Expanding Access to Higher Education for Family Child Care Providers

First 5 Santa Clara Partnership

EDvance College, in partnership with FIRST 5 Santa Clara County, is excited to launch a fully funded degree pathway for early childhood educators in the county!

This initiative expands our recruitment efforts to reach more early childhood educators, with a special focus on family child care providers in Santa Clara County. Together, we are creating new pathways to success and making higher education more accessible than ever for full-time educators, who often have limited alternative pathways.

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SF Department of Early Childhood Partnership

With generous support from the San Francisco Department of Early Childhood (DEC), EDvance College—together with the SF Hispanic FCC Providers Network and Felton ECE REACH—launched a fully funded degree pathway for Spanish-speaking Family Child Care (FCC) providers in the city. This initiative is designed to help FCC owners enrolled at EDvance this Fall 2025 to grow their business while completing their BA degree in Spanish.

Through Felton’s ECE REACH partnership with EDvance College, participants will receive additional professional development, business development tools, and access to wraparound services while pursuing their education at EDvance College.