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RESOURCES FOR CHILD CARE
IN ORANGE COUNTY

The Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council encourages parents to select safe, affordable, quality child care services that best reflects their parental and cultural values to meet individual family needs.

. CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA (CHS)

CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA Child Care Resource and Referral Program serving all of Orange County. Parents can obtain information about child care programs matched to their needs and preferences. Listings are maintained on licensed family child care homes and child care centers. The hotline also provides the following:

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III. ORANGE COUNTY HEAD START (OCHSINC)

Federally-funded program operating education programs for income eligible
3 and 4 year-olds.

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IV. SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE

1) Who qualifies to receive child care assistance?
 Families who meet income requirements based on their family size, as established by the California Department of Education (CDE) Child Development Division (CDD)

Families who have a need for child care for one or more of the following reasons. Parent or guardian must be:

• Employed;
• Seeking employment (60 days allowed per fiscal year);
• Enrolled in a school or training program leading to a recognized occupation;
• Incapacitated and unable to care for their child(ren) for part of the day;
• Referred by a social service agency or legally qualified professional identifying that the child(ren) is/are at risk of abuse or neglect without child care assistance; or
• Referred by legally qualified professional describing child's special need, which cannot be met without provision of child care and development services.

2) How do I place my name on the eligibility list?
Call Children's Home Society (CHS) at (714) 543-2273 (dial KID-CARE) to request an eligibility questionnaire.
An eligibility questionnaire will be mailed to you.
Answer all questions on the questionnaire, and mail it back to CHS.
If you are NOT eligible for subsidized child care services, you will be notified by mail.
If you ARE eligible to receive a rank number from 1 to 75 based on your gross income adjusted for your family size. Your information will be kept on file.
When there is an opening for someone at your rank, you will be notified either by mail or phone.
 
3) Once my name is one the eligibility list, how long will it take to receive child care assistance?
Families who submit an eligibility questionnaire and are eligible to receive subsidized child care services, are ranked from 1 to 75 based on their gross income adjusted for their family size and demonstrated need.
As openings occur and funding becomes available, families are enrolled by the following priorities:
Families who have a protective services referral, whose children are at risk of abuse or neglect.
Families with lowest ranking based on gross income and family size.

Note:This is not a traditional waiting list. Families in lowest rank will be served first, when funding is available. Children's Home Society cannot determine how long a family will wait for services since the number of people at each rank can change daily with each eligibility questionnaire received.

Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council Physical Address: 3001 Redhill Ave. Bldg 5, Suite 108 Costa Mesa, CA 92628 Mailing Address: 200 Kalmus Drive PO BOX 9050 Esplanade 5-108 Costa Mesa, CA 92628-9050 Phone: (714) 708-4993 Fax: (714) 708-2907 Email: info@occhildcarecouncil.org

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