In Wisconsin, 3,952 children under the age of three are enrolled in Early Head Start programs, and 8,445 3-year olds and 7,361 4-year olds are enrolled in Head Start programs. Overall in the state, approximately 64 percent of 4-year olds are enrolled in state-funded preschool programs. Since it became a state in 1848, Wisconsin’s Constitution has a promised to provide free, voluntary education for four-year-olds. Additionally, the average annual cost of center-based infant care in the state is $9,939.