The YWCA early head start program provides comprehensive educational and health services for pregnant adolescents, children of adolescent parents, young children living in poverty and their families. The program is first and foremost a child development program that enhances the development of children and pregnant women on some form of public assistance and/or classified as homeless.

YWCA of greater baton rouge is a community partner with the capital area united way.

The child and adult care food program is a type of federal assistance provided by the United States department of agriculture to states passed through to local governments and nonprofit organizations in order to provide a daily subsidized food service for children, elderly or mentally or physically impaired adults in non-residential, daycare settings. It is a branch within the policy and program development division of the child nutrition programs, along with the schools program branch which runs the national school lunch program. The program is commonly referred to the child care, child care food, adult care or adult care food program and is often operating in conjunction with other child and adult daycare programs, such as head start. Its federal identification number, or cfda number is 10.558. Section 17 of the national school lunch act, and usda issues the program regulations under 7 cfr226.