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First 5 Sacramento Commission’s goal is to increase the participation in quality early care and education. The following three years (2007-2010) will focus on increasing workforce development in the early care and education field.

This approach will provide children with many positive outcomes, including cognitive development and readiness for kindergarten. Parents and caregivers will receive information allowing them to make informed choices about both the availability and the quality of the care that they select for their children.

Child care providers will have an opportunity to participate in the (Comprehensive Approaches to Raising Education Standards) CARES program, an education incentive program for child care providers who are continuing their education.

First 5 Sacramento partnered with Child Action, Inc. to provide a comprehensive, integrated infrastructure of support to the Sacramento child care community through the Quality Child Care Collaborative (QCCC), a partnership of community organizations, educational institutions and government service agencies. QCCC will promote the development and retention of a professional early learning workforce and improve and enhance the quality of child care services available to Sacramento families. Programs also provide quality childcare training for parents of children ages zero to five and services to children with special needs.

• Total Funding: $3,169,949.00*
• First 5 Sacramento Staff Contact: Carmen Garcia-Gomez, (916) 876-5869

To learn more about child care services, contact the First 5 Sacramento funded partners below.

• Child Action, Inc.
  The Quality Child Care Collaborative (QCCC) creates a multidisciplinary consultation team of health, mental health, special education and child development specialists who will provide on-going consultation, technical assistance and training to child care providers. Other program objectives include incentives to providers to increase education (CARES Program), creating a model assessment of child care quality, and helping families with children who have special needs find quality care.
• • Total Funding: $3,169,949.00*
  • Contact Person: Jaci White, Director of Community Services, (916) 369-4461

*Includes First 5 California funding for CARES