Childcare Resources

Starting Your Own Childcare Business

For those who are thinking about starting their own business please look at the links below to help answer questions and guide you through this process.

Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing

San Bruno Regional Office
851 Traeger Ave, Suite 360
San Bruno, CA 94066

(650) 266-8800
Fax (650) 266-8847

The core mission of the Child Care Licensing Program is to ensure the health and safety of children in care. The Child Care Licensing Program strives to provide preventive, protective, and quality services to children in care by ensuring that licensed facilities meet established health and safety standards through monitoring facilities, providing technical assistance, and establishing partnerships with providers, parents, and the child care community.

City of South San Francisco - Homepage

Please reach out to city staff to review your plan prior to submittal to make sure it is feasible.

Planning Department
650-877-8535
Planning@ssf.net

Building Department
650-829-6670
building@ssf.net

Finance Department
650-877-8505
Web-Fin@ssf.net

Economic Advancement Center

366 Grand Ave

650-829-6620 (English)
650-829-6648 (Spanish)

The Economic Advancement Center Is a service hub of resources and support for those looking to enhance a career path, or start and grow a business or idea.

Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center

The Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center helps individuals achieve personal, financial, and social transformation through the power of small business. Renaissance provides business readiness, business fundamentals, business planning, women’s empowerment, financial management, technology, e-commerce, merchandising, sales, marketing and offers almost all workshops in English and Spanish.

Resources For Families

4Cs - Child Care Coordinating Council

As the Resource & Referral (R&R) agency in our community, the Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County (also known as 4Cs) supports parents, providers, and our local community in finding, planning for, paying for, and accessing affordable, quality childcare. They also provide referrals to programs and services that support children and families’ needs, including food resources; housing resources; mental health support; legal assistance; and other safety net services. The 4 C’s provide developmental screenings and enhanced child care referrals for children who may have special needs. The 4 C’s support early caregivers and educators in providing quality early care and education.

Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Resources for Parents

This link explains the types of child care programs, information on licensed care and license-exempt care, how to search for a child care facility online, choosing the best child care for your family, and much more.

County of San Mateo Human Services - Child Care

This website has links to resources for families including a database of child care provides who have cleared background checks, subsidized child care programs, professional child care provider organizations and much more.

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility for Kids (CalWORKs) Child Care

CalWORKs cash aid recipients are eligible to receive financial assistance with for child care with a provider of their choice, if they are employed or participating in county approved Welfare-to-Work activities. Pregnant and parenting teens in the Cal-Learn program are also eligible to receive CalWORKs child care.

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network (R&R)

Child care resource and referral agencies (R&R) are state-funded, community-based programs that exist in every county in California. R&Rs make up a well-developed system that supports parents, child care providers, and local communities.

Resources For Providers

4Cs - Child Care Coordinating Council

County of San Mateo Human Services - Child Care

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility for Kids (CalWORKs) Child Care

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network (R&R)

Build Up for San Mateo County's Children

Multiple partners within the County of San Mateo have been focused on this increasingly urgent need to develop new child care spaces to meet the shortage crisis and child care needs of all of our families. This local initiative is a resource to many different stakeholders who all have a strong interest in finding solutions. There are resources, data, and other information available on their website.

For more information regarding the development of child care facilities, the following are links to a few resources that may be helpful in providing planning tools and additional information. More brochures and resources available at the individual websites.

Building Up California

A statewide network dedicated to the equitable expansion, improvement and sustainability of early learning and care facilities.

WDBG - Whole Building Design Guideline

The WBDG is the only web-based portal providing government and industry practitioners with one-stop access to up-to-date information on a wide range of building-related guidance, criteria and technology from a 'whole buildings' perspective. Currently organized into four major categories—Design Recommendations, Project Management / Operations & Maintenance, Federal Facility Criteria and Continuing Education.

Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) - Child Care Programs

LIIF‘s programs provide the fundamental supports for low income people to more fully participate in the American economy. Within each program LIIF leverages its expertise to fill a necessary gap in bringing capital and technical assistance to distressed communities. Together, these programs form a comprehensive approach to community development based on a vision for healthy communities – green, economically vibrant places, where people live, learn and grow to their full potential.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Community Investment Collaborative for Kids (CICK): Financial and technical assistance to develop and improve child care centers. The series of publications include facility design and development guides.