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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

  • Summer is winding down and we've updated our Calendar for September. Check out the classes and workshops offered this month.

 

  • 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!

  • Make your car a and give a to help make the world a safer place for the children you . California Kid's Plates help keep California kids safe. Proceeds from these plates fund programs that benefit California's child injury prevention efforts, such as bicycle safety, drowning prevention, fall prevention, fire and burn prevention, motor vehicle occupant protection, pedestrian safety, poisoning prevention, firearm safety, sudden infant death syndrome, child abuse prevention and child care health and safety training. Visit the Kid's Plate web site to find out more.
  • Our CARES program, in collaboration with the Butte College and Chico State Child Development Departments, will be offering on-campus, drop-in early care and education career advising services. These services are for anyone related to the early care and education field. Click here for details.
  • 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.