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  • Attention all FOOD VENDORS!

    Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County, Inc. is seeking a qualified food vendor to prepare meals for 4C child development centers. To submit your bid and for more information, please click here.

  • Benefits of Good Child Care Extend Into Teen Years

    Research shows that choosing good child care not only makes a difference in preschool years, but also when your child reaches adolescence. At age 15, kids who had been in higher-quality care scored higher on tests of cognitive and academic achievement than peers in lower-quality care, according to the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, the most comprehensive and longest running study of child care in the United States. The study evaluated 1,363 youth periodically since they were one month of age and the study is the first to document the long-term effects of non-relative child care in a diverse population.

    To read the full article, click here.

    The 4C Council of Santa Clara County provides quality child care for all children. To find the best child care provider that you select for your child, call our Resource and Referral Department today and a child care consultant can help you.

    Our Resource and Referral Department is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., call 408.487.0749.

  • Text4Baby free mobile phone service for new and expecting mothers

    If you are a new mom, or a mom-to-be in the US, visit the CDC's Parent Portal home page to learn how you can sign up for Text4baby, a free mobile information service designed to promote maternal and child health. An educational program of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB), Text4baby provides pregnant women and new moms with information they need to take care of their health and give their babies the best possible start in life.

    You can sign up for the service by texting BABY (or BEBE for Spanish) to 511411. You will receive free SMS text messages each week, timed to your due date or your baby's date of birth.

    Text4baby is made possible through a broad, public-private partnership that includes government, corporations, academic institutions, professional associations, tribal agencies and non-profit organizations.

  • 4C Council Resource Fair 4/21/10 10am-12pm

    4C Council will host local agencies who offer employment and training services, including classes in Office Skills, Accounting, Vocational Training as well as resume writing, GED preparation, and ESL class enrollment. Agencies will be available to answer questions and enroll interested clients.

    This resource fair is for currently enrolled 4C Council clients who are looking for work or school. Please contact your case manager about attending. Unfortunately we cannot accommodate children at this event, so please make separate arrangements for childcare. Attendance is FREE!!

    For more information, please click here to view the flier for this event.

  • 2010 Census Update

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    The Census: A Snapshot

    What: The census is a count for everyone in the United States.
    Who: Everyone in the United States must be counted. This includes people of all ages, races, ethnic groups, citizens and non citizens.
    When: More than 130 million households across the nation will receive a census form in March 2010.
    Why: The U.S. Constitution requires a national census once every ten years to count the population and determine the number of seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives.
    How: Households should complete and mail back their forms upon receipt. Census workers will visit households that do not return forms to take a count in person.

    To reach the 2010 Census help lines call: (8:00am to 9:00pm [your local time], 7 days/week)

    English: 1-866-872-6868
    Spanish: 1-866-928-2010
    Vietnamese: 1-866-945-2010
    Chinese: 1-866-935-2010
    Korean: 1-866-955-2010
    Hearing Impaired (TDD): 1-866-783-2010

    For a brochure with more information about the 2010 Census click a preferred language:

    To learn more about the 2010 Census, CLICK HERE.

    CENSUS DAY: All Census forms should be mailed back by April 1, 2010.

  • White House Announces Initiatives to Help Families

    The National Women's Law Center (NWLC) called the child care proposals of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class an important step toward helping families afford the child care they need to succeed in these tough times. "The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) gives grants to states to offer child care assistance to lower-income working families and support state initiatives to bolster the quality of child care. The grants help families struggling to raise their standard of living to afford child care. We are pleased that the White House proposes to add $1.6 billion in block grants to allow 235,000 additional children to be served and to work with Congress to improve the quality of care through a reauthorization of CCDBG and a new Early Learning Challenge Fund currently being considered by the Senate," NWLC Co-President Nancy Duff Campbell.

  • 4C Council awarded $1.3 million for Early Head Start Project

    The Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County (4C Council) is proud to announce it has been awarded $1.3 million Early Head Start project to serve 130 children ages zero to three for the next two years. The 4C Council is one out of 20 organizations funded throughout California.

    The California Early Head Start Expansion awards were funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The state of California will serve an additional 2,249 children ages 0-3 through these awards.

  • 2009 California Child Care Portfolio is released

    The California Child Care Resource and Referral Network has released the 2009 California Child Care Portfolio which is a study of the supply and demand of child care in California by county. The report combines data on licensed child care facilities and parents' request for child care gathered by local child care resource and referral agencies to help us understand the need for quality child care in California.

  • 2009 H1N1 (Swine Flu): Taking Care of a Sick Person in Your Home

    2009 H1N1 flu virus infection (formerly known as swine flu) can cause a wide range of symptoms, including fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people may also have vomiting and diarrhea. Like seasonal flu, 2009 H1N1 flu in humans can vary in severity from mild to severe. Certain groups might be more likely to develop a severe illness from 2009 H1N1 flu infection, such as pregnant women and persons with chronic medical conditions.

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