Our Current List of Resources
- MyChildCare: For finding the information on licensed childcare providers that are currently open including location, health and safety details, ages of children served, capacity, and hours of care.
Website: https://mychildcare.ca.gov/ - Hively: Hively is the resource and referral agency for Alameda County and Here is their mission statement: At Hively, we believe that everyone should have the resources and support they need to feel supported, cared for, and able to thrive. We help parents find and pay for quality child care, we provide parent education and support to ensure that children get the best start possible, we provide guidance and training for people interested in building sustainable, high quality child care businesses and we help adults and children through challenging life situations. By providing counseling and other resources, we ensure that children and families throughout Alameda County have the resources they need to thrive:
Website: https://behively.org/ - NAFCC: The National Association for Family Child Care’s mission statement is: to support and leverage a nationwide network of providers and partners in expanding and promoting the power of family child care.
Website: https://www.nafcc.org/ - COVID 19 CA Governor’s Page: https://covid19.ca.gov/business-and-employers/#top
- Employment Development Department (Unemployment Resources): https://www.edd.ca.gov
- Small Business Administration Loans: https://covid19relief.sba.gov/
- Tom Copland blog: http://tomcopelandblog.com
Our Current List of Speakers
1. Talent Nook: A marketplace for tutors and parents. Our Very Talented, Skilled and background checked talent masters can visit your daycare program to teach/ Instruct the kids across various talents. Our Services are hassle -free and stress-free. We provide tutoring for all talents, academic and non – Academic.
Website: www.talentnook.com
Contact person: Shruti Mittal and Sumit Kumar
Email: [email protected]
2. Market place by Daycare Owl: Childcare products and services for Licensed child care providers. FDA, EPA and child care approved products directly from the manufacturers. Our Marketplace is a game changer for day cares, no more guess work as to what safety, hygiene and cleaning products are safe to use in your daycare. Daycare will also find organization tools, active play equipment, educational materials and services that cater to the home based daycare industry.
Website: shop.daycareowl.com
Contact Person: Akriti Srivastava
Email: [email protected]
3. CocoKids: The CocoKids Child Health and Nutrition Program offers education and expert support for child care professionals and parents in the areas of infant and child nutrition, physical activity, health and safety. CocoKids is a sponsor of the federally funded Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which provides financial assistance to support childcare providers who serve healthy meals and snacks to children in their care. All licensed childcare providers with at least 1 child enrolled in daycare are invited to join. Contact Vicki Leslie (925) 956-4749 or General line (925) 676-6117.
Website: https://www.cocokids.org/
Contact Person: Vickie Leslie
Email: [email protected]
4. Link Therapies: It is an In-home speech /language and ABA therapy. Their goal is to support families of children with speech/ language and / or behaviour needs.
Website: www.linktherapies.com
Contact person: Laura Dodd and Allie Baldwin
Email: [email protected]
5. USBORNE Books: Usborne Books & More is a division of Educational Development Corporation (EDC), a well-established company that has twice been recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of The 200 Best Small Companies in America and three times by Fortune Magazine as one of America’s 100 Fastest Growing Small Companies, and has been in existence for over 20 years.
On March 1, 1989, the direct selling division was created to concentrate exclusively on selling Usborne books. In late 2008, EDC acquired Kane Miller Publishing, an internationally known publisher of children’s books with over 20 years in the industry. Today, Usborne Books & More distributes books through thousands of independent consultants who sell directly to the consumer via home shows, direct sales, book fairs, and web sites. Also, when registered as an Educational Consultant, can sell to schools and libraries.
Website: https://www.usbornebooksandmore.com/
Contact person: Deanna Arellano Womack
Email: [email protected]
6. Alameda County Public Health Department, MPCAH/FHS: Alameda County Public Health Department has an array of programs and services designed to protect the health and safety of County residents. The backbone of Public Health includes assessments of the health status of residents, disease prevention and control, community mobilization and outreach, policy development, education, and assurance of access to quality medical and health care services. To be effective, we actively seek community involvement – partnerships with grass roots and corporate entities, with individuals and groups. In fact, partnering is a key component of our mission.
Alameda County Public Health Department covers:
– 13 cities: Albany, Emeryville, Alameda, Piedmont, Oakland, San Leandro, Hayward, Union City, Fremont, Newark, Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore, and unincorporated areas. City of Berkeley has its own health department.
– 1.5 million residents. For SIDS: to educate people about sudden Infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Website: http://www.acphd.org/
Contact Person: Vella Black-Roberts,MPH,RDN,CLE
Email: [email protected]
7. New England Insurance service Inc.
About us – Liability Insurance for family child care Professionals.
A good deal of time and money can be spent establishing and maintaining a successful childcare. Once you are established it is vitally important to protect yourself, your investments and your staff and clients.
Having appropriate insurance protection can make the most positive difference, should a provider find herself the object of a lawsuit.
Contact person: Rafael Escalante
Contact number: 818-523-4859
Email address: [email protected]
Website: https://www.neisinc.com/
8. Sara Williams (Automatic Data Processing – ADP)
About us – Supporting small businesses with payroll, tax filings, HR, retirement services, group health benefits, and workers compensation.
No one looks good wearing multiple hats. Here at ADP, we strive to help our small business owners focus their time, money and mind on what matters most. Gain peace of mind knowing that you have the industry’s most flexible, scalable solutions at the ready, from talent recruiting and development to payroll, benefits administration, time and attendance, and other HR solutions. We provide our clients with our award winning technology that is simple and easy to use. From 24/7 access to HR and payroll experts to a full dedicated team to help set your HCM strategy – and just about everything in between – ADP handles it all. We deliver responsive service solutions to meet your day-to-day challenges and help you get ready for what’s coming.
Contact person: Sara Williams
Contact number: (925) 487-8073
Email address: [email protected]
Website: https://www.adp.com
9. Stephen Day (Lakeshore Learning)
About us – Products and services for Early Childhood
We share products that spark a love of learning as it ties to Early Childhood. And definitely highlight how our products and services (store included) encourage to explore, discover, play and learn! Our products are specially designed to motivate and encourage little ones to investigate and engage with their world…preparing them for grade-school success!
Contact person: Stephen Day
Contact number: (510) 871-0419
Email address: [email protected]
Website: www.lakeshorelearning.com
10. Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
About us – Supporting small businesses with payroll, tax filings, HR, retirement services, group health benefits, and workers compensation
No one looks good wearing multiple hats. Here at ADP, we strive to help our small business owners focus their time, money and mind on what matters most. Gain peace of mind knowing that you have the industry’s most flexible, scaleable solutions at the ready, from talent recruiting and development to payroll, benefits administration, time and attendance, and other HR solutions. We provide our clients with our award winning technology that is simple and easy to use. From 24/7 access to HR and payroll experts to a full dedicated team to help set your HCM strategy – and just about everything in between – ADP handles it all. We deliver responsive service solutions to meet your day-to-day challenges and help you get ready for what’s coming.
Contact person: Sara Williams
Contact number: (925) 487-8073
Email address: [email protected]
Website: www.adp.com
11. Health Heroes for Child Care
About us – Providing Health Teaching to Child Care Providers, Families & Children
Nursing students at Samuel Merritt University, under the supervision of RN Clinical Faculty, will provide health promotion services to child care facilities in Alameda County.
Contact person: Lili Cook
Contact number: (510) 282-3083
Email address: [email protected]
12. Alen Corporation
About us – Manufactures of True HEPA air purifiers that remove 99.99% of particles 0.1 microns or larger including dust, pet dander, pollen, mold, mildew, bacteria, and many viruses
Alen air purifiers offer the best valued air purifier in the market today. Alen is trusted by over 300 schools and school districts and is protecting over 43,000 classrooms across the nation. Specifically designed to operate at extremely low sound levels, everyone from teachers to office staff will be able to comfortably work in their space while being protected by an industry leading air purifier featuring True HEPA air filters and an extremely high CADR (Clean Air Delivery Rate) rating. Filters last 12-15 months and changing filters on our machines is exceptionally easy and quick. Additionally, Alen air purifiers consume a fraction of the energy of other brands which saves you money years down the line.
Contact person: Shaun Klen
Contact number: (512) 618-3922
Email address: [email protected]
Website: www.alen.com
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