CARES

NEW CARES Communications Team
Your NEW CARES Communications team is Goretti Calvo, Chris Pedersen, Eileen McCourt, who are McCourt & Calvo Professional Development Consultants, and Yesenia Lopez, our CARES administrative assistant.

The Newsletter will no longer be mailed to your home, so please check the website as often as possible, and call our toll free number if you have any questions or concerns. The newsletter will be available center locations, the college counselor’s office, and online.

www.first5monterey.org ♦ Toll Free 1-866-486-1266 ♦ Email newcaresmc@gmail.com ♦ Fax (831) 676-3726-8429

Child Development Centers
The communications team will be at CDCs throughout Monterey County September through January, to answer questions and connect you with resources.

Licensed and License-Exempt Family Child Care Providers
The communications team has scheduled two group meetings in October to answer your questions about NEW CARES and connect you with resources. Meet the Hartnell NEW CARES counselors and network with other family child care providers. Refreshments and door prizes for everyone. We have some fun materials for your program. Additional meetings will be held throughout the county during October through January. Call 866-486-1266 for more information.

When:          Saturday, November 5, 3:30-4:30 PM
Where:        King City Little Angels Child Development Center
                    231 Lynn Street, King City

Need your foreign college transcript evaluated?
Go to http://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/cl635.pdf for the list of evaluation services approved by the California Department of Education, or contact the NEW CARES Communications team at 866-486-1266 for a recommendation.

Are you ready to transfer to a 4-year college?
Call our toll free number 866-486-1266 to request information. A member of the communications team will return your call.

Resources:
Click here for our FALL NEWSLETTER
Click here for a list of Student Services
Click here for a list of useful website links

To Participate in NEW CARES
CARES is easier than ever!

Declare your major in Child Development or Early Childhood Education at your community college through the Office of Admissions.

Meet with the CARES college counselor at MPC or Hartnell to create or update your Education Plan.

Apply for a $500 incentive if you reside in Monterey County and you complete six qualifying college units with a grade of C or better, between January 1-2011 and June 20, 2012. Incentives will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis.

For assistance with textbooks, contact your CARES Counselor.

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR CARES COUNSELOR
Call or email directly to make an appointment

Hartnell College Counselors

Sergio Diaz (South County/ King City Education Center) sdiaz@hartnell.edu Cell 831.594.2576

Mercedes Quintero (Salinas/Main Campus) mquinter@hartnell.edu Cell 831.229.6829

Monterey Peninsula College Counselor

Amber Kerchner akerchner@mpc.edu Phone 831.646.4803

Helpful Links:

Colleges with CARES Counselors:
Hartnell College
Monterey Peninsula College

Other Colleges:
Cabrillo College
CSUMB
Gavilan College

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