4Cs offers current and potential child care providers and other community members in San Mateo County an array of information, consultation, and training services in the areas of child care and development and early childhood education. Our staff works to connect providers with trainings, workshops, membership associations, professional development projects, insurance and the referral process.

Technical Assistance Line:  4Cs operates a free Technical Assistance (TA) phone service for current and potential child care providers, Monday through Friday, from 9AM to 12PM. On the TA line, counselors are available to answer questions and provide information, referrals, and guidance on various issues related to becoming a child care provider, operating a child care business, and working with children and families. Providers can reach TA counselors at (650) 655-5010.

Getting Licensed? The Child Care Initiative Project (CCIP) is designed to increase the supply of licensed, quality child care by recruiting and training family child care providers. Providers in the program receive incentives for attending training and personalized attention from one of our counselors as they build their child care business. Contact Amalia Forcari, (650) 655-5025, for more information on how CCIP staff can assist you in getting licensed and participating in training.

Are you a nanny, babysitter, or relative/neighbor child care provider? Our Growing, Learning, Caring (GLC) program reaches out to license-exempt providers like you. We offer technical assistance and training to caregivers, such as family and friends, who are exempt from licensing. We regularly offer a 4-part training series to anyone who is providing child care in a home-based setting. Participants in the GLC program receive incentives at the completion of workshops. Contact Amalia Forcari, (650) 655-5025.

For more information on working with children with special needs or disabilities, click here.

If you would like to learn more about children's health issues, or get information on low cost health insurance, click here. Providers may also want to visit the website for the California Childcare Health Program, www.ucsfchildcarehealth.org, for information on health in the child care setting.

Career Ladder Project

The Career Ladder Project has prepared a survey to collect feedback from the early learning field on the development of an ECE Career Ladder. Your input as early learning teachers and providers having direct experience with professional development, ECE career opportunities and their impact on the quality of services for young children is important to include! Please take the time to respond to read EPEC's message below and respond to the survey so that your unique and critical perspective is included.

To access this survey in English click on this link or paste it into your internet browser www.surveymonkey.com/s/NN98Y2Y
 
To access this survey in Spanish click on this link or paste it into your internet browser (Para completar la encuesta en español, use este enlace):
www.surveymonkey.com/s/NN2LDX3