The Child Care & Development Section offers a comprehensive child development program for children, newborn to twelve years of age. Full cost and subsidized programs are available to City and industrial residents based on eligibility requirements. Services are offered through:

Child Care Programs

Type Location Age Hours Infant/Toddler Care Licensed Family Child Care Homes Newborn to 3 yrs. Monday - Friday 6:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Full Day Preschool Family Center Toilet Trained 2 - 5 Years Monday - Friday 6:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. State Preschool Los Nietos Park Center 3 1/2 - 5 Years Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - noon Before/After School Care Lakeview Center Los Nietos Park Center Kindergarten to 6th grade Monday - Friday 6:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Family Center - Administration Judi Smith MA Ed.- Children's Services Administrator 10349 Heritage Park Drive, Suite 1 Phone (562) 944-6419 Fax (562) 944-8057 E-mail Family Center

Philosophy

The City of Santa Fe Springs Child Development Centers were established to serve families living or working in the City. Programs are planned to promote, support, and enhance the child's optimum development. We believe that children learn and grow best in the context of nurturing relationships and that families are the most important influence on a child's development. This belief is supported by recognizing that each child brings to the program his or her own family values and culture. Our caring staff work together with parents to form partnerships in order to learn more about each child and discover how best to facilitate the child's development. Shared information is combined with current child development research to create an enriching, developmentally appropriate environment that nurtures the social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and creative aspects of the child's development.