Childcare and Parenting Resources

• Local Child Care providers  - List compiled by the City of Palo Alto
  For more information call (650) 463-4906

     Listing of Licensed Child Care, Family Homes in Palo Alto and after-school care PAUSD elementary school campuses(PDF, 233KB)

     Map of Licensed Child Care & Family Homes in Palo Alto

• City of Palo Alto Child Care Subsidy Program (Administered by Palo Alto Community Child Care)
  PACCC Centers/financial aid

How to Choose Quality Childcare

• Santa Clara County Office of Education - Countywide Childcare Resource & Referral Program

• First 5 - Choosing quality child care

• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

• Department of Social Services Child Care Licensing
  License Check, Record of Site Visits to Child Care locations, and where to call if you have a concern regarding a facility 

• Parents Place/The Center for Children and Youth
  200 Channing Avenue
  Palo Alto, CA 94301
  (650) 688-3040  

• Jewish Family & Children’s Services (Children’s Clinical)
  200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto
  (650) 688-3040

• Children’s Health Council
  650 Clark Way, Palo Alto
  (650) 326-5530

• Center for the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning

Special Needs

• Magical Bridge playground

• Children’s Health Council
  650 Clark Way, Palo Alto
  (650) 326-5530

• Hand in Hand Parenting
  555 Waverley St., #25, Palo Alto
  (650) 322-5323

• Parents Place/The Center for Children and Youth
  200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto
  (650) 688-3040
  
  
• CHAC Family Resource Center - Resources/Classes in English/Spanish/Mandarin
  
  
• Parent Venture - Classes in Spanish

• Heathychildren - American Academy of Pediatrics

• The Search Institute  - Search Institute Resource for Families

• CommonSenseMedia - Common Sense Media

• Preparing Children for Kindergarten

Resources for Adoptive & Foster Parents

• County of Santa Clara Social Services Agency - Adoption

• California Association of Adoptive Agencies

• Blossom Birth & Family
  505 Barron Ave., Palo Alto
  (650) 321-2326  

• Children’s Health Council
  650 Clark Way, Palo Alto
  (650) 326-5530
  (650) 688-3650  Service Line in Spanish

• Parents Place/The Center for Children and Youth
  200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto
  (650) 688-3040

• Parents Helping Parents
  1400 Parkmoor Avenue, Suite 100, San Jose
  (408) 727-5775

• Zero to Three

• Podcasts for Parents from First Five

• The Parent’s Club of Palo Alto & Menlo Park

• Mid Peninsula Parents of Multiples (MPPOM)

• Silicon Valley Twins & Triplets

• National Center on Early Childhood Health and Wellness

• Information and Referral - Information and Referral Palo Alto (formerly Family Resources)
  Family Resources is your link to the community. Use the website's searchable database to find family-friendly service-providers and resources in our community, and much more. Categories include: Emergency/Crisis, Basic Needs, Child Care, Community Resources, Disability Resources, Education, Health Care, Mental Health and Counseling.

• Trustline
  Trustline is a database of nannies and baby-sitters that have cleared criminal background checks in California.  It's the only authorized screening program of in-home caregivers in the state with access to fingerprint records at the California Department of Justice and the FBI.

Domestic Violence/Child Abuse

• Next Door

• YMCA

• Women SV

• Child Protective Services