Resources
The California Head Start Collaboration Office (CHSCO) facilitates partnerships between Head Start agencies and other state, territorial, or tribal entities that provide services to benefit children from families with low incomes. These offices contribute to state systems for early care and education, which coordinate and regulate various services for children from birth to age 5 and their families. The state systems are designed to increase the effectiveness of early childhood services by linking young children and their families to the support they need. Information in this section connects to resources that can help you assist children and families as they access services to become lifelong learners and meet ongoing needs.
The following resources will help you reach out to your local partners including state preschool programs, transitional kindergarten staff and administrators and other early education partners.
The CCLD
promotes the health, safety, and quality of life of each person in community care through the administration of an effective and collaborative regulatory enforcement system.
The CCDD provides planning, policy direction, and oversight of the majority of state-supported child care and development programs and services in California.
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CalWORKs and the CHSCO focus on integrating Head Start services with other programs that support low-income families receiving CalWORKs benefits, to enhance child development and family well-being.
The CDE-EED offers early learning and after-school services to babies, toddlers, children in preschool, and children in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Federally known as SNAP, the HS, CCDF, WIC, and CACFP promote the exchange of information about each program’s procedures and standards for providing nutrition services to low-income children and their families.