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Palermo Union Elementary School District

Building the Foundation of Success

Enrollment Eligibility

Children are admitted according to eligibility and admission priorities established and monitored by the California Department of Education and also Early Head Start if they are between the ages of 18 months and 3 years.
AGE ELIGIBILITY

AGE ELIGIBILITY

  • Children must be between 18 months and three (3) years to attend our Toddler Program.
    • Children must be age three (3) or four (4) years old by December 1st of the program year (July 1 - June 30) to attend our Preschool Programs
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

  • Be income eligible according to the established State Income Ceilings (established by submitting a minimum of 3 months worth of paystubs).
    • Or be a current Cal-Works Program Cash Aide recipient
  • Or a child who has documentation of receiving child protective services through the county welfare department or is at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation
  • Or be Homeless
NEED CRITERIA (FULL DAY SERVICES ONLY)

NEED CRITERIA (FULL DAY SERVICES ONLY)

In order to qualify for Full Day services, the family must meet the eligibility criteria as well as one of the following need criteria (once all need-eligible children are enerolled those children without a need can be enrolled):
 
  • Educational/Vocational Training
  • Employment/Self Employed
  • Seeking Employment
  • Parental Incapacity
  • Child Protective Services (CPS) or children are at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation
  • Seeking Permanent Housing