The priority of NCS is the health and safety of our children, families and staff. The NCS management team continues to work on a reopening plan that aligns with Federal, State, and local guidelines from the CDC and Public Health, is responsive to the current situation and that also meets the needs of our staff, families, community, and program requirements. These plans include risk assessments for our locations, training for staff, and procedures for daily symptom checks, physical distancing, and ongoing hygiene, cleaning and disinfecting to maintain healthy operations.
NCS Management has developed plans for operating our centers and home based programs under 3 different scenarios:
- normal operation;
- hybrid operations of some in person and some virtual services;
- and all virtual services.
At this time, we anticipate that all programs will operate under a hybrid or virtual model. NCS class sizes will be reduced to 10 children for preschool classrooms for the foreseeable future. The NCS ERSEA team has been contacting families to determine family need and preference for program types.
Understanding that the classroom community is made of children, staff and families, we are asking staff and families to agree to keep their community safe and healthy by following the local, state and national health requirements.
NCS plans are subject to change as we receive new information from our funders and direction from Public Health based on changing conditions in our communities.
We appreciate the trust and patience of parents and staff as we work through this challenge.
- Fun and Learning for Parents and Children: An Activities Handbook Spanish 
- First 5 California has great information & many activity ideas for children under the age of 5. Spanish
- Early Education Parent Tool Kit
Spanish
- Virtual Play & Learn Groups
- Social Emotional Activities for Children
- Activities to Encourage Speech & Language Development
- Story Line Online, celebrities read kid's books
- Fine Motor Activities for children under 3 years old
- Letter Recognition Activities You Can Do at Home
- Early Childhood Resources for Parents and Educators Spanish
- Cincinnati Zoo Activities Spanish
Community Mental Health support for COVID
Professional staff are available if you are feeling anxious, worried, or depressed related to the current health crisis and need someone to talk to. It can be even more challenging with the direction to shelter in place, leaving people feeling socially isolated. Please reach out for support, by calling 707-268-2999, M-F 8 AM – 5 PM.
- Humboldt Health Alert
- Humboldt County Office of Education
- Del Norte Public Health
- Del Norte County Office of Education
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website
- California Department of Public Health Website
- State of California Covid-19 Information & Resource Page
- FDA Update on hand sanitizers consumers should not use
- Humboldt Community Resource Guide
- 211 Humboldt
- Humboldt Network of Family Resource Centers
- Del Norte Community Resources: Connecting Del Norte
- Humboldt County Resources: Humboldt Covid-19-Resources
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