Ana Counties.

To find a location near you, please visit: https://stjosephnm.org/contact-us/

(*Note: Contact information number is for Albuquerque only. If you need to get in contact with other offices in the state and see their addresses, please go to "contact us," and the information should be there).

Parents as Teachers connects parents and caregivers with trained professionals who conduct frequent personal home visits during a child's early years of life, from prenatal to kindergarten, to develop strong communities, flourishing families, and children who are healthy, safe, and ready to learn. The program offers trained parent educators, personalized caregiver information and support, healthy and developmental screenings, group connections to meet other families, and assistance locating and accessing community resources for families needs.

(*Note: Parents as Teachers is a nationwide agency. To access their main website, see their contact info and address, please go to: https://parentsasteachers.org/. The information provided here is for the UNM CDD Parents as Teachers Home Visiting Program, which assists with this resource here in Albuquerque and across the state of New Mexico).

The New Mexico Public Education Department collaborates with educators, communities, and families to ensure that ALL children are healthy, confident in their identities, and well-prepared for college, profession, and life; and believe that New Mexico students are part of a culturally and linguistically sensitive educational system that caters to all students' social, emotional, and academic needs. PED provides a wide range of services and supports regarding education in the state of NM such as: College and Career Readiness, Early Education, Licensure, Special Education, Policy and Legislative Affairs, and much more (please see their website and click on "About Us: Departments/Bureaus" for more information.

New Mexico Legislature created the Early Childhood Education and Care Department and was launched on July 1, 2020 with the purpose of creating a childhood system that is more unified, equitable, and successful. This entails organizing a range of programs from conception to age five, as well as ensuring that families in all parts of the state have access to the resources they require such as: Child Care Services, Early Childhood Special Education, Early Head Start, Families FIRST Program, Family Infant Toddler (FIT) Program, Family Nutrition Bureau, Home Visiting, and NM PreK.

The Mountain Dojo is an inclusive, donation-based Art and Movement school. They offer Martial Arts, Music, and Art classes for all ages including a 3-hour respite arts program called Arts Adventures. Run by Logan Gillespie, formerly Just for Kicks, and Stef Graner, formerly Full Spectrum Drumming, these classes are adapted to fit their students' abilities and needs. Ultimately, they want all individuals to have fun, learn new skills, and connect to others. All classes are by donation. They believe that everyone should have a chance to take classes no matter their economic situation. Check out their schedule at www.themountaindojo.com. Contact Stef Graner at 701-720-8634 or stefgraner@gmail.com for more info.

SAGA offers Shining Stars classes for children who have disabilities.

Provides early childhood and adult services.

Adult Services:
Living Supports - Family Living
Community Integrated Employment
Customized Community Supports
Living Supports - Supported Living
Respite Services

Child Services:
Special Instruction & Developmentally Appropriate Activities
Service Coordination
Speech & Language Therapy
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Vision Services
Hearing Services
Nutrition Services
Social Work Services
Psychological Services
Family Education & Counseling
Medical-Related to Diagnosis & Evaluation
Nursing Services
Health Services
Transportation Services
Respite
Center-Based Playgroup - Ages 2-3 years of age

The Children's Workshop provides FIT services, early childhood education, and after school programs.

Native American Professional Parent Resources, (NAPPR) Inc. is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was founded in 1981 as a joint project between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the New Mexico Deparment of Health to provide early intervention services to Native American families with young children experiencing developmental delays. Since that time, NAPPR has established itself as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and grown from serving approximately 30 Native American children/families in 6 Pueblo communities to serving 400+ Native and Non-Native American families across a four county area. In addition to direct services to families with young children in these four counties, NAPPR also serves a much wider geographic range through the Albuquerque Area Dental Support Center.

NAPPR now includes 5 distinct programs that aim to strengthen the communities we serve by increasing and supporting healthy families through a range of services. The original program-Early Intervention, continues to serve families (both Native and Non-Native American) who have infants/toddlers who are experiencing developmental delays or who have risk factors for developmental delays. NAPPR also provides Universal home visiting using a culturally based model for Native American families with children prenatal through age five, Early Head Start center and home based services for Native and Non-Native American families with children prenatal through age three, as well as support services for Indian Health Service funded Dental Clinics and Little Scholar’s Academy center services Native and Non-Native American families with children 6 weeks through age five.

Services: Provides parenting educational services, child developmental guidance, and local community resource information to families with children prenatal to age 3 in the home, or at alternative locations at the family’s request.
Eligibility/Ages: No first-time parent requirements, enroll prenatal until child is 3. Serves Albuquerque and Bernalillo.

At Inspirations, our early intervention services are provided to children – from birth to 3 years old - with or at risk for having developmental
delays or disabilities. We provide transdisciplinary services in the home or community to address children's individual needs. Our services are
funded partially through the New Mexico Department of Health Family Infant Toddler Program. We provide our services at no cost to families.
Appointments are always available to meet family needs!

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