Children and Family Services | Early Childhood Education Programs Unit
The primary purpose of the programs in our Early Childhood Education Programs (ECEP) unit is to offset the negative effects of poverty for our children and their families so that they can be better prepared to enter kindergarten and succeed in school and in life. We do this by offering high quality child development programs and parent education.
We provide extensive staff development in order to help our instructional staff to be the very best in what they do in the classroom.
The chart below provides a quick overview of our ECEP programs:
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Head Start |
Early Head Start |
State Preschool |
Ages of Children Served |
3 and 4 year olds with priority to 4 year olds |
Infant through 3 years, 8 months of age. |
3 and 4 year olds with priority to 4 year olds |
Income Eligibility |
90% of enrolled must meet federal poverty income guidelines |
90% of enrolled must meet federal poverty income guidelines |
Families ranked using state income guidelines |
Funding |
Federal grant, submitted yearly. September – August cycle. RCOE must match with 25% In Kind |
Federal grant, submitted yearly. September – August cycle. RCOE must match with 25% In Kind |
State grant submitted yearly. July – June funding cycle. |
Enrollment |
Program must be fully enrolled and at least 10% must be children with special needs. |
Program must be fully enrolled and at least 10% must be children with special needs. |
Positive daily attendance needed to ensure full funding. |
For more information on the individual programs in the ECEP unit, please click on the program name.
Esmirna Valencia, Executive Director
(951) 826-6617
ecep@rcoe.us |
