Child Care and Development Information for County Employees, Parents and Teen Parents

County Employees

Parents

Teen Parents

County Employees
The County of Los Angeles is committed to helping its employees balance their work and family obligations. Recognizing the importance of quality child care and development services, this information is intended to help County employees find appropriate child care and development services, evaluate different child care options, and identify related community services. By clicking on the links below, you will be able to obtain information on County child care centers and the County employee Dependent Care Spending Account.

• County Employee Child Care Centers
• Dependent Care Spending Account
• County employees may take advantage of a new benefit in which the County contributes money to your Dependent Care Spending Account (DCSA) to help pay for eligible dependent care expenses.  For more information, click here.
• The Connection is a quarterly newsletter targeted to the County Child Development Centers. July 2008

Parents

Locate Child Care and Development Services

• Southern California Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
• Before and After School Programs
• Directory Search: Find out if a Child Care Provider is Licensed

Learn about the Quality and Safety of Child Care and Development Services

• Visiting Prospective Child Care Providers
• Regulation of Child Care Services
• Information about Licensed Family Child Care Homes
• Information about License-Exempt Care

Learn about Programs to Help Pay for Child Care Services

• Managing the Cost of Child Care
• California Work Opportunity & Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Program
• Head Start Programs
• Los Angeles Centralized Eligibility List (LACEL)

Teen Parents

• For Pregnant and Parenting Teens:  A Guide to Child Care and Development Programs

Links for More Information

Click here for links to additional sources of child care information.

Office of Child Care, within the Service Integration Branch
of the Chief Executive Office
222 S. Hill St., 5th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 974-4103 Phone – (213) 217-5106 Fax

Office of Child Care Home Page