2024-2025 Workforce Pathways Stipend Program
In Person Enrollment Meeting for NEW Participants Only

Due to limited space, a 24 hour notice of cancellation is required. If anyone is a no show for the day of the enrollment meeting, they will be placed on a waitlist. The Consortium will notify the participant if there is an opening or not, at a later date.

This year’s Stipend Program is for Teachers/Aides and Substitutes working in the classroom directly with children.

You must be working towards your AA/AS or BA/BS degree in Early Childhood Education.

If you already have completed your BA/BS, or Master degree and have a Children’s Center Permit you may do professional growth hours only.

Saturday, October 12, 2024

i Can Preschool and Child Care

26704 Murrieta Rd

Menifee, CA 92585

Check in: 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. / Meeting 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Meeting Starts Promptly at 9:00 a.m. No Late Entry Will Be Admitted
Stipend Program Qualifications:

Be 18 years of age
Work in Riverside County as a paid employee
Start working on or before August 15, 2024
Work with the same employer for 9 months between July 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025
Participants must provide direct care for at least three children other than their own, for a minimum of 15 hours per week
Earn less than $60,000.00 gross income per year
¨ Option 1 – College Coursework up to 12 units

¨ Option 2 – 30 hours of Professional Growth only

¨ Option 3 – Both College Coursework up to 12 units and 21 hours Professional Growth

All college courses must be completed with a letter grade of “C” or better to qualify for a stipend and completed on or before 5/31/2024

Please note: If the total amount requested for stipends exceeds funding, the Consortium will notify applicants and stipends will be reduced equitably by a percentage determined by the Riverside County Local Planning Council and the Workforce Pathways Stipend Program Review Committee.

Must have a workforce registry number. Click here to enroll. www.caregistry.org