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Please Note: The OCCCDPC has provided the following information
at the request of the individuals. This is not an endorsement
of any kind. Any comments or questions should be addressed
to the individual companies.
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When you are on the Planning Council email List Serve, you receive information regarding early care and education, including the monthly agenda for the Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council, workshops, seminars, and other information that might be of interest to the community.
To subscribe, send a blank email to:
communityA-L-join@listserv.ocde.k12.ca.us
(if last name begins with A-L)
communityM-Z-join@listserv.ocde.k12.ca.us
(if last name begins with M-Z)
Instructions to unsubscribe will be posted at the bottom of most emails you receive from the List Serve. They are specific to your individual List Serve membership and may not be posted on emails with attachments.
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:
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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:
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Phone
Consultation: Primarily consists of providing
health and safety information, resources, and referrals
to the childcare community.
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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.
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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:
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Phone
Consultations: We provide behavioral health information,
support, resources, and referrals to childcare providers.
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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.
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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.
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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 ($10 each volume) can contact the Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council at (949) 548-3194.
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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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