Program areas at Kidango
Education Services: Kidango, Inc. provides education and support services to over 3,500 children. Our child development centers and family child care homes provide full and part day programs, before and after-school programs, infant, preschool, and school-age programs in a stimulating, multi-lingual, cross-cultural environment.
Behavioral Health & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: Each year Kidangos 10 behavioral health clinicians/home visitors and 16 Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants (ECMHC) provide services for over 1,000 children/families in Santa Clara, Alameda & Contra Costa Counties. Our behavioral health and ECMHC staff promote positive socioemotional health for children and families by providing screenings, assessment, psychoeducation for parents, addressing trauma, building healthy parent child relationships, building teacher capacity, engaging families, and going into classrooms to provide observation and consultation on an ongoing and consistent basis. See Schedule O for further details.
The Kidango Early Head Start (EHS) / Head Start (HS) Program is federally funded and serves children ages birth to 5 years through part day and full day services.Kidango provides EHS/HS Services for 962 children through its own Grantee and through its program partners, the YMCA of the East Bay, Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) and CAPE.See Schedule O for more details.