Behavior Support for young Children in preschool, home, or family childcare settings. Visit Bridgets to School Success for more information.

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.  

The Family and Community Support Services Division is centered around families, children, child care providers and local agencies. For more information, visit the Family & Community Support Services site.

“We provide support, education and meal reimbursements to child care providers, districts and the community.” For more information, visit the Early Childhood Services Health & Nutrition site.

The Shasta County Local Child Care Planning Council (LPC) is actively involved in advocating for early  care and education needs within Shasta County. Public meetings are held monthly.

The Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) 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 (formerly known as North State QRIS) 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 website for more information.