Merced County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 255,793. The county seat is Merced.
Merced County comprises the Merced, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Modesto-Merced, CA Combined Statistical Area. It is located north of Fresno and southeast of San Jose.
Please see our Guide to County Resource Organizations page a brief description of the following organizations.
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827 West 20th Street
Merced, CA 95340
Phone: 209-385-5314 | 209-384-0119
Fax: 209-385-5317
Website: http://www.challengedfrc.org
Serving Fresno County, Kern County, Kings County, Madera/Mariposa County, Merced County, Stanislaus County, Tulare County
4440 North 1st Street
Fresno, CA 93726
Phone: (559) 229-2000 | (844) 445-0305
Email: info@epuchildren.org
Website: https://epuchildren.org/resources/advocacy-agencies/special-educaiton-by-county/
632 W. 13th Street
Merced, CA 95314
Phone: 209-381-6711
1850 Wardrobe Ave
Merced, CA 95341.
Referral: 209-381-6793
Fax: 209-381-6764
Website: http://www.mcoe.org
632 West 13th Street
Merced, CA 95341-5908
Phone: 209-381-6601
Fax: 209-381-6767
676 Loughborough Drive
Merced, CA 95348
Phone: 209-385-7337
Fax: 209-725-3778
Website: http://www.first5mercedcounty.org
632 West 13th St.
Merced, CA 95341-5908
Phone: 530-233-7101
Website: http://www.mcoe.org
632 West 13th Street
Merced, CA 95340
Phone: 209-381-5170
Website: http://www.mcoe.org
The Merced County Office of Education Head Start Program consists of 20 sites, 24 family child-care homes, and 19 home-based visitors. A total of 47 classrooms serve 1068 children. The program serves a diverse population including Hispanic/Latino, Hmong and Punjabi families. Comprehensive services are provided to children and families including health, mental health, nutrition, education, social services, and family engagement.
They began implementing the CA Teaching Pyramid in 2009 and became a Partner Site in 2013. A strong leadership team, administrative buy-in from the start, funding for training and materials and an overall program priority for children’s healthy social emotional development and families’ home school connection has made implementation what it is today! We have lots of CA Teaching Pyramid champions in our program! “It really takes a team to keep it going!”