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\r\nFind the preschools that offer programs for which your child is eligible. Simply enter your address to find a center located near you.
\r\n![]() | \r\n Length of Day | \r\nExtended Day, Full Day | \r\n
![]() | \r\n Length of Year | \r\nSchool Year, Year-Round, Summer Options | \r\n
![]() | \r\n Transportation | \r\nVaries | \r\n
![]() | \r\n Curriculum | \r\n![]() | \r\n
![]() | \r\n Cost | \r\nFree | \r\n
![]() | \r\n Location | \r\nChild Care Centers and Private Schools | \r\n
\r\n First Steps 4K provides a quality pre-K experience for your four-year-old, plus child care for the whole family. With First Steps 4K, your child can attend a free full-day four-year-old kindergarten program at one of over 250 locations in South Carolina. \r\n Options include licensed child care centers, charter schools, and private schools. First Steps 4K also qualifies your family for child care scholarships through the SC Working Families Child Care Scholarship program. These scholarships cover extended care for your 4K student, \r\n as well as child care and afterschool programs for siblings up to age 12, at any child care or after-school program in the ABC Quality program. \r\n To apply, first complete the First Steps 4K application. You'll receive the child care scholarship application after your First Steps 4K application is approved. \r\n First Steps 4K is part of South Carolina's state-funded Child Early Reading Development and Education Program (CERDEP).\r\n
\r\n\r\n Transportation is offered at no cost by some centers.\r\n
\r\n\r\n Instructional curriculum includes Creative Curriculum by Teaching Strategies Gold®, and Conscious Discipline®.\r\n
\r\n\r\n Free\r\n
\r\n\r\n Children must be 4 years old on or before September 1, eligible for\r\n Medicaid or below 185% poverty, or eligible for SNAP, TANF, or experiencing\r\n homelessness, transiency, or in foster care. Check eligibility at Free4KSC.org.\r\n
\r\n636 Rosewood Drive
\r\n Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-734-0479
\r\n Toll Free: 877-621-0865
\r\n Fax: 803-734-1431
\r\n Email: Free4kSC@scfirststeps.org
\r\n Website: Free4KSC.org
\r\n “I appreciate beyond words that my child has a safe, happy place to learn while my husband and I work. It gives us the ability to focus on our jobs during the day. It also allows us to be focus on being the best parents we can be.”\r\n
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