CARE

Services

Payment assistance for child care costs while attending school or school related activities
Textbooks to supplement the EOPS book voucher
Course required materials
Gasoline vouchers
STAGE bus passes
Personal support and encouragement to succeed
Special programs and workshops on parenting, employability, self-esteem, and personal development

You must first qualify for services from the EOPS program.
You must be at least 18 years old.
You must be single head of household.
You must be receiving cash aid through the CalWORKs or TANF programs, either for yourself or on behalf of your children.
You must have at least one child under 14 years old.

CARE accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

Application for CARE

Complete a CARE application (included with EOPS application) and submit to the EOPS/CARE Office in Eddy Hall 3.
Students must be in the EOPS program to be able to apply for CARE.
Supply documentation of CalWORKs or TANF eligibility (pick up an agency certification form in the EOPS/CARE Office and have your Human Services worker complete and return the form.)
Eligible program participants must attend a CARE orientation and sign a Student Agreement Contract before services can be received.

Gabbi Aston, CalWORKs/CARE Program Specialist

Julia Franco, Administrative Assistant II, EOPS/CalWORKs/CARE

College of the Siskiyous
EOPS/CARE and CalWORKs Office, Eddy Hall 3
800 College Avenue
Weed CA 96094

Email: eopsinfo@siskiyous.edu
Phone: (530) 938-5309
Fax (530) 938-5379