How to enroll your child in Head Start or Early Head Start
The ages each ACUDEN programme covers, who has priority, what documents enrollment requires, when recruitment happens, and how selection works.
August 16, 2026
Agency
Administración para el Cuidado y Desarrollo Integral de la Niñez (ACUDEN)
An operational component of the Department of the Family created by Act 179 of 1 August 2003. It administers the federal funds for Head Start, Early Head Start and the Child Care programme, and licenses establishments caring for children or elderly people.
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Child Care: how to ask for help with your children’s care
There is no form and no online application: you join a waiting list, and you can do it by phone or at any regional office.
August 13, 2026
The Children’s Bill of Rights: the 27 rights
Act 338-1998 recognises twenty-seven rights for every child in Puerto Rico from birth to twenty-one.
September 3, 2026
Getting a childcare establishment licence
Sixty days before opening, a mandatory orientation and a stack of certifications. Regulation 8860, step by step.
September 3, 2026
How many children per adult a childcare centre may have
The Regulation 8860 table: 1:5 for infants, 1:8 for toddlers, 1:12 for preschoolers and 1:15 for extended hours.
September 3, 2026
Caring for children at home: the family care home
Up to six children, and your own aged twelve or under count. What Regulation 8860 requires of a family care home.
September 3, 2026
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