New Mexico Early Childhood Education & Care Department

PO Drawer 5619
Santa Fe, NM 87502-5619
Toll free: (800) 832-1321

• For ECECD Home Visiting, PreK and Head Start please call (505) 827-7946 or 1-800-832-1321or by email at ececd-ecs-customerservice@state.nm.us.
• For Family Infant Toddler (FIT) program, please call 1-877-696-1472.
• For ECECD’s Family Nutrition program, please call (505) 841-4856 (in Albuquerque) or (505) 827-9961 in (Santa Fe) or 1-800-832-1321 or by email at ececd-ecs-customerservice@state.nm.us. To find a Summer Food meal site near you, call 1-800-EAT-COOL, or visit SummerFoodNM.org.
• For ECECD Child Care Assistance, contact your regional Child Care Assistance office (listed below), or call Early Childhood Services at (505) 827-7499 or 1-800-832-1321.

Submit Child Care Assistance inquiries, comments, or concerns regarding an application, placement agreement, payment, or change to: 

ECECD.CCA-South@ececd.nm.gov for counties: Dona Ana, Chaves, Guadalupe, Lea, Eddy, Otero, Sierra, De Baca, Curry, Grant, Luna, Lincoln, Hidalgo, Catron, Quay, Roosevelt

ECECD.CCA-North@ececd.nm.gov for counties:  San Juan, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Taos, Sandoval, Santa Fe, San Miguel, Bernalillo, Colfax, Union, Cibola, Los Alamos, Mora, Harding, Valencia, Socorro, Torrance

A centralized child care resource and referral service for parents searching for other resources is available by calling 1-800-691-9067.