Florida Early Steps: Early Intervention for Birth to 36 Months
Early Steps is Florida's early intervention system, run by the Department of Health.
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Florida Early Steps: Early Intervention for Birth to 36 Months
- Phone:
- 800-218-0001
- Contact:
- Services are delivered through Local Early Steps (LES) offices; the program publishes a contact page to find the office for a county.
Last checked February 17, 2026
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Early Steps is Florida's early intervention system, run by the Department of Health. It serves eligible infants and toddlers from birth to 36 months who have developmental delays, disabilities or at-risk conditions. Early Steps states there is no income requirement, that anyone can make a referral, and that most services are provided in the family home at no cost to the family.
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- Phone: 800-218-0001
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- What is this?
- Early Steps says it provides early intervention services to eligible infants and toddlers, from birth to 36 months, with developmental delays, disabilities and at-risk conditions.
- Why does it matter?
- This is the front door for Florida children under three. Nothing else in the state serves that age group as an entitlement-style early intervention system.
- How does this connect to the rest of the manual?
- APD states that children under 3 are served by Early Steps rather than by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, and that APD eligibility begins at age 3.
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