Welcome to the Caddo Smart Start Early Childhood Community Network. Caddo Smart Start is a network of publicly funded early childhood programs serving Infants, Toddlers and PreK age children. Programs in Caddo Smart Start provide high quality early childhood instruction and care that promote educational experiences to prepare children to enter kindergarten.

Caddo Parish Public Schools PreK spring Round Up has been held. For application questions- please contact the individual school office.

Head Start Round Up begins March through May with final registration in June 2018.

Child Care Centers accepting Child Care Assistance accept applications daily.

Click here for a complete listing of publicly funded early childhood programs

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Early Learning Programs

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Time on Tracking Systems -Initial fingerprint imaging information is available here
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