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:

The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.Bill Gates Sr.

Updates regarding COVID-19

Early Childhood Services (ECS) and Child Care Referral and Education (CCRE- Tehama County), are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and restricting face-to-face correspondence with the public until further notice. However, we are still available and working to support children, families, and our community. If you are seeking child care services for your child, please email ResourceandReferral@shastacoe.org for a list of available child care providers near you. Current clients can reach their child care specialist by contacting them directly or by calling our main ECS number (530) 225-2999 for both counties. If you have documents (enrollment forms, green sheets, etc) to drop-off, feel free to use the drop box located outside the ECS building located at 43 Hilltop Drive, Redding CA 96003 or at 409 Walnut Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080.

All ECS State Preschool classrooms are closed and will reopen when the school campus reopens.

Renee Menefee
Executive Director

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Early Childhood Services
43 Hilltop Drive
Redding CA 96003
(53 0) 225-2999

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)

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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.

August 22, 2019

Introductions and Brief Announcements

Public Input – Members of the public are entitled under the Brown Act (Government Code Section 54950 et seq.) to address the Council on any matter within the Council’s subject matter jurisdiction. The Act prohibits the Council from taking action or discussing the item unless it is already on the agenda.

April 25, 2019 and May 23, 2019 Minutes Action Item

Chair’s/Vice Chair’s Report – Renee Menefee

Coordinator’s Report – Rea McFadden

Membership Action Item

Membership Agreement/Membership Application Updates

In Kind Form Updates

Budget Action Item

LPC Meeting Schedule

Strategic Plan/LCAP – Joy Garcia

Reach Higher Shasta – Wendy Dickens

First 5 Shasta Updates – Liz Poole

QRIS Updates

CDE Infant/Toddler Grant

CDE Block Grant

First 5 IMPACT Grant

First 5 IMPACT Hub Grant

Next Meeting:

Next meeting: September 26, 2019, 9-11 am, First 5 Shasta, 393 Park Marina Circle

Adjourn

September 22, 2019

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.

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