{"id":993,"date":"2026-05-15T23:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kern.org\/community-connection-child-care\/?page_id=993"},"modified":"2026-05-15T23:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:00:50","slug":"california-child-care-initiative-project-ccip","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kern.org\/community-connection-child-care\/california-child-care-initiative-project-ccip\/","title":{"rendered":"California Child Care Initiative Project (CCIP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The California Child Care Initiative Project (CCIP) is a program funded by the California Department of Social Services.\u00a0 The program&#8217;s primary focus is to increase the supply of quality licensed child care providers for infants and toddlers, during traditional and non-traditional hours.\u00a0 CCIP offers training for individuals interested in becoming licensed in-home family child care providers and for those already licensed.\u00a0 CCIP training topics include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Working with Infants and Toddlers\n<li>Early Childhood Growth and Development\n<li>Working with Parents\n<li>Building a Successful Business\n<\/ul>\n<p>CCIP participants receive incentive packages that include books, educational toys, equipment, and other items to help them succeed as business owners.\u00a0 CCIP participants must be Kern County residents, complete a minimum of 25 hours per training year, and actively work towards fulfilling the following licensing goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Become Licensed\n<li>Expand License from Small (8) FCC to Large (14) FCC\n<li>Add Infant and Toddler Care\n<li>Provide care during non-traditional days\/hours\n<li>Actively participate in monthly CCIP training\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kern.org\/community-connection-child-care\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/05\/New-English-CCIP-Recruitment-Flyer.pdf\" class=\"btn btn-primary\">New English CCIP-Recruitment-Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To find out more about CCIP participation, trainings, or incentives, please call (661) 861-5208.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California Child Care Initiative Project (CCIP) is a program funded by the California Department of Social Services.\u00a0 The program&#8217;s primary focus is to increase the supply of quality licensed child care providers for infants and toddlers, during traditional and non-traditional hours.\u00a0 CCIP offers training for individuals interested in becoming licensed in-home family child care [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-993","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/community-connection-child-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/community-connection-child-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/community-connection-child-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/community-connection-child-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/community-connection-child-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/community-connection-child-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/community-connection-child-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kern.org\/community-connection-child-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}