The answers to questions every family asks.

Enrollment, nursing care, ratios, insurance, meals, safety — the honest answers, gathered in one place. If your question isn't here, we'd rather you call than guess.

Getting Started

  • The best way to get started is to book a tour. During your tour, you’ll meet with the medical team for a nursing assessment, and we’ll walk you through the enrollment package together. Nothing gets filled out alone.

  • Most families are enrolled within two to three weeks. Timing depends on how quickly physician orders come back and how much back-and-forth insurance requires. We manage that paperwork with you, not in place of you.

  • Yes! We work with you and your schedule to plan a facility tour and time for you to meet with the nursing team.

  • Free to qualifying families. Not sure if you qualify? Just give us a call and we’ll walk you through the options.

  • No. As long as your child has a qualifying nursing need, you do not need a doctor’s referral to enroll.

Medical Care & Staff

  • Yes. We are licensed as a Pediatric Day Health Care center, staffed with pediatric-experienced RNs and LVNs on the floor every hour of operation, and everything we do follows physician orders.

  • G-tube and NG feedings, tracheostomy care, ventilator support, oxygen, seizure protocols, insulin management, medication administration, wound care, and nebulizer treatments. If you're unsure whether we can support your child, just give us a call.

  • Yes. Our early childhood educators are credentialed and build the daily curriculum alongside the nursing team, so medical care and learning happen at the same table.

A Day at Caring Corner

Routines, meals, communication, and how families stay in the loop.

  • Arrival and nursing check-in, breakfast, circle time, structured play and learning, therapy blocks, lunch and rest, sensory time, afternoon snack, and a daily report at pickup. Every medical task is folded into that flow, not scheduled around it.

  • You get a daily report at pickup covering meals, meds, milestones, and any notable clinical observations. Your nurse is also available at drop-off and pickup for anything the report can't capture.

  • We have meal plans and snacks around each child's diet, allergies, and medication schedule. Families can also send meals from home when that's easier.

  • We review each child's plan every 180 days with the physician, therapists, and family together - or any time something meaningful changes at home, at school, or medically.

Programs & Hours

  • We are open 7 days a week, including most school holidays.

    • Pre-school runs Monday–Friday, 6:30am–6:30pm

    • After-school Program runs daily until 6:30pm

    • TCU runs daily 6:30am–6:30pm

    • Weekend and overnight care is offered Friday 5pm–Sunday 6pm

  • Yes. We stay open through most school breaks and offer full-day coverage in summer for our afterschool families. We close for major federal holidays — a calendar goes home each year.

  • Yes — many families do. Preschool during the week with one respite weekend a month is common; afterschool during the school year with full days in summer is common too. We'll help map a schedule.

  • Yes, we coordinate with your child’s school district to align care, therapy, and educational goals.

  • We can help coordinate afterschool pickup from partner schools within our service area. For medical services and TCU, transportation may be provided by your insurance.

Insurance & Billing

  • Yes. We work with Medi-Cal and most managed Medi-Cal plans.

  • We never charge you directly, but bill your Medi-Cal. Kern Regional Center clients should contact their service coordinator to request a purchase of service.

Policies & Safety

  • We are a facility for children who are medically fragile but not currently contagious. This is to maintain the safety for all the students at Caring Corner. If you child is sick, please consult our full sick child policy here.

  • Sign-in/out for every drop-off and pickup. Only pre-authorized adults with a photo ID may pick up.