Central California Child Development Services (CCCDS) Child Development Programs

Central California Child Development Services Child Development Programs offers activities where children solve problems, explore new ideas, practice new skills, and discover answers to questions. Children attend in prepared environments that address each child’s individual needs through specific goals and curriculum, with activities and interactions based on developmentally appropriate practice and knowledge of each child. The program philosophy, goals, and objectives address social, emotional, cognitive, language, and physical needs, and the program helps children to be socially competent, become effective learners, increase their physical and motor competence, and stay safe and healthy.

• Ages: 0–5 years old

Central California Child Development Services, Inc. is a private non-profit organization whose single purpose is to provide comprehensive, high quality child development services to income qualifying families. Programs are designed for children from six weeks to kindergarten age, and the agency provides comprehensive child development services for children from 6 weeks through 5 years of age. The organization has been providing child development services since 1984 and has served children and families continually since May 1984, when it opened its first centers at Westley, Patterson, Riverbank, and Ceres, after being awarded a contract in March 1984 to sponsor a child care and development program for migrant farm workers. It now operates in more than fifteen centers.

All CCCDS employees meet the necessary education and experience requirements as required by the state and funding sources, have a physical exam and TB test, and are fingerprinted for criminal clearance before beginning employment. All centers are licensed by the Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing. CCCDS is a delegate and sub-contractor agency of the Stanislaus County Office of Education and receives state, federal, and local funding to serve families in need of child development services. The agency participates in the Child Care Food Program (CCFP) and provides services to qualifying families who live or work in Stanislaus and Merced Counties.

The mission of Central California Child Development Services, Inc. is to provide high quality childcare in partnership with families, with parents and staff working together to provide a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment that promotes development toward each child’s fullest potential, and to support parents to achieve their family’s goals. The agency is governed by a board of elected directors and a policy committee of elected parents. The leadership team includes Executive Director Concha Alvarez; board officers Maria Quintero (President, Former Head Start Parent), Nancy Cook (Vice President, Child Development Expert), Danielle Waite (Secretary/Treasurer, Child Development Expert), Michael Noguera (Member-At-Large, Attorney), Osvaldo Camberos (Member-At-Large, Former Head Start Parent), and Chong Moua (Member-At-Large, Attorney). Additional parent and community leaders include Silvia Gonzalez (President, DC Livingston), Marienne Ruelas Cota (Vice President), Felix Torres 1, Celeste Corona (Secretary, Atwater), Teresita Soto Alvarez (Sergeant At Arms, Riverbank), Jessica Marcelino (President, Von Renner), Astrid Macias (Vice President, Turlock), Selene Mendoza (Secretary, Walter Thompson), and Samanta Torres Martinez (Sargeant-At-Arms, Turlock).

Last updated July 2, 2026.