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Children's Services Early Care & Education Programs

Promoting school readiness within the earliest years.

Complete an Application

Complete an Application

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Program Eligibility

Children's Services has programs that serve the children of parents who are working, seeking employment or who are in training.  Subsidized child care is available to families who meet the State's income and eligibility requirements of the California Department of Education Child Development Division or the Federal Head Start/Early Head Start program.

In addition migrant child care eligibility prioritizes:

  • Children who have migrated within one year.
  • Children who have migrated in the past five years.
  • Children whose parents receive half of their income from agricultural related work.

 

How to Apply

Step 1

To begin your application process, please complete the questionnaire below.
Complete Questionnaire in English   (This is not the enrollment application)
Complete el cuestionario en español   (Esto no es la solicitud de inscripción)

 

Step 2

A Program Services Assistant will review your questionnaire, and contact you to set up an Intake Appointment to complete your application.

 

Step 3

After your Intake Appointment, and once your application is complete, your child will be added to the waitlist and will be assigned a priority based on eligibility criteria.

 

Step 4

You will receive a call from a Program Services Assistant once a classroom slot has opened, and you will be provided information about your child’s first day of school.  Please feel free to contact Program Services Assistant Rocio Garcia at (530) 458-0350 x 10379 if you have completed Step 3, and want to inquire about your child’s waitlist time.

  • Please have the required documentation that applies to your family circumstances from the list below to complete the intake application process. You must provide all applicable documentation for every adult in the household. If all documents necessary are not submitted at time of appointment, your application will be incomplete and you will have to re-schedule.

     

    Required documents checklist for intake appointment with children's services staff.