Early Explorers recognizes that children need to be healthy and have proper nutrition in order to learn and grow to his or her full potential. Preventive health services are the center of the program's comprehensive services. Early Explorers ensures that all enrolled children have timely immunizations and screenings for cognitive development, basic health, speech and language, hearing, vision, and dental health. Services are coordinated to assist each enrolled family to create and maintain a positive relationship with a medical home. The program helps families track well-child visits and immunizations and provide anticipatory guidance regarding infant and child health, nutrition and development. The program provides ongoing health education for the entire family using newsletters, handouts, home visits and parent trainings. There is a stong emphasis placed on promotion of wellness, nutrition and prevention.

Staff work with parents and health care professionals to determine if the child is up-to-date on a schedule of age-appropriate preventative and primary care health services. This schedule must incorporate the requirements of well-child care utilized by the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT/Health Tracks) the Medicaid program of the State in which the program operates. Programs also must establish procedures to track the provision of health care services. They provide important information and are encouraged to participate in health promotion activities. Community representatives are also involved in EHS/HS program planning through participation on the Health Services Advisory Committee, which comprises parents and professionals from the community.