Celebrate Safe Communities

Celebrate Crime Prevention and Local Communities Making a Difference; Connect with Your Local Law Enforcement

October is Crime Prevention Month, a time to Celebrate Safe Communities(CSC). Join us this October by registering your local CSC events.

NEW!!!!!! This July 1st is McGruff the Crime Dog's 30th Birthday! Why not make your October celebrations birthday themed?

Long-time partners in crime prevention, the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), National Sheriffs’ Association(NSA), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) are again teaming up on Celebrate Safe Communities (CSC), an exciting initiative designed to help local law enforcement agencies and their community partners kick off celebrations of Crime Prevention Month every October!


NCPC, NSA and BJA are eager to assist your department in educating, mobilizing, and thanking all the residents, businesses, and others helping to keep your community safe from crime!

CSC is designed to spotlight communities’ crime prevention efforts, enhance public awareness of vital crime prevention and safety messages, and recruit year-round support for ongoing prevention activities that help keep neighborhoods safe from crime and prepared for any emergency. This initiative will help local communities organize safety-focused events. Local CSC activities held in October to coincide with Crime Prevention Month will help Americans of all ages recognize that a safer community is no accident and that crime prevention is everyone’s business every day of the year.


CSC was launched by the National Crime Prevention Council, the National Sheriffs’ Association, and the Bureau of Justice Assistance in 2008 and has since reached over 250 sites in 36 states. Help McGruff the Crime Dog® “Take a Bite Out of Crime” this October by celebrating, renewing or forming new partnerships that help keep our communities safe from crime.

Site Map Accessibility Contact
National Crime Prevention Council: 2345 Crystal Drive Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22202 (202) 466-6272

Celebrate Safe Communities

Celebrate Crime Prevention and Local Communities Making a Difference; Connect with Your Local Law Enforcement

October is Crime Prevention Month, a time to Celebrate Safe Communities(CSC). Join us this October by registering your local CSC events.

NEW!!!!!! This July 1st is McGruff the Crime Dog's 30th Birthday! Why not make your October celebrations birthday themed?

Long-time partners in crime prevention, the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), National Sheriffs’ Association(NSA), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) are again teaming up on Celebrate Safe Communities (CSC), an exciting initiative designed to help local law enforcement agencies and their community partners kick off celebrations of Crime Prevention Month every October!


NCPC, NSA and BJA are eager to assist your department in educating, mobilizing, and thanking all the residents, businesses, and others helping to keep your community safe from crime!

CSC is designed to spotlight communities’ crime prevention efforts, enhance public awareness of vital crime prevention and safety messages, and recruit year-round support for ongoing prevention activities that help keep neighborhoods safe from crime and prepared for any emergency. This initiative will help local communities organize safety-focused events. Local CSC activities held in October to coincide with Crime Prevention Month will help Americans of all ages recognize that a safer community is no accident and that crime prevention is everyone’s business every day of the year.


CSC was launched by the National Crime Prevention Council, the National Sheriffs’ Association, and the Bureau of Justice Assistance in 2008 and has since reached over 250 sites in 36 states. Help McGruff the Crime Dog® “Take a Bite Out of Crime” this October by celebrating, renewing or forming new partnerships that help keep our communities safe from crime.

Site Map Accessibility Contact
National Crime Prevention Council: 2345 Crystal Drive Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22202 (202) 466-6272

Inland child care agency expanding capacity

By MELISSA EISELEIN
The Press-Enterprise

Family Service Association recently opened a new child development center in Riverside and is expanding services at another Riverside site and in Hemet.
And still, the nonprofit agency based in Moreno Valley can't keep up with the need for no-cost and low-cost child care services.
"It's hard. There's not enough money but the need is still there," said the agency's child development director, May Eslava.
In a three ZIP code area of western Hemet alone, an estimated 150 to 300 children are in need of full-day child care, Eslava said.
That need is mirrored in many other Inland communities, she said.
The association operates 13 child-development centers in Riverside, Rubidoux, Mead Valley, Moreno Valley, Hemet and Cabazon, and hopes to one day expand into San Bernardino County, Eslava said.
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Melissa Eiselein / The Press-Enterprise
Sarah Valdez, 4, of Hemet, right, traces as Jasmine Pando, 4, of Hemet, chats with her teacher at Family Service Association's childhood development center in west Hemet.
Family Service Association also provides meals for seniors and mental health services to low-income families.
In June, the association bought a former YWCA building in Riverside and plans to triple the number of children previously served at the site.
The Alvord site in Riverside was recently enlarged from four to six classrooms, Eslava said.
In west Hemet, two new classrooms are under construction, which will provide learning opportunities for an additional 48 children ages 3 to 5. The classrooms are expected to open in October, Eslava said.
The additions are being funded through government grants, she said.
Krystal Morley, of Hemet, said the child development center has been a blessing for her family, including her 4-year-old grandson Jamesyn Hunsucker.
"My son is a single dad and he has three kids. Without this place, Jamesyn would have nowhere to go but with me," Morley said. "I have an illness and it's hard to take care of him by myself."
Day care is not the only reason to enroll a child in one of the centers, Eslava said.
"Teachers are not baby sitters," Eslava said. "Even in the infant classroom we have curriculum. If the baby needs to learn to crawl, we give them an activity to support that."
Hemet hairdresser Maria Corral said the low-cost child care program allows her to go to work, while providing a valuable education for her 4-year-old son, Ernesto.
"I have him here mainly to learn English. I don't speak English to him at home. I don't want him to forget his mother language. I want him to be bilingual," Corral said. "When he comes home, he tells me his colors in English and I tell him what they are in Spanish."
For the full-day program, parents must have a job or be seeking employment. They also must meet state income qualification, which are based on the household size. For the half-day program, parents only need to meet the income guidelines, Eslava said.

Early learning centers
Family Service Association operates 13 child-development centers in Riverside County.

Cabazon
Cabazon Child Development Center, 14580 S. Broadway St., 951-849-7535

Hemet Child Development Center, 41931 E. Florida Ave., 951-925-2160

West Hemet Child Development Center, 790 W. Acacia Ave., 951-925-2160

Mead Valley
Mead Valley Child Development Center, 21091 Rider St., 951-657-2889

Moreno Valley
Alessandro Child Development Center, 23750 Alessandro Blvd., Suite G101, 951-653-6100
Hemlock Child Development Center, 23270 Hemlock Ave., 951-786-3985
Moreno Valley Child Development Center, 21250 Box Springs Road, 951-786-3985

Riverside

Alvord Child Development Center, 8230 Wells Ave., 951-637-5587

Arlanza Child Development Center, 7940 Philbin Ave., 951-352-2810

Highgrove Child Development Center, 459 Center St., 951-369-0979

La Sierra Child Development Center, 4601 Pierce St., 951-343-0979

Magnolia Child Development Center, 8172 Magnolia Ave., 951- 687-9922

Rubidoux Child Development Center, 5765 42nd St., 951-274-7940

Inland child care agency expanding capacity

By MELISSA EISELEIN
The Press-Enterprise

Family Service Association recently opened a new child development center in Riverside and is expanding services at another Riverside site and in Hemet.
And still, the nonprofit agency based in Moreno Valley can't keep up with the need for no-cost and low-cost child care services.
"It's hard. There's not enough money but the need is still there," said the agency's child development director, May Eslava.
In a three ZIP code area of western Hemet alone, an estimated 150 to 300 children are in need of full-day child care, Eslava said.
That need is mirrored in many other Inland communities, she said.
The association operates 13 child-development centers in Riverside, Rubidoux, Mead Valley, Moreno Valley, Hemet and Cabazon, and hopes to one day expand into San Bernardino County, Eslava said.
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Melissa Eiselein / The Press-Enterprise
Sarah Valdez, 4, of Hemet, right, traces as Jasmine Pando, 4, of Hemet, chats with her teacher at Family Service Association's childhood development center in west Hemet.
Family Service Association also provides meals for seniors and mental health services to low-income families.
In June, the association bought a former YWCA building in Riverside and plans to triple the number of children previously served at the site.
The Alvord site in Riverside was recently enlarged from four to six classrooms, Eslava said.
In west Hemet, two new classrooms are under construction, which will provide learning opportunities for an additional 48 children ages 3 to 5. The classrooms are expected to open in October, Eslava said.
The additions are being funded through government grants, she said.
Krystal Morley, of Hemet, said the child development center has been a blessing for her family, including her 4-year-old grandson Jamesyn Hunsucker.
"My son is a single dad and he has three kids. Without this place, Jamesyn would have nowhere to go but with me," Morley said. "I have an illness and it's hard to take care of him by myself."
Day care is not the only reason to enroll a child in one of the centers, Eslava said.
"Teachers are not baby sitters," Eslava said. "Even in the infant classroom we have curriculum. If the baby needs to learn to crawl, we give them an activity to support that."
Hemet hairdresser Maria Corral said the low-cost child care program allows her to go to work, while providing a valuable education for her 4-year-old son, Ernesto.
"I have him here mainly to learn English. I don't speak English to him at home. I don't want him to forget his mother language. I want him to be bilingual," Corral said. "When he comes home, he tells me his colors in English and I tell him what they are in Spanish."
For the full-day program, parents must have a job or be seeking employment. They also must meet state income qualification, which are based on the household size. For the half-day program, parents only need to meet the income guidelines, Eslava said.

Early learning centers
Family Service Association operates 13 child-development centers in Riverside County.

Cabazon
Cabazon Child Development Center, 14580 S. Broadway St., 951-849-7535

Hemet Child Development Center, 41931 E. Florida Ave., 951-925-2160

West Hemet Child Development Center, 790 W. Acacia Ave., 951-925-2160

Mead Valley
Mead Valley Child Development Center, 21091 Rider St., 951-657-2889

Moreno Valley
Alessandro Child Development Center, 23750 Alessandro Blvd., Suite G101, 951-653-6100
Hemlock Child Development Center, 23270 Hemlock Ave., 951-786-3985
Moreno Valley Child Development Center, 21250 Box Springs Road, 951-786-3985

Riverside

Alvord Child Development Center, 8230 Wells Ave., 951-637-5587

Arlanza Child Development Center, 7940 Philbin Ave., 951-352-2810

Highgrove Child Development Center, 459 Center St., 951-369-0979

La Sierra Child Development Center, 4601 Pierce St., 951-343-0979

Magnolia Child Development Center, 8172 Magnolia Ave., 951- 687-9922

Rubidoux Child Development Center, 5765 42nd St., 951-274-7940

Outside Agencies that Can Help

Emergency
help for parents and teens. Each agency listed here should have a viable web page of services at free or reduced rates. Certainly they will give you a good place to start. Please right click your mouse on the title of the agency.                                 
                                                                                            

Depart. of Health Services - Free Health Care for children.

Child Protective Services (CPS)

C.H.A.D.D. An organization for parents of children suffering with one of the three types of A.D.D

Free and reduced school meal program - All parents should apply!

Food Stamps

W.I.C

Free Health Care for Your Children

S.A.R.A - Teen suicide prevention ORGANZATION

Foster Youth Guide book - RIGHTS AND AIDE FOR FOSTER KIDS

Medi-Cal - MEDICAL INSURANCE

Homeless shelters -THOSE THAT REMAIN AFTER THE CUTS

Family Care Centers: Dept. of Public Health

Rape Crisis Center - RIVERSIDE & CONFIDEDENTIAL

Loma Linda Medical Center - LOW COST MEDICAL

Operation School Bell- IF FUNDED, A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN CAN GET CLOTHES FOR SCHOOL

Youth Crisis Hotline - YOUNG PEOPLE TALKING TO OTHER YOUTH IN CRISIS

Outside Agencies that Can Help

Emergency
help for parents and teens. Each agency listed here should have a viable web page of services at free or reduced rates. Certainly they will give you a good place to start. Please right click your mouse on the title of the agency.                                 
                                                                                            

Depart. of Health Services - Free Health Care for children.

Child Protective Services (CPS)

C.H.A.D.D. An organization for parents of children suffering with one of the three types of A.D.D

Free and reduced school meal program - All parents should apply!

Food Stamps

W.I.C

Free Health Care for Your Children

S.A.R.A - Teen suicide prevention ORGANZATION

Foster Youth Guide book - RIGHTS AND AIDE FOR FOSTER KIDS

Medi-Cal - MEDICAL INSURANCE

Homeless shelters -THOSE THAT REMAIN AFTER THE CUTS

Family Care Centers: Dept. of Public Health

Rape Crisis Center - RIVERSIDE & CONFIDEDENTIAL

Loma Linda Medical Center - LOW COST MEDICAL

Operation School Bell- IF FUNDED, A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN CAN GET CLOTHES FOR SCHOOL

Youth Crisis Hotline - YOUNG PEOPLE TALKING TO OTHER YOUTH IN CRISIS

CEOP Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre