Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council -- For the Childcare Provider

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The new Children’s Home Society has many helpful resources for child care providers. Go to their website at www.chs-ca.org and click on Child Care and Development Services on the left. Under Programs, click on Child Care Resource and Referral. Scroll down and you will find information on:

Licensing for Child Care
Credentials
Accreditation for Center-Based Programs
Accreditation for Family Child Care Homes
Professional Groups
Workshops and Training

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Childcare Health Consultation Program

The YMCA Community Services Childcare Health Consultation Program provides health, safety and behavioral health consultation, resource and referrals to childcare centers as well as family-based childcare providers caring for children 0-5 years of age.

The consultation team consists of Public Health Nurses, Health Educators and Behavioral Health Specialists who provide their services via phone consultation, on-site observation and through community advocacy and linkages in both English and Spanish.

Role of Health Advocates
The Public Health Nurses and Health Educators provide consultation services and training related to health and safety issues. Health Educators assist the Public Health Nurses in educating the public by providing childcare staff training and offering supportive services to the childcare community. Services include the following:

Phone Consultation: Primarily consists of providing health and safety information, resources, and referrals to the childcare community.
On-Site Health and Safety Assessments: At your request, we will come to your location to provide an assessment of how your program meets the health and safety needs of children.
Staff/Provider Training (in-service): We provide training and workshops at your request on topics such as hand washing, disease prevention, and identifying common childhood diseases.

Role of Behavioral Health Specialists
The Behavioral Health Specialists provide consultation services and training on topics such as managing children with challenging behaviors, accommodating special needs, and strategies to support positive behavioral change. Services include the following:

Phone Consultations: We provide behavioral health information, support, resources, and referrals to childcare providers.
On-Site Child Observation: We offer on-site observation of the child’s behavior in the childcare setting to help you develop an action plan that works more effectively with the child.
On-Site Program Observation: At your request, we will help develop and implement positive modifications to create the best environment possible for the children in your care.
Staff/Provider Training (in-service): We provide training and workshops at your request on topics such as managing children’s challenging and aggressive behaviors, effective communication with parents and children, and working with children with special needs.

The Childcare Health Consultation Program is provided by the YMCA of Orange County’s Community Services Branch and made possible by funding through Proposition 10 and the California Children and Families First Commission. This new resource helps to ensure that Orange County’s children enter school healthy, developmentally on target, and ready to learn. This service is available to childcare providers, agency personal, health professionals and parents, at no cost.

The YMCA Childcare
Health Consultation Team
is available toll-free
866-242-9622
Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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Transportation for Child Care Programs and Schools

Several companies in Orange County will transport your child to and from child care programs and/or schools. The following are licensed through the Public Utilities Department:

Child Shuttle - Family Owned and Operated
Call Bill Brown at (714) 999-2881, or toll free at (877) 4Child4, or visit their website at www.childshuttle.com.

Kid Shuttle
Call Michael Do at (714) 543-4277, or visit their website at www.kidshuttle.com.

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A Proposal Writing Short Course

This free online tutorial is available at The Foundation Center website at http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/propl.html. You can scroll through the short course (excerpted from Guide to Proposal Writing) or download and print it for future reference.
At this website you will also find a section called "Frequently Asked Questions" pertaining to proposal writing at http://fdncenter.org/learn/faqs/index.html, as well as a user aid listing relevant online and print resources at http://fdncenter.org/learnuseraids/proposal.html.
Most communities have community foundations. A community foundation library can provide a wealth of information on foundation, corporate and government funding. In Orange County:

Orange County Community Foundation
2081 Business Center Drive, Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92612
Phone: (949) 553-4204 / Fax: (949) 553-4211
E-mail: occf@oc-communityfoundation.org
Website: www.oc-communityfoundation.org

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City Guide Handbooks Available

Recognizing the need in Orange County for more quality child care facilities and services, the County of Orange Social Services Agency (SSA), in collaboration with the Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council, has prepared a first-of-its-kind guide to assist in the development of a large child care home or a child care center.

"In a commitment to service and quality child care in Orange County, we have created a product that will tell you the whats, whens and hows of starting a business in child care," said Larry Leaman, SSA Director. "These guidebooks will offer potential child care providers with invaluable information."

The two volumes entitled, The Process of Starting a Child Care Center in Orange County and The Process of Starting a Large Family Child Care Home in Orange County will answer very specific questions regarding the development of a new child care center or the provision of child care from a private home. Until now there has been no single point of reference for anyone proposing to go into the child care business. These guidebooks document the requirements of each city and jurisdiction. Anyone interested in obtaining a copy can contact the Children's Home Society at (714) 817-8600.

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For child care resource and referrals in Orange County, call
Children's Home Society
714-Kid-Care
(714-543-2272)

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