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Nevada Ready! Pre-K - United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierras

The Nevada Ready! Pre-K Program is a full-day preschool offered at NO COST to families who qualify. This program is open to preschool children who have turned 4 years old by August 1st of the current school year. Families must meet the eligibility requirements in order to qualify for enrollment.

The United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierra's Nevada Ready! PreK Program includes multiple private child care centers in Northern and Rural Nevada who meet all of the high-quality standards of the Nevada Ready! PreK Program. Many of these providers also offer wrap around care to meet the needs of working families.

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AGE:                            
Child age 4 by August 1st of the current school year

INCOME/OTHER:                      

  • Household Income at or Below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level OR
  • Child with Individualized Education Plan (IEP) OR
  • Primary Language is Not English OR
  • Child is a member of a vulnerable and historically underserved population: 
    • Child lives in frontier/remote area or qualified tribal land
    • Child resides in a foster home or with relative or fictive kin
    • Child has a parent or guardian who is incarcerated
    • Child is homeless
    • Child's home-zoned public school is rated a one or two star school
    • Child's family has asylum or refugee status
    • Child lives in a household with parent or guardian who is raising the child or children without a spouse or partner to assist in the upbringing of the child

RESIDENCE:                  
Lyon, Douglas, Elko, Humboldt, White Pine and Washoe Counties

Online Application: United Way of Northern Nevada and the Sierras participates in the Nevada Ready! Pre-K Common Application System. Click here to apply.

For additional information send an email to: [email protected] 


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