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Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

Is your child cared for in a home daycare (babysitter’s home)?
Is your child fed during this time?
Do you provide daycare in your home?

Family Daycare Home Providers (babysitters) may be eligible to participate in the Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

What is the Child & Adult Care Food Program?

CACFP is a federally-funded program which provides monthly reimbursement checks to Day Care Home Providers for meals served to children birth to 12 years of age. Its purpose is to improve children’s health and eating habits.

What are the benefits for the Day Care Home Provider?

Reduced cost of food expense.
Training on nutrition, child development, and related areas.
Socialization with other Providers.
Possible reimbursement for food costs for the provider’s own child(ren).
Teens and adults with disabilities may be eligible to participate.

What are the benefits for the parents?

Children receive nutritious meals while remaining in a homelike environment.
Provider’s home must meet health and safety requirement.
Provider’s home must be registered as a Home Day Care.
If you are a Day Care Home Provider, call today for more information. If you know someone who provides home day care, tell him/her about the Child & Adult Care Food Program. After all, Day Care Home Providers give our little ones the loving and homelike environment they deserve.

Want more information?

Tucumcari (Serves DeBaca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, & Union Counties, New Mexico)
210 W. Center St.
Tucumcari, NM 88401
Phone: 575-461-1914 or 800-748-1919, Extension 173

Clovis (Serves Curry & Roosevelt Counties, New Mexico)
1200 Thornton St., Ste. D
Clovis, NM 88101
Phone: 575-742-3127

Community Service Block Grant (CSBG)

What is CSBG?

The Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) program provides, to low-income families and individuals, emergency help:

Food Assistance
Rent / Mortgage Assistance
Medical Assistance
Information & Referrals

Want more information?

Call 1-800-748-1919 (Ext. 140 or 172)

Or you may call or visit your local office at:

CLOVIS
1200 Thornton Street, Suite D
Clovis, NM 88101
Phone: 575-769-1094

PORTALES
1034 Community Way, Room 1
Portales, NM 88434
(575) 356-6038

TUCUMCARI
210 West Center Street
Tucumcari, NM 88401
Phone 575-461-1914 (Ext. 140)
Fax: 575-461-1930

Documents

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INFORMATION ABOUT HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START
Each of the tri-fold brochures is designed to be printed front and back on a single sheet of paper and then folded into three equal sections. However, if you don’t wish to print, you may simply view them on-screen. Adobe Reader required.

APPLICATIONS FOR ENROLLMENT
Adobe Reader required. Print out, complete, and mail back or drop off at your nearest center. Please include the required verificaitons noted on the applicaiton.

EMPLOYMENT
You may use this application unless the job listing specifically states otherwise. Adobe Reader required. Questions regarding employment may be sent to employment@epcaa.org. Print out, complete, and mail back or drop off at your nearest center. You may also fax to 575-461-6526 or scan and email to the address directly above. Signature will be obtained if you are called for an interview.

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Employment
Early Head Start and Head Start

OPENINGS
The following job positions are presently open. Contact addresses are given at the bottom of the page. For Head Start and Early Head Start jobs, you may get an application here. Questions regarding employment may be sent to employment@epcaa.org.

Location: Fort Sumner Head Start
Position: Meal Aide
Opened: 01/04/17
Deadline: Open until filled
Contact: Fort Sumner Head Start
Entry wage: $8.17 per hour (30 hours/week)

Minimum requirements: At least 21 years of age; valid NM drivers license, clear driving record, and own transportation; able to be cleared through NM State Licensing Bureau for employment in childcare
Preferred: Previous experience in a commercial kitchen

Location: Clovis Early Head Start / Head Start
Position: All teaching positions
Opened: 01/04/17
Deadline: Open until filled
Contact: Clovis Early Head Start / Head Start
Entry wage: $13.37 per hour (based on qualifications) for Head Start Teacher, $9.60 per hour for Head Start Assistant Teacher, $9.60 per hour for Early Head Start Teacher

Minimum requirements for Head Start Teacher: At least 18 years of age; associate degree (bachelor or advanced degree preferred) in ECE or an associate degree or higher in a field related to ECE and coursework equivalent to a major relating to ECE with experience teaching preschool children; Able to obtain bachelor or advanced degree in ECE; valid NM drivers license, clear driving record, and own transportation; ability to travel out of town to conduct or complete job responsibilities; able to be cleared through NM State Licensing Bureau for employment in childcare

Minimum requirements for Head Start Assistant Teacher: High school diploma or GED; at least 18 years of age; able to complete licensing-required 45-hour, entry-level training course or an approved 3-credit early care and education course with 6 months of employment and one of the following: have a CDA credential or be enrolled in a CDA program that will be completed within 2 years or have an associate or high degree or be enrolled in a program leading to such a degree; valid NM drivers license, clear driving record, and own transportation; ability to travel out of town to conduct or complete job responsibilities; able to be cleared through NM State Licensing Bureau for employment in childcare

Minimum requirements for Early Head Start Teacher: High school diploma or GED; at least 18 years of age; CDA in infant/toddler care; able to complete licensing-required 45-hour, entry-level training course or an approved 3-credit early care and education course with 6 months of employment; valid NM drivers license, clear driving record, and own transportation; ability to travel out of town to conduct or complete job responsibilities; able to be cleared through NM State Licensing Bureau for employment in childcare

Location: Tucumcari Early Head Start / Head Start
Position: All teaching positions
Opened: 01/04/17
Deadline: Open until filled
Contact: Tucumcari Early Head Start, Tucumcari Head Start
Entry wage: $13.37 per hour (based on qualifications) for Head Start Teacher, $9.60 per hour for Head Start Assistant Teacher, $9.60 per hour for Early Head Start Teacher

Location: Portales Head Start
Position: Assistant Teacher
Opened: 01/04/17
Deadline: Open until filled
Contact: Portales Head Start
Entry wage: $9.60 per hour

Minimum requirements: High school diploma or GED; at least 18 years of age; able to complete licensing-required 45-hour, entry-level training course or an approved 3-credit early care and education course with 6 months of employment and one of the following: have a CDA credential or be enrolled in a CDA program that will be completed within 2 years or have an associate or high degree or be enrolled in a program leading to such a degree; valid NM drivers license, clear driving record, and own transportation; ability to travel out of town to conduct or complete job responsibilities; able to be cleared through NM State Licensing Bureau for employment in childcare

Location: Fort Sumner Head Start
Position: Site Supervisor 1
Opened: 01/17/17
Deadline: Open until filled
Contact: Fort Sumner Head Start
Entry wage: $14.14 per hour (based on qualifications)

Minimum requirements: At least 21 years of age; associate degree (bachelor or advanced degree preferred) in ECE; Able to obtain bachelor in any field with 8 or more courses in ECE; 3 year’s work experience in an ECE setting; 1 year supervisory experience; valid NM drivers license, clear driving record, and own transportation; ability to travel out of town to conduct or complete job responsibilities; able to be cleared through NM State Licensing Bureau for employment in childcare

Location: Portales Head Start
Position: Janitor
Opened: 02/08/2017
Deadline: Open until filled
Contact: Portales Head Start
Entry wage: $8.17 per hour

Minimum requirements: Valid New Mexico drivers license and clear driving record; Be able to be cleared through NM State Licensing Bureau for employment in childcare

Preferred: Previous experience conducting janitorial, maintenance, and/or yard work

CONTACT ADDRESSES
Clovis Head Start / Early Head Start
901 North Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard
Clovis, New Mexico

Eastern Plains C.A.A., Inc. Head Start Central Office
210 West Center Street
Tucumcari, New Mexico
Phone: 575-461-1914, Ext. 205

Fort Sumner Head Start
1001 Sumner Boulevard
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
Phone: 575-355-2445

NM Workforce Connection (web)
http://www.jobs.state.nm.us

NM Workforce Connection, Clovis
111 North Main Street
Clovis, New Mexico

Portales Early Head Start

1034 Community Way
Portales, New Mexico

Portales Head Start
501 East First Street
Portales, New Mexico

Santa Rosa Head Start
658 South Fifth Street
Santa Rosa, New Mexico

Tucumcari Early Head Start
1608 South Rock Island
Tucumcari, New Mexico

Tucumcari Head Start
210 West Center
Tucumcari, New Mexico

Equal Opportunity Employer

Eastern Plains Head Start is not responsible for typographical or other errors.

Updated: 02/10/2017