All informal and formal child care and education providers qualify for the COVID vaccine!
Please help us reach the family, friends, and neighbors we rely on to take care of young children in our community! Share this bilingual flyer with the families you serve, so they can help their informal child caregivers get vaccinated. ALL are welcome regardless of immigration or health insurance status, and an email address is not needed for the appointment.
There are currently three clinics scheduled for informal and formal child care and education providers:
March 31 | Salinas
April 17 | Salinas
April 24 | Greenfield
Appointments are required!
Please call one of these numbers for an appointment and details:
MAOF Recursos y Referencias/Resource & Referral
(831) 757-0775 | English y Español
Comienzos Brillantes/Bright Beginnings
(831) 204-8076 | English y Español
(831) 204-2251 | English only
For additional information about the vaccination process for child care and education providers, visit www.MontereyCountyChildCare.org
COVID-19 Vaccine Information
- Help spread the word about the importance of vaccinations in your community. Here are tools and examples of some short and impactful messages for the Spanish-speaking community that can help.
- Check out a whole library of vaccine information in indigenous languages! Centro Bilingual and Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at UC Davis created multilingual videos with three important messages for our community: to look in their county for when it’s their turn, message on the safety of the vaccine, and the potential side effects. Click here for the library of videos and share widely!
- Quality Matters invites you to attend their free Info Session on the COVID-19 Vaccine for the early childhood community on April 22 via Zoom. Download posters here and share them with others in your community. The session will be held in English and Spanish! Educators, caregivers, and family members welcome.
- Have you been vaccinated and wondering about face coverings and socializing? Continue to wear your face mask in public and you can socialize with other fully vaccinated people! View more guidelines from the CDC here.
- The CDC has released information on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. Click here for the safety information and here for the myths and facts about COVID-19 vaccines.
- Think you might have been exposed to COVID-19? Here is a chart that outlines the steps you can take to limit the spread.
- The CDC now recommends all persons who have been exposed to COVID-19 quarantine for 10 days instead of 14 days. For the updated guidance (released February 18), click here.
- The Monterey County Health Department has a FAQ page that answers many questions related to COVID-19. Check out their site here, which may help you understand how Monterey County is addressing the pandemic.
- Monterey County Office of Education and the Monterey County Health Department have provided a scenario map to help programs respond to cases of COVID-19 on-site. Use this communication and action sheet to help you make the right decisions for families and children in your community.
- The California Department of Public Health has provided clarification on staff and cohort sizes in child care settings. In this guidance, staff working with children under age five are able to work with children in one or two cohorts.
It Takes a Coalition
The emergency response providing coordinated solutions for child care and education is led by a coalition of early childhood champions, united under the Bright Beginnings Strategic Framework to better support all young children and their families, to prepare every child for life and school. This coalition is ever-growing:
4th Monterey County Supervisorial District
30th California Assembly District
Building Healthy Communities
CAPSLO
Carmel Unified School District
Child Care Planning Council
Child Development Centers and Continuing Development Incorporated
Children’s Council
Early Development Services
First 5 Monterey County
Go Kids, Inc.
MAOF Resource & Referral & Alternative Payment Program
Monterey County Health Department
Monterey County Public Health Office
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
Natividad Medical Center
North Monterey County Unified School District
Office of Education – Early Learning Program
Office of Education – Educational Services
Quality Matters Monterey County
Salinas City Elementary School District
Social Services – Child Abuse Prevention Council
United Farmworkers Foundation
United Way of Monterey County
YMCA
A special thanks to the coordinating team and major funders: Bright Beginnings Backbone, Child Care Planning Council, First 5 Monterey County, MAOF Resource & Referral, Quality Matters, and the United Way of Monterey County.
For more information, please contact sonja@brightbeginningsmc.org.