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Choosing Quality Early Education and Child Care 

Research tells us that children’s early brain growth presents a tremendous opportunity to lay a strong learning foundation before they start kindergarten. And children who go to high-quality program do better in TK-12. To find a high-quality program in your community, focus your search in three areas – people, program, and place. Here are a few of the things you should look for:

Teacher qualifications

  • What kind of training and education do the teachers have?
  • Are the teachers and children engaged in conversations?
  • Can teachers tell you not only what they are doing, but why?

Facilities

  • How many children are in the group/classroom?
  • Does the space have separate learning centers (reading, art, dramatic play, etc.)?
  • Does the program have access to a well-equipped, age-appropriate playground?

Programming

  • Does the program use a curriculum to guide learning?
  • Does the program welcome and involve families?
  • Does the program meet your scheduling needs?

To learn about Ventura County's UPK landscape, visit the LPC's UPK webpage.

Child Care Resource & Referral

    The Child Care Resource & Referral Program (operated locally by Child Development Resources) is funded by the California Department of Education to provide FREE child care referrals to all interested persons in Ventura County

Quality Counts Ventura County (QCVC)

QCVC receives and braids funding from the California Department of Education and First 5 California to serve the county’s most vulnerable children by promoting quality standards, enhancing the accessibility of high-quality early learning programs, providing educators and administrators with professional development and resources, and financial incentives that support quality.

    Child Care Law Center

        Every family should be able to live and raise their children with dignity. Many families have protections under the law when their children are in child care. The Child Care Law Center provides information about your rights as a parent and caregiver.

    Child Care Licensing

      The Child Care Licensing Program strives to provide preventive, protective, and quality services to children in care by ensuring that licensed facilities meet established health and safety standards through monitoring facilities, providing technical assistance, and establishing partnerships with providers, parents, and the child care community.

    Trustline

    TrustLine Background Check is California’s registry of in-home and license-exempt child care providers (nannies and babysitters), professional supervised visitation monitors, child care staff at Ancillary Child Care Centers (health clubs, gyms), child transportation drivers, and others not required to get a child care license, who have passed a background screening.

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