Early Childhood & Caregiver Supports
View our April Calendar (in Spanish and English). Through the support of First 5 Alameda County, the Union City Family Center has built a thriving neighborhood based multilingual community, supporting, empowering and engaging caregivers for children from birth to 5 years of age, in order to prepare children and their caregivers for a successful transition to school. You can find many of our video resources on the UCFC YouTube channel.
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We emphasize play and social-emotional development as well as early literacy and learning activities for toddlers as well as parent and caregiver networking.
We offer virtual and in person events in English and Spanish.
Currently, Tot Time Storytime are held every Tuesday in person at
the Union City Family Center in classroom B8.
0-2 year old infants & crawlers 8:30-9:30 am
2-5 year old children 10:00-11:30 am
Join us on Tuesdays
These events are held for caregivers and their children in both English and Spanish. We also have a Father and Father Figure online group; and weekly learning sessions on social emotional health for parents and their children.
We also provide hygiene supports, diapers, children’s clothing, childcare links, and connections for families from infants to transitional kindergarten.
The Union City Family Center offers dynamic virtual programming. On a weekly basis, we host online storytime for children in English and Spanish, weekly learning events for parents and caregivers, and monthly sessions devoted to Fathers and Father Figures. We are also accessible by phone and email for our families.
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