The Center for Early Childhood Connections

07/24/2025

Here’s how talking with your child about their feelings can help them feel safe sharing and when to ask the pediatrician for help. Find everyday parenting tips to build resilience and support mental health: learn how to talk calmly, model feelings, use words & visuals, and get proactive with menta...

07/23/2025

We are participating in the The San Francisco Marathon this weekend! The CECC is an East Bay non-profit organization, providing sliding-scale mental health and educational support services for families and children ages 0-8.

Spending on early childhood programs provide a 13% ROI (return on investment) over programs provided to people later in life. (https://heckmanequation.org) This means that every little bit counts and can make an impact in a child's life and future!

We are grateful on behalf of the families, children and educators we serve for your support or for sharing this fundraiser with your network.

https://thesanfranciscomarathon.gofundraise.com/page/TheCenter4ECC

Hi there!We are so excited to participate in this year's San Francisco Marathon in support of the Center for Early Childhood Connections! The Center for Early Childhood Connections provides relationship focused, culturally attuned, and collaborative educational, mental health and wellness supports s...

07/12/2025

We’ve been busy this year—and we’re excited to share it with you! 🙌

From launching new programs to deepening our work with families and early childhood educators, this past year has been full of meaningful growth. And we’re just getting started.

Take a peek at what we’ve been up to—and what’s coming next! 💫

https://the-center.my.canva.site/cecc-2025-newsletter

We’d love for you to read, share, and stay connected.

07/07/2025

Thank you to everyone who attended the Inclusion Convening on Neurodiversity on May 17, 2025 and to the wonderful speakers and partners who shared their stor...

06/19/2025

Hope to see you there!

Let’s dance into wellness, Richmond!

PASOS & Thrive Thursdays offers something for everyone—whether you want to get active, meet new people, or just have fun.

📍 Nicholl Park
🗓 Thursdays at 5:45 PM (no class July 3)
Call 510-368-4544 to learn more.

Rising Juntos | Healthy & Active Before 5 | Doria Robinson City Council Member - District 3 | Supervisor Gioia's West County News/Events

06/12/2025

We are thrilled about this new grant funding for childcare providers in Alameda County! We appreciate all the hard work that went into making this happen and know this will make a huge difference in provider's ability to stay afloat during this time of uncertainty.

Tuesday, June 10, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved First 5’s plan to move ahead with distributing Measure C funds to expand access to early care and education in Alameda County. This is HUGE! This final hurdle unlocks Measure C voter-approved tax dollars that have been caught up in legal delays since the measure passed in 2020. Over the next five years, Measure C provides nearly a billion dollars in investment to support children, families, and child care providers. We are starting immediately to get these critical funds into the community as soon as possible. Today, First 5 Alameda County will begin accepting applications for grants to child care providers. Visit first5alameda.org to learn more!

05/30/2025

One last online TRAINING on Developmental Screening for Care Providers: 6/17 @ 1pm
Sign Up: bit.ly/cecc-training
Free Kits!

Free trainings for home based Contra Costa childcare providers. Join us to build your skills and help kids get the early help they need to grow and thrive! You'll be eligible to recieve a free developmental support “kit” and resources they can use with the kids in their care and a professional d...

05/22/2025

We hope to see you at KidFest! We will be giving out free Inclusion Kits and information for childcare providers.

Bay Area KidFest Bay Area's favorite family event with entertainment, rides & more since 1990. This year at Toyota Pavilion at Concord.

05/21/2025

We are very grateful for First 5 Contra Costa, our co-presenters and all of the educators and early childhood professionals who participated in this inspiring event. Excited to participate in movement as a field and a community towards more neuro-affirming care for young children.

05/08/2025

We are thrilled to participate in this important convening of local early educators on neurodiversity and inclusion in our programs and community. We are so grateful to First 5 Contra Costa for providing this space for conversation and learning.

Calling all early childhood educators + childcare providers!

Join us for a powerful day focused on supporting neurodiverse children + families!

🎤 Keynote: Dani Bowman
Founder of DaniMation Entertainment + cast member of Love on the Spectrum. Dani will share her journey as an animator, artist, and entrepreneur on the Autistic Spectrum.

🗓️ What to expect:

✅ Workshop: Understanding Neurodivergence in Ages 0–5 with Dr. Stephanie Tangsombatvisit
✅ Workshop: Self-Awareness Leads to Better Setvices for Familes with Amanda Campbell,
✅ Parent panel: hear firsthand experiences and insights from parents raising neurodivergent children
✅ Lunch + Resource Fair
✅ FREE resource bag + raffle entry for all attendees!

Register today, space is extremely limited.
🔗 https://www.first5coco.org/inclusion-convening-on-neurodiversity-meet-our-keynote-speaker/

Saturday, May 17, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Willow Pass Community Center
2748 East Olivera Road, Concord CA 94519

03/31/2025

Free training opportunity for home-based childcare providers in Contra Costa! Visit----- bit.ly/cccproviders
Register to learn more and win a gift card or free caregiver "kit"!

01/21/2025

One of the most important aspects of our job as a caregiver, parent or educator is to empower our children to be good citizens of the world and to ensure that all children feel safe. When our public figures act in ways that we wouldn't want our children to, here are some of our recommendations for having big discussions with little kids.

https://www.centerforearlychildhood.org/resources