Crystal Stairs Inc

Programs: Child care assistance program - under contracts with the california department of education's child development division (cdd), we administer a child care payment program for low-income families who are cycling off welfare (calworks) as well as those who are not in the welfare system. The goal of the program is to promote and support family economic self-sufficiency by paying for child care so that parents can work, seek work or attend school/training. The program also provides child care payment assistance to families referred by public and private agencies because their children are "at risk" of abuse or neglect. We certify the family's eligibility for child care, assist them to look for and select child care, provide referrals to other supportive services as needed, and make monthly payments for child care providers they select to care for their children. We enrolled 11,631 families with a total of 20,357 children from birth to 12 years old, and made monthly payments to 7,644 licensed and license-exempt child care providers for their services to enrolled children.

calworks stage 1 child care - under a contract with the los angeles county department of public social services (dpss), we administer a child care payment program for cash-aided families starting the transition from welfare to work. The goal of the program is to promote a family's economic self-sufficiency through employment and/or education/training that will lead to employment. We certify the family's eligibility for child care, assist them to look for and select child care, and make monthly payments for services rendered by child care providers they select to care for their children. We enrolled 5,487 families with a total of 8,989 children from birth to 12 years old, and made monthly child care payments to 4,197 licensed and license-exempt child care providers for their services to enrolled children.

head start - under a grant with the department of health and human services, administration for children and families we administer a head start program for 738 preschool aged children. Of the 738 children enrolled, 120 of the students are dually serviced in our state cspp which allows us to provide full day services to working parents and those who are in school. The program serviced children for 179 days in 9 centers through 21 classrooms. The program's cumulative enrollment number for the 2016-2017 school year was 874. Eligibility: 377 children have income that was 100% below federal poverty guidelines; 288 were receiving public assistance (tanif or ssi); 33 children were in foster care; 12 children were reported as being homeless; 92 children were over income; and 78 children had an individualized education plan (iep) receiving disability services. The goal of the program is to promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of the children and to support family engagement that leads to parents taking on or maintaining their role as the child's most influential teacher. The 3-5 year old children are served in either a part-day, full-day or licensed family child care homes program option. The program take a "holistic" approach to the child and family that includes health, nutrition, mental health and social services that may be provided directly by us or through a collaborative effort of community referrals. A unique component of this program is the shared governance process where the agency's board of director shares many decision making responsibilities with parent policy council. The program was awarded the early head start - child care partnership expansion grant to services an additional 86 children in early head start child care partnerships. The program will service a total of 182 families with children ages 0 to 4 years old. Services are provided through licensed family child care home providers.

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