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Estrella Family Services Child Care Home Network
EFSCCHN is a network of licensed providers who offer child care in their homes. The EFSCCHN serves infants, toddlers, and older school age children. We believe that our homes provide the safe, warm, and nurturing environments our children need to thrive. Estrella Family Services' staff monitors the homes and supplies materials and resources to the providers. Families contract directly with us for child care and pay tuition according to our sliding fee schedule.
River Glen Site
Estrella Family Services School Age Program at River Glen Elementary School is fortunate to be located on the campus of a "Spanish language-immersion" school. We have bilingual staff who possess the skills and desire to help our children with their homework. In addition, arts & crafts, recreational sports, and healthy breakfast and snacks are provided. Some of our River Glen families are funded through Alternative Payment Programs such as: Choices for Children, 4C's, or Social Services, whose fees are based on incomes. The remainder of our parents pay full tuition with a discount for the second child.
River Glen:
408-293-8516
1088 Broadway Avenue, San Jose, 95125
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Galarza Site
Estrella Family Services School Age Program at Ernesto Galarza Elementary School offers arts & crafts, homework assistance and recreational sports, nutritious breakfast, lunch and snacks. We also provide the expertise and the environments required to assist the school with implementing their new programs such as Success for All.
Our Galarza address:
408-287-3447
1610 Bird Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125
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Estrella Family Services
Since 1973, Estrella Family Services, (formerly Gardner Children's Center, Inc.) has provided comprehensive subsidized child care and developmental services in the Gardner district of San Jose.
Our agency incorporates values of parent participation, economic self-sufficiency, education and cultural sensitivity into our programs.
Estrella Family Services believes that a child's health and well-being are an integral part of his/her proper development and education. Consequently, we work with local health providers to offer our children annual dental, hearing, and vision screenings at no cost to the parent. We are also affiliated with a consortium of child care agencies to offer on site, mental health services to our families.
NAEYC Accredidation - Estrella Family Services has earned accredidation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children - the nation's leading organization of early childhood professionals.
Our Corporate Office:
1155 Meridian Avenue, Suite 110, San Jose, California 95125
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Gardner Academy Site
Estrella Family Services offers both preschool and school age care at Gardner Academy. Our full day preschool curriculum, based on individual developmental assessments, is designed to prepare our children for school. We also participate in the "Raising a Reader" program which facilitates academic success and family bonding by providing our children with a weekly bag of books to take home for the week.
Our children further benefit from the constant influx of Santa Clara University students who act as role models and volunteer in each of our classrooms. Estrella Family Services is an academic extension of Santa Clara University's Pedro Arrupe Center for Community Based Learning.
Our school age program offers opportunities for academic tutoring in addition to arts & crafts, games and sports. All Estrella Family Services' programs provide breakfast, lunch, and snack according to USDA Child Care Food program guidelines.
Estrella Family Services currently cares for approximately 300 children, ranging from infancy to 12 years old. Our families are ethnically diverse, working, primarily low income (70% are at or below half of San Jose's median income) and are mostly headed by single parents. For the majority of our families, English is spoken as a second language. To meet our families' needs, we are open year-round, from 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM. This promotes employment stability that leads to economic stability.
Administrative offices and our Gardner Center:
408-998-1343
611 Willis Ave, San Jose, CA 95125
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