Choosing quality care
Ask us for our guide, “How to Choose High Quality Early Care and Education,” along with information about the rating system and a list of rated sites in Siskiyou County.
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Quality Counts Siskiyou
Great early experiences shape big futures.
Quality Counts Siskiyou — Our Local QRIS
Our locally implemented quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) — raising the bar for early learning across the county.
When programs keep getting better, kids do too. Quality Counts helps providers grow — and helps you choose with confidence.
A locally implemented Quality Rating and Improvement System supporting and rating early learning programs across Siskiyou County.
Why does quality matter?
Children who attend high-quality early childhood programs are happier, more confident, more successful, and better prepared for the future. They typically enter kindergarten better able to focus, feel comfortable in school settings, and bring stronger learning skills.
The benefits keep adding up: better friendships, stronger conflict-resolution and communication skills, higher high school graduation rates, and greater earning potential later in life.
Join Quality Counts
We support family care networks, family child care homes, early childhood centers, preschools, and playgroups committed to quality improvement — with incentives, classroom equipment and materials, coaching, professional development, and peer learning.
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Quality Counts Siskiyou is run in partnership with First 5 Siskiyou.