Child & Family Services

Stanislaus County Centralized Eligibility List

The purpose of the Stanislaus County Centralized Eligibility List (CEL) is to provide eligible families with access to subsidized child care and development services for which they qualify.  Families may call (209) 238-6400 to complete a CEL application.  Before contacting the CEL, be sure to know family gross income for the past thirty days and the child’s school of residence.  Each family who applies is assigned a rank number according to family size and gross monthly income.  When a program has an opening, they will begin calling families, starting with the lowest rank and moving up the list until the program is full.  The CEL provides access to the following programs in Stanislaus County: 

Stanislaus County Centralized Eligibility List (CEL)

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• State Preschool
• Prekindergarten and Family Literacy
• Latchkey
• General Child Care
• Alternative Payment

 

Income guidelines have been established by the California Department of Education, Child Development Division.  For a description of the child care and development programs and participating agencies click on the program links listed above.

State Preschool

Part-Day
State preschool part-day programs are comprehensive developmental programs for three-to five-year-old children from low-income families.  The programs emphasize parent education and encourage parent involvement.  In addition to preschool education activities that are developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate for children served, there are services for families, and staff development opportunities for employees.

 

Full-Day
State preschool full-day programs are comprehensive developmental programs for three-to five-year-old children from low-income families.  This program provides families with the extended services they need to maintain employment, meet work participation requirements, or to participate in education or job training. The programs emphasize parent education and encourage parent involvement.  In addition to preschool education activities that are developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate for children served, there are services for families, and staff development opportunities for employees.

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Prekindergarten and Family Literacy

Prekindergarten and Family Literacy programs are designed to facilitate a child’s transition to kindergarten, provide part-day age and developmentally appropriate activities the year before they are eligible to be enrolled in kindergarten.  The programs provide a literacy component and encourage parents to work on interactive literacy activities both in the classroom and at home with their children.  The programs also include a parenting education and staff development component. 

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Latchkey 

School-age community child care latchkey programs provide a safe environment with age and developmentally appropriate activities for school-age children at the school site.

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General Child Care 

General Child Care and development programs are state and federally funded programs that use centers and family child care home networks to provide services for children from birth through 6 years of age.  These programs provide an educational component that is developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate for the children served.  The programs also provide meals and snacks to children, parent education, referrals to health and social services for families, and staff development opportunities for employees. 

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Alternative Payment

Alternative Payment programs are state and federally funded programs that offer an array of child care arrangements for parents, such as in-home care, family child care, and center based care.  This program provides services for children birth to 13 years of age who need care.  Children incapable of caring for themselves may be served to age 21.  The program helps families arrange child care services and makes payments for those services directly to the child care provider selected by the family. 

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