STEPS Head Start & Childcare

STEPS Head Start & Childcare offers activities such as Storytime, support groups, CPR/First Aid training, hospital visits, and home visits. The program also includes breastfeeding support and information on child development and safety for participating families.

• Ages: 0–5 years old
• Schedule: Mixed Delivery is state funded childcare that is offered 12 months of the year
• Price: 2025–2026 weekly rate private pay childcare $210 for infants (birth–15 months), $200 for toddlers (16–36 months), $195 for preschool age 3–5 years, with a $50 registration fee; 2024–2025 weekly prices $195 for preschool age 3–5 years with a $50 registration fee

STEPS Head Start & Childcare is an early childhood education program serving infants, toddlers, and preschool age children. It offers a variety of program options including Head Start, Early Head Start, Mixed Delivery, subsidized childcare, and private pay childcare, with some programs available at no or low cost. One application for enrollment is used to determine program options. STEPS Head Start serves children from Amelia, Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Lunenburg, and Prince Edward counties, and provides early childhood education services to preschool age children 3–5 in Amelia, Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Lunenburg, Nottoway, and Prince Edward Counties. STEPS Early Head Start serves pregnant women and their families, infants, and toddlers in Amelia, Charlotte, Lunenburg, and Prince Edward counties, and provides early childhood education services to infants and toddlers ages 6 weeks–36 months. The STEPS Expectant Mothers Program serves pregnant women and their families and uses a research-based curriculum that helps mom and the family prepare for baby, and staff assist mom with aspects of prenatal and postpartum care. Little Movers Childcare offers preschool and childcare services to families who do not qualify for Head Start or Early Head Start services, and Little Movers slots are available at the Longwood Avenue and Layne Street locations. Families receive the same comprehensive services in any of the classrooms.

Mixed Delivery is state funded childcare with a parent co-payment that will not exceed 7% of their income, and parents must be employed to qualify for Mixed Delivery services. STEPS offers slots in Prince Edward through Mixed Delivery and is a subsidized childcare provider in Prince Edward and Charlotte Counties. STEPS also offers a private childcare option in Farmville, VA, and staff will assist parents to maximize funding supports.

The mission of STEPS Head Start & Childcare is to provide high quality, developmentally appropriate learning environments, foster exploration, and encourage play, and through a holistic 2Gen approach to services, STEPS strives to strengthen the skills of all participants and prepare children and families to be school ready. The program’s philosophy states that passionate, dedicated staff work in collaboration with families and communities to move lives forward, and this collaboration is also described as part of its community involvement. The leadership team includes Taneha Terry, Assistant Director of Programs. This institution is an equal opportunity provider, and the website is supported by Grant Number 03CH012094 from the Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The program information is identified as © 2024 by STEPS Inc.

Last updated January 19, 2026.