Early Head Start/General Childcare Center-based Program
This option is an individualized early education experience in a center-based setting for children birth to three years old living in Placer and Nevada Counties. Children are provided with a style of care that best matches their inborn capabilities and needs by credentialed and trained educators. We partner with the State of California to enhance our education services and operate 6.5 hours per day, Monday through Friday. We focus on the development of warm, nurturing relationships between children, staff, and family members.
Early Head Start Home-based Program
This option is an individualized early education experience in a home setting along with regular group socialization opportunities in a classroom or other community facility for pregnant mothers and children birth to three years old living in Placer and Nevada Counties. Home Visitors promote the parent’s role as the first and most influential teacher for their child and help parents provide high quality learning experiences that support their child’s growth and development. If you are pregnant, your Home Visitor, in collaboration with our Perinatal Nurse Consultant, will provide prenatal education and support to foster your child’s healthy growth, development, and delivery.
Head Start / State Preschool Center-based Program
This option is an individualized preschool experience in a center-based setting for children three to five years old living in Placer and Nevada Counties. We promote school readiness and support family engagement in order to prepare children for success in school and in life. Our classrooms are set up for learning through play. Children are supported and encouraged to come up with ideas, experiment, and take responsibility for their work by credentialed and trained educators. We partner with Placer County Office of Education (PCOE) and Nevada County Superintendent of Schools (NCSOS) to enhance our education services and operate 6.5 hours per day, Monday through Friday.
Family Child Care
This option is an individualized early education experience in a family childcare home setting for children birth to five years old living in Placer and Nevada Counties. We partner with Placer County Office of Education (PCOE), Sierra Nevada Children’s Services (SNCS), and Childcare Partners (CCP) to provide early education and childcare services for parents who are working or going to school.
