Crystal Stairs Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

May 9, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.5

Gross Receipts

$89,876,091

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Child care assistance program - under contracts with the california department of education's child development division (cdd), we administer a child care payment program for low-income families cycling off welfare (calworks) as well as for those who are not in the welfare system. The goal is to promote family economic self-sufficiency so that parents can work, seek work, or attend school/training. The program also receives referrals from public or private agencies with "at risk" children due to abuse or neglect. We certify eligibility, assist in selecting child care providers, provide referrals to other supportive services, and make payments to providers. We enrolled 9,347 families with a total of 16,980 children (birth to 12 years old), and made payments to 5,340 licensed and license-exempt child care providers.

Activity 3

Child care resource & referral program - under contract of the california department of education's child development division (cdd), we operate a child care resource & referral service (r&r). The r&r provides free referrals of licensed child care programs to families living in south los angeles and the cities of compton, inglewood, lawndale, hawthorne, gardena and lynwood. We provided 1,715 requests for child care referrals, 3,225 requests for other child care information, and gave training and technical assistance to 2,255 child care providers. R&r specialists help families, regardless of income, to find child care that meets their needs in term of location, price, hours of operation, their child's age, special needs and other factors. Families also receive information on how to identify quality child care. We maintain an electronic database of over 1,800 licensed child care programs which, in addition to our referral calling queue, can be accessed by families 24/7 through our website, by email, or by accessing our online child care referral service. We outreach to newly licensed child care providers and do quarterly updates of providers' records. We maintain a provider resource lending library, co-sponsor a child care provider professional science symposium with the california science center, and conduct special projects (e.g., capacity building and training for infant/toddler care and workforce development).

Filer

EIN

95-3510046