Subsidized Child Development & Child Care Services in Kern County

Program Eligibility Description Agencies
General Child Care and Development Also known as California Centers Center-Based Order of priority
  • Available Spaces
  • Each agency has different eligibility criteria based on the need of their community and individual funding requirements.
    		• General Child Care and Development programs are state and federally funded programs that use centers. These programs provide an educational component that is developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate for the children served. The programs also provide meals and snacks to children, parent education, referrals to health and social services for families, and staff development opportunities to employees.
  • Central California Economic Development
  • Corporation "La Escuelita"
  • Community Action Partnership of Kern
  • Delano Joint Union High School District
  • Greenfield Union Elementary School District
  • Kern County Superintendent of Schools/ Child Development Division
  • Kern High School District/Bakersfield Adult School
  • High Desert Leapn’ Lizards
  • West Kern Community College District
    • State Preschool Order of priority
  • Available spaces
  • Family meets State income ranking guidelines for eligibility, families with the lowest rankings are contacted first
  • 4- Years old (must be 4 by December 2nd of the school year)
  • 3- Years old (must be 4 by December 2nd of the school year) after all eligible 4-year olds have been offered the opportunity.
    		• State preschool programs are part-day comprehensive developmental programs for three- to five-year-old children from low-income families. The programs emphasize parent education and encourage parent involvement. In addition to preschool education activities that are developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate for the children served, the state preschool programs provide meals or snacks to children, referrals to health and social services for families, and staff development opportunities to employees.
  • Community Action Partnership of Kern
  • Delano Joint Union High School District
  • Greenfield Union Elementary School District
  • Kern County Superintendent of Schools/ Child Development Division
  • Economic Opportunity Corporation San Louis Obispo
    • State Preschool Full-Day Program Order of priority
  • Available spaces
  • Family meets State income ranking guidelines for eligibility, families with the lowest rankings are contacted first
  • 4- Years old (must be 4 by December 2nd of the school year)
  • 3- Years old (must be 4 by December 2nd of the school year) after all eligible 4-year olds have been offered the opportunity.
    		• The Budget Act of 1997-98 allowed state preschool program contractors the opportunity to extend their half-day programs to full-day programs with certain restrictions. Some current state preschool providers chose this wrap-around of their existing half-day programs to provide families with the extended services parents needed to maintain employment, meet work participation requirements, or to participate in education or job training. Agencies providing full-day services continue to operate in a half-day mode as a state preschool program but must follow general child care rules and regulations for the remainder of the program day.
  • Kern County Superintendent of Schools/ Child Development Division
  • Delano Joint Union High School District
    • Head Start Program Order of priority
  • Available spaces
  • 3-4 Years old children with exceptional needs
  • 3-4 Years old
  • Parent’s annual income based on federal poverty income guidelines
    		• Head Start is a federally funded program that offers part-day comprehensive developmental programs for three- to five-year-old children from low-income families. The programs emphasize parent education and encourage parent involvement. In addition to preschool education activities that are developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate for the children served, Head Start programs provide meals or snacks to children, referrals to health and social services for families, and staff development opportunities to employees. Community Action Partnership of Kern
    Migrant Head Start Order of Priority
  • Available spaces
  • 51% of the families income is Agricultural related
  • Both parents must be working
  • Family moves at least every 24 months
    		• Migrant Head Start programs offer comprehensive services, education and child care to families working in agricultural. Program are available for children ages 0-5 years of age Economic Opportunity Corporation /San Luis Obispo
    Alternative Payment Program Order of priority
  • Available funding
  • Family has a need for full or part time care/ working or attending school
  • Family meets State income ranking guidelines for eligibility, families with the lowest rankings are contacted first
    		•  Alternative payment programs (APP), funded with state and federal funds, offer an array of child care arrangements for parents, such as in-home care, family child care, and center-based care. The APP helps families arrange child care services and makes payment for those services directly to the child care provider selected by the family. The APP is intended to increase parental choice and accommodate the individual needs of the family. Kern County Superintendent of Schools/Community Connection for Child Care
    Migrant Child Care and Development Order of priority
  • Available spaces
  • 50% agricultural related & both parents
  • Ages 2-5
    		• Migrant child care and development programs serve the children of agricultural workers while their parents are at work. The centers are open for varying lengths of time during the year, depending largely on the harvest activities in the area.
  • Central California Economic Corporation/"La Escuelita"
  • Community Action Partnership of Kern California Migrant leadership CouncilSleep
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    Migrant Alternative Payment Program This program does not access CEL
    		 Order of priority
  • Available funding
  • 50% agricultural related & both parents
    		• In addition to the Migrant center-based programs CDD also funds the Migrant Alternative Payment Network Program that allows eligibility and funding for services that follow migrant families as they move from place to place to find work in the Central Valley. Community Action Partnership of Kern
    Campus Child Care and Development These programs do not access CEL. Order of priority
  • Available spaces
  • A parent must be enrolled and attending college
    		• Campus child care and development programs are intended primarily to care for the children of parents enrolled in college. The centers are typically operated by either student associations or the college administration and provide the same comprehensive services as general child care and development programs.
  • Bakersfield College
  • Taft Community College
  • Cal State University Bakersfield
  • Cerro Coso Community College
    • School Age Community Child Care Services (Latchkey) These programs do not access CEL. Order of priority
  • Available spaces
  • Family meets State income ranking guidelines for eligibility; families with the lowest rankings are contacted first.
  • Student must be living in school district.
    		• School-age community child care programs provide a safe environment with age- and developmentally appropriate activities for school-age children during the hours immediately before and after the normal school day and during school vacations. These programs must have a minimum of 50 percent enrollment from families that can pay the full cost of care, although this requirement may be waived when the agency can demonstrate the impracticality of such a requirement.
  • Delano Union Elementary School District and
  • Taft Community College
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    CalWORKs Child Care This program does not access CEL Must be enrolled in CalWORKs Recipients of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) grant program are required to engage in work or work preparation activities. CalWORKs programs provide an array of welfare-to-work services. Child care is provided with state and federal funds in three stages.

    Stage 1 is administered by the California Department of Social Services through county welfare departments (CWDs). Stage 1 begins when a participant enters the CalWORKs grant program and engages in activities pursuant to a welfare-to-work plan developed by the CWD for each family. The CWDs refer families to resource and referral agencies to assist them in finding child care providers. Some CWDs pay those providers directly for the services performed. Many CWDs have a sub-contract with APPs to pay for the child development services.

    Stage 2 is administered by CDE through its APPs. CalWORKs families are transferred into Stage 2 when the CWD deems the family to be stable. Participation in Stage 1 and/or Stage 2 is limited to two years after the family stops receiving a CalWORKs grant. In addition to the services that CDE provides, small portions of the services in Stage 2 are administered by the California community colleges through its centers or an AP delivery system for the benefit of students.

    Stage 3 is also administered by CDE through its APPs. A family can move to this stage when it has exhausted its two-year limit in Stage 1 and/or Stage 2 (referred to as timing out), and for as long as the family remains otherwise eligible for child care programs.

    		 Kern County Superintendent of Schools / Community Connection for Child Care

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