Florida DCF Child Care Provider Search (CARES)

More Childcare Assistance in Florida

• Florida Division of Early Learning — State agency overseeing all subsidized childcare and early education programs in Florida, including School Readiness and Voluntary Prekinder
• Florida School Readiness Program (Subsidized Childcare) — Subsidized childcare for low-income working families in Florida funded by the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). Eligibility ba
• Florida Early Learning Coalition Network — 30 local Early Learning Coalitions across Florida administering School Readiness childcare subsidies, VPK enrollment, and Child Care Resourc
• Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) — Free, high-quality prekindergarten education for all Florida 4-year-olds regardless of family income. Offered at approved public and private
• Florida Head Start & Early Head Start (FHSA) — Over 70 federally funded Head Start and Early Head Start programs serving low-income children birth to age 5 across Florida. Provides compre
• Head Start Program Locator (Federal) — Federal search tool to find Head Start and Early Head Start programs anywhere in Florida by ZIP code. Programs serve children birth through