Child care/referrals

4Cs (Community Child Care Council) of Santa Clara County
2515 N. First St., San Jose. Referral center for child care in Santa Clara County including a searchable online database of licensed child care centers and home day care. Provides affordable child care to low-income families. Call 408-487-0747.

AuPairCare
Agency recruits, screens and places English-speaking au pairs for children, at approximately $340 for 45 hours of flexible, live-in child care per week. Since 1989, AuPairCare has placed more than 40,000 au pairs in homes across the nation. Call 800-4AUPAIR.

Bay Area 2nd Mom Inc.
860 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto. Established in 1983, this agency has places nannies for long term, short term, full-time, part-time and on-call child care. Minimum four hours.
E-mail: info@2ndmom.com, fair_business_ethics@2ndmom.com. Call 650-858-2469.

Child Care Coordinating Council (4Cs)
330 Twin Dolphin Drive, Ste. 119, Redwood City. Information and referrals on child care and preschool programs, and help paying for child care for residents who live or work in San Mateo County.
E-mail: info@sanmateo4cs.org. Call 650-517-1400.

Children's Health Council
650 Clark Way, Palo Alto . Helps children, teens and families find the best ways to learn, develop and thrive. Services include parent education, evaluation, individual therapy, skill building groups, educational services and two schools, Sand Hill School (K-4) and Esther B. Clark School (4-10).
E-mail: info@chconline.org. Call 650-326-5530.

Day care homes
1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto . For a complete list of licensed day care homes in Palo Alto, visit website after Sept. 1, 2012. Call 650-463-4952.

Family Resources
Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Provides information and referral services to assist parents seeking child-care programs and related services in Palo Alto. Also offers direction for providers wishing to start a child care facility. Child care listings and maps are available at the office, in Family Resources desktop kiosks in libraries and other community locations, and on the website.
E-mail: familyresources@cityofpaloalto.org. Call 650-329-2221.

Stanford Park Nannies
1050 Chestnut St., Ste. 202 D, Menlo Park. An owner-operated nanny agency offering long-term and temporary childcare as well as baby nurses for families in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Call 650-462-4580.

Stanford University WorkLife Office
3160 Porter Drive Ste. 250, Stanford. Stanford University offers a variety of child care alternatives including four full-time centers for infants-5 yrs (Stanford affiliates only), a part-time nursery-school program and a part-time lab school, and an after-school program for K-2. The program in Stanford West for infants-5 yrs, gives priority to Stanford West residents and affiliates, but also accepts community enrollment on a space-available basis. Stanford Madera Grove Children's center offers first priority to faculty and second priority to students and post-docs.
E-mail: trasco@stanford.edu. Call 650-723-2660.

The Help Company
The Help Company specializes in detailed searches for household and office staff such as executive assistants, personal assistants, nannies, chefs and housekeepers.
E-mail: melissa@thehelpcompany.com. Call 415-939-HELP (4357) .

Town + Country Resources
425 Sherman Ave., Ste. 130, Palo Alto. Offers access to a wide variety of nannies, family assistants, housekeepers, personal assistants, chefs and professional caregivers on a full-time, part-time, back-up and on-call basis.
E-mail: info@tandcr.com. Call 650-326-8570.

TrustLine
Database for nannies and caregivers. Conducts background checks on in-home child care, provided by the California Department of Social Services. Call 800-822-8490.