Early Childhood Services

Mission: “To provide quality early education & community support to children and families throughout our area.”

Welcome to Early Childhood Services (ECS)! For over 50 years, we have been serving children and families, and the professionals who care for them. We meet our mission through the following ECS divisions:

Preschool Application

Child Care Payment Assitance

Early Childhood Services (ECS) and Child Care Referral and Education (CCRE) in Tehama County are limiting face-to-face correspondence with the public until building renovation and construction is complete. However, we are still available and working to support children, families, and our community.

Renee Menefee
Executive Director

Julie Crummett
Executive Assistant

Bridges to School Success (Shasta)

Early Education & Instruction (Shasta)

The Early Education and Instruction Department provides support, resources and professional development opportunities for early childhood education programs in our area. We ensure federal and state compliance of our California State Preschool programs. These high quality part-day preschool classrooms are located on various school district campuses throughout Shasta County. Visit Early Education & Instruction for more information.

Family & Community Support (Shasta & Tehama)

Health & Nutrition (Shasta & Tehama)

Local Child Care Planning Council (Shasta)

QCC - Quality Counts North State

Quality Counts California (QCC) is a grant funded systematic approach to assess, improve, and communicate the level of quality in early care and education programs. Shasta County Office of Education is one of six counties in the North State representing a Regional Consortium called Quality Counts North State who work together to increase quality. This is an innovative approach that forges partnerships between counties to achieve the goal of helping children ages 0 to 5 and their families thrive by increasing the number of high-quality early learning settings, including supporting and engaging families in the early learning process. Supporting more settings to achieve high-quality standards helps ensure more of California's children enter school with the skills, knowledge, and dispositions necessary to be successful. This provides families the information and support they need to promote and optimize their children's development and learning, both inside and outside the home.

Contact the LCCPC Coordinator or visit the Quality Counts North State at qualitycountsnorthstate.com for more information.