Instructor Mayra Ocampo, left, collaborates with Isabel Valencia in her living room on a lesson plan Valencia will teach her daughter in Pueblo, Colo., Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Home visit programs have provided a lifeline for families, especially those for whom access to qualify early education is scarce or out of reach financially. The programs, which are set to expand with new federal support, are proven to help prepare children for school but have reached relatively few families. (AP Photo/Eric Lars Bakke)