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Welcome to Valley Oak Children's Services

 

Valley Oak Children’s Services, Inc. is a private non-profit agency serving Butte County. Our primary function is to make child care more accessible to parents while encouraging quality care situations for families in our area. You can find out more about us here, and get information about the programs we offer here. If you have any questions concerning the information presented here, there are several ways to contact us.

 

What's New

  • You are cordially invited to our first annual "A White Linen Affair" fundraiser! It will be a festive evening of appetizers, cocktail sampling, music, and exciting raffle prizes. A White Linen Affair takes place on August 13th at the Lakeside Pavilion in Chico. For more details and registration information please click here. We hope to see you there!

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  • We've updated our calendar for July. Check out the workshops and classes offered this month.

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  • We are moving our newsletter, The Exchange, from a quarterly, printed version to a monthly electronic version delivered via e-mail. We hope this will allow us to keep you better informed in a more timely manner about our services and the issues affecting families in Butte County. If you enjoy The Exchange, please join our mailing list.
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  • PG&E offers two programs to help you with your PG&E bills. The California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) Program provides a monthly discount on energy bills for income qualified households, and the Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) Program provides a monthly discount on electric bills for income qualified households of three or more persons. Details and application forms for these programs are available here.
  • Now you can help Valley Oak Children's Services and support our programs just by searching the Internet. GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the organizations its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

    GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be supporting Valley Oak Children's Services.

    Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Valley Oak Children's Services as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!

  • Parent Central California, is a new source for resources and information about issues affecting children and families. Valley Oak Children's Services invites parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, educators and anyone interested in improving the lives of children to join this online community. Members can receive e-mails or visit the site to learn about opportunities to get involved by voicing your comments and concerns to decision makers.

Parent Central will give families the information they want to receive at any given time. Each person who signs up can choose the area or areas that most meet their needs. We will have information on child development, tips related to raising children or using child care and more!

  • Child Care providers who use the Minute Menus WebHX program can now download a copy of the WebHX Users Guide.