The Centralized Eligibility List for families who need financial assistance with child care or preschool programs.
The San Joaquin County Centralized Eligibility List known as CEL is the only application process for parents needing financial assistance with state-funded child care or preschool programs. Families who have a gross monthly income that exceeds the state's Child Care and Development Income Rankings may be eligibile for other programs that utilize San Joaquin County's CEL.

The following is a list of state funded agencies who use the CEL as their wait list to fill vacancies when they become available:

o Child Development Centers (CDC)
o Creative Child Care, Inc.
o Economic Opportunity Commission (EOC)
o El Concilio
o Family Resource & Referral Center
o Hawkins-Thompson Child Development Center
o Lincoln Unified State Preschools
o Lodi Unified School Readiness & State Preschools
o Manteca Unified (Pre-Kindergarten & Family Literacy Programs)
o McKinley Village Child Development Center
o National Human Development Foundation
o San Joaquin Child Abuse Prevention Council (First Step Children's Center)
o San Joaquin Delta College Child Development Center
o South-West Park State Preschool
o Stockton Unified State Preschools
o Professional Association for Childhood Education Alternative Payment Program (PACEAPP)

If you have visited one of the above agencies you may already have an application on CEL. Please call 209-953-2121 or 209-468-9245 before adding an application online through this web site to verify if your application does exist on CEL.

If you have not visited one of the agencies listed above, you may click the link "Begin Online Application" to the left of the screen to complete an online CEL application or you have the option to print the CEL application and mail it to CEL.
 
How do I know if my family meets the income requirement? Check income by clicking here 

Centralized Eligibility List
San Joaquin County