FREE PreK in Northern NV

PRE-K SEATS AVAILABLE NOW through participating organizations in Northern Nevada

Spots for high quality FREE Pre-Kindergarten are available for 4-year-olds in public schools, child care centers and community-based organizations throughout Northern Nevada.

SAVE an average of $1000 per month in child care costs!

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

There are new criteria set by the State of Nevada that make it possible for even more children to get FREE PreKindergarten. You may be eligible when you were not before! 

Children who are age 4 by August 1^st of the current (or upcoming) school year AND who’s family meet one or more of the following:

• Have an income below 250% of the federal poverty level (click here to see if that’s you)
• Use a primary language other than English
• Your 4-year-old has an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
• Your 4-year-old is a member of a vulnerable and historically underserved population, meaning any of the following:
  • Your child’s home-zoned public school is rated a one- or two-star school (click here to check)
  • You live in a frontier/remote area (click here to check your address on the federal Rural Designation Map from the USDA) or qualified tribal land
  • Your child resides in a foster home or with relative fictive kin
  • Your child has a parent or guardian who is incarcerated
  • You and your child are homeless
  • Your family has asylum or refugee status
  • You are raising your child as a single parent, without a spouse or partner to assist in raising the child

HOW TO APPLY

Child Care & Community-Based Pre-K Programs
Families interested in Pre-K programs offered through participating child care centers and community-based organizations can complete one online application to apply to multiple programs.

APPLY FOR NORTHERN NEVADA PRE-K

Click to learn more about programs offered through United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra (UWNNS) and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Truckee Meadows (BGCTM).

Washoe County School District Pre-K Programs
Families interested in a WCSD Pre-K program must complete the WCSD Pre-K Enrollment Interest List Survey.

COMPLETE THE WCSD INTEREST FORM

Click to learn more about the Washoe County School District's Early Childhood Programs.

Your child deserves great early education.

Children who have been part of a quality PreK education program have had improved school readiness, better performance in school, higher graduation rates, and better chances for college or tech school.

Why is PreK important?

• Qualify PreK education benefits more than the child and family in the moment; children who have been part of a quality PreK education program have been shown to have improved school readiness, better performance in school, higher graduation rates, higher chances for college or tech school enrollment, better health, reduced poverty, and improved adult well-being, with particularly strong effects for vulnerable groups.
• Free PreK education programs will free up hundreds of spaces in more traditional childcare programs when eligible children move to the free PreK program.
• It is estimated that with this shift of children to free PreK, parents can save on average $1000/month in traditional childcare costs.

Click HERE to see if you qualify and to learn more about Free PreK options near you!

Northern Nevada benefits from a strong coalition of nonprofit and governmental partners who work together to ensure assistance to children and families on early child education and other vital services.  Strengthen our Community is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to improving outcomes for children, families and communities in northern Nevada. They achieve this by raising awareness of key barriers to opportunity, identifying solutions and bringing partners together to collaboratively implement those solutions through increased investment, policy change and the creation of or expansion of successful programs.

We thank all of our partners: