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Santa Clara County |
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Go Kids Pre-School
@ Jasmine Square
16560 Monterey Rd.
(v) 408.779.0399
jasminesquare@gokids.org
Go Kids Club
@ Morgan Hill
17666 Crest Avenue
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(v) 408.779.6553
mhschoolage@gokids.org |
Go Kids CDC
@ Ochoa
902 Arizona Circle
Gilroy, CA 9020
(v) 408.842.2201
ochoa@gokids.org
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Child Care Centers
Santa Cruz County |
Go Kids Pre-School
@ Soquel
3060 Cunnison Lane
Soquel, CA 95073
(v) 831.476.0924
lioncubs@gokids.org
Go Kids Pre-School
@ Via del Mar
120 W. Beach St.
Watsonville, CA 95076
(v) 831.728.5907
ViadelMar@gokids.org
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Child Care Centers
San Benito County |
Go Kids Club
@ RO Hardin
761 South Street
Hollister, CA 95023
(v) 831.636.8171
rohardin@gokids.org |
Go Kids CDC
@ Fairview
5381 Fairview Road
Hollister, CA 95023
(v) 831.637.9204
fairview@gokids.org
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Go Kids Pre-School
@ Southside
3235 Southside Road
Hollister, CA 95023
(v) 831.637.1125
southside@gokids.org |
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What is Santa Clara CARES?
CARES is a financial stipend program designed to encourage and reward educational attainment for early education professionals. Since its inception in 2002, CARES, which stands for Comprehensive Approaches to Raising Educational Standards, awarded $9 million to over 3,800 early educators in Santa Clara County. This represents more than 60% of the estimated providers in this county.
In 1998 California voters passed the California Children and Families Act (Proposition 10), an initiative that added a 50 cent-per-pack tax on cigarettes. The money is used to fund education, health, child care and other programs to promote early childhood development from prenatal to age five. Each county has formed a commission to allocate the funds. In Santa Clara County, this is the FIRST 5 Santa Clara County . The E3 Institute Advancing Excellence in Early Education, a division of WestEd, receives $3,000,000 annually from the Commission to use as incentives for early childhood educators. The CARES program was developed to address problems of compensation and incentives for early childhood professionals. CARES stands for Comprehensive Approaches to Raising Educational Standards. The program was based on research that says when caregivers are well educated and trained, the children they teach are more successful in school and in life. Research also tells us that many qualified and caring teachers leave the field because pay and incentives are low. CARES stipends are offered to encourage teachers to increase their education and stay in the field. The CARES system is based on educational attainment, professional development, and longevity in the field.
How do I qualify?
To be eligible for a CARES stipend you must:
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