The Santa Cruz County Human Resources Agency is preparing for this year's cycle of the Developer Fees Loan Program. The program grants forgivable loans to maintain or expand slots in Centers and licensed Family Child Care Homes. It's a great program that has been very helpful in 'growing' child care facilities and programs in our county.
View a flyer in English and Spanish.

The Santa Cruz County Child Care Planning Council has developed a Professional Development Planning Toolkit for Early Care and Education Advisors, Students and Professionals. View the toolkit

Click here to view more information about Santa Cruz County's Educational Incentive Program for staff and directors working in state funded child care programs. The Planning Council will launch another round of director-cohort driven trainings as well as a new reimbursement component for trainings and courses taken at other agencies.

View the new website for the Santa Cruz County Centralized Eligibility List for Subsidized Child Care.

In 2006 the Child Care Planning Council subsumed oversight of the annual Central Coast Early Care and Education Conference held at Cabrillo College. The conference will be on May 12, 2007. Visit the conference website for more information.

State school chief Jack O'Connel introduces innovative infant/toddler publication.
View the infant/Toddler Learning and Development Program Guidelines.

New draft Preschool Learning Foundations available to view on the web. Click here to be taken to the Department's website. The Child Development Division of the California Department of Education (CDE) invites you to preview and comment on the draft versions of the Preschool Learning Foundations. The purpose of the Preschool Learning Foundations is to provide the child development field with research-based competencies —knowledge and skills— that we can expect most children to exhibit to support healthy development and successful movement toward school readiness. Your comments and suggestions will help ensure that the Preschool Learning Foundations being proposed will fulfill this purpose.