NCCS offers your family High Quality, Low Cost or Free Childcare and Preschool Services at eight locations in three
San Diego North County Communities.

Oceanside 4 Locations • Vista 1 Location • Escondido 3 Locations

In recent years, a convergence of research from several disciplines has shown that early learning is critical to the overall development of a child. High-quality preschool programs have been shown to benefit children by boosting the kinds of learning and thinking skills that will be needed for later overall development and achievement.

Early childhood development narrows the achievement gap between diverse groups of students and brings benefits to the individual and the community. By age 5, those children without early childhood education were more likely to lag far behind their peers not only in understanding numbers and letters, but also in such crucial qualities as perseverance and cooperation. Of 50 children who have trouble reading in first grade, 44 of them will still have trouble in fourth grade.

North County Community Services (NCCS) provides child development services for children ages 2-5 at multiple facilities throughout Northern San Diego County. NCCS Child Development Centers prepare children for the formal educational system by utilizing a play-based, child-directed curriculum. This educational programming provides children with opportunities for social interaction with peers and builds rudimentary math, language and literacy skills. Strength in these areas is critical to building a child’s confidence and self-esteem at an early age.

NCCS child development services are available to income qualified families living or working in Northern San Diego County. To learn more about this program or to enroll your child, please call 760-471-0130 or feel free to email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .