About our Services
Child Care Services
- Subsidies to pay for child care
- Free child care referrals
- Gateway to subsidized child care in Humboldt County (Centralized Eligibility List)
- Child enrichment services—Family Child Care Home Education Network
- Support to current and potential child care providers
- Child care and development professional training
- Child Nutrition Program
- Shining Stars Children’s Center
Special Needs Services
- In-home respite care for individuals with developmental disabilities
- Support services to individuals who have developmental disabilities and who also have significant behavior challenges
- Assistance to parents who have just learned their child has a developmental disability or is at risk of having one
- One on one mentoring and assistance to parents who have developmental disabilities
- Training opportunities for child care providers to better meet the needs of children with special needs
- Help for parents to locate child care for children with special needs
Mental Health Services
- Therapy, case management and brokerage, and rehabilitation services to children and youth who have full scope MediCAL coverage
- Therapeutic Behavior Services
- On site services located at many schools and Family Resource Centers
- Services accredited by California Alliance of Child and Family Services
Parent Supports
- Information to parents about child development, including one on one contact through
- Resource and Referral DADS’ Program—mentoring and supports to men under age 25 whose partner was or is a teen parent
- Parenting skills classes (offered on a periodic basis)
- One on one support to parents who have just learned that their child has a developmental disability or is at risk of having one
- Services to help parents obtain health insurance for their children
- Child care subsidies
- Child care referrals