Finding Child Care
 If
you are looking for child care, you've come to the right place. If you
are a Child Care provider, and looking for provider information please
go to the section on Caregivers.
The first step in getting your
family into a subsidized child care program is to complete the
Centralized Eligibility List Application.
Centralized Eligibility List (CEL) Application (English)
Centralized Eligibility List (CEL) Application (Spanish)
This is the application that helps determine your
eligibility for subsidized agency programs.
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 Child Care Resource and Referral
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Referrals
to any person requesting information on child care
options.
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Linkage
to other community agencies and services.
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Resource and Toy Lending Library.
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Vision Newsletter is a quarterly report on issues
concerning children, parents, and those who care for children.
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Educational workshops for professionals on child
care
development issues.
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Information and materials to aid in developing quality
child care and development programs.
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Community outreach program to distribute information on
quality
child care.
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Enrollment in the Subsidized Child Care Programs
When a parent is
determined eligible to receive services, a Child Care Services
Specialist will contact the parent to begin the enrollment process. The
parent is required to bring the documentation requested by the Child
Care Services Specialist to their initial orientation or
recertification at CDR. This may include, but not be limited to, the
following:
• Proof the family is a CalWORKs participant, income-eligible, homeless, or involved with Child Protective Services.
• Proof
that the parent and any adult counted in the family size is employed,
seeking employment, participating in vocational training, or
participating in an approved CalWORKs work activity.
• Proof of incapacity, including a medical or psychiatric special need.
• Proof that the child has a medical
or psychiatric special need.
Partners
and Subsidized Child Care Book
Handbook
for Parents and Providers
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