by Cheryl Green

Created on: March 10, 2008

Managing Child Care

There are many aspects of family life you as a parent have had or will have to juggle, and managing child care should be among one of those items. Depending on your financial capacity and the quality of care that you expect your child to receive, it is a comfort to know there are resources available to you. Below are some options that will enable you to understand the different types child care, and which best suits your needs.

Child Care
Child care is the bestowing of your child into the temporary custody of a person or facility.

Child Care Information
There are at least thirteen (13) Resource and Referrals in the county of Los Angeles that can supply you with child care information and the agency that is closest to where you live.
1. Center for Community and Family Services (Compton/Paramount)
(310) 605-1770, www.ccafs.org
2. City of Norwalk (Norwalk)
(562) 929-5544,
3. Child Care Information Service (Pasadena)
(909) 397-4740, www.ccispasadena.org
4. Child Care Resource Center (San Fernando Valley)
(818) 717-1000, www.ccrcla.org
5. Children's Home Society of California (Southern county)
(310) 816-3600, www.chs-ca.org
6. Crystal Stairs (Los Angeles)
(213) 427-2700, www.crystalstairs.org
7. Connections for Children (Santa Monica)
(310) 452-3325, www.connectionsforchildren.org
8. Drew Child Development Corporation (Gardena)
(310) 609-3885,
9. International Institute (Boyle Heights)
(323) 224-3800,
10. Mexican-American Opportunity Foundation (Montebello)
(323) 890-1555, www.maof.org
11. Options (Baldwin Park)
(626)856-5900, www.optionscc.com
12. Pathways (Hollywood)
(213) 427-2700, wwwpathwaysla.org
13. Pomona Unified School District (Pomona)
(909) 397-4740, www.pusd.org

For those parents who have children with special needs you can contact:
14. Special Needs Advisory Project (SNAP)
(213) 427-2700, www.snapla.org
If you are outside these areas, you can call the California Resource and Referral Network
Consumer Education Line for the agency nearest you. (800) 543-7793, www.rretwork.org.

Child Care Services
There are a variety of child care services for you to choose depending on your income and ability to pay.

Subsidized (the government helps to pay for a part of your child care costs. With the scare that August of 2007 brought to many parents and providers because of the State not having set the budget for 2008, it is very important that parents make their voice heard politically. Should the State not have funds to pay your provider, you the parent

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