About Us
Mission And Values
We have been a vital part of our community for over 40 years! Helping a parent find child care, training child care providers on how to create safe environments in which to nurture and educate young children, helping parents bridge the affordability gap with child care subsidies, and coaching parents to be nurturing caregivers to their children, are just a few examples of what we do. We help families to succeed, children to learn, and child care providers to be competent, confident caregivers. We continue to grow and fulfill our mission with the help of our donors and volunteers. Through the years, our purpose remains the same: to enrich the lives of children and families.

Get to Know Us
Board of Directors:
Donna Meiss, President
Retired Educator
Member since April 2019
Cassandra Jenecke, Secretary/Treasurer
District Attorney
Member since September 2018
Retired Educator & Administrator
Member since February 2020
First 5 Executive Director, Mariposa County
Member since February 2020
Nicole Scott, Member
Special Education Educator
Member since April 2021
Kimberley Martin, Member
Community Activist & Educator
Member since June 2021
2022-2023 ICES Board Meeting Calendar & Topics
No Meeting
- Year-end contract review
- Fiscal report
- Continued funding application
No Meeting
- Year-end contract review
- Fiscal report
- Continued funding application
No Meeting
No Meeting
- Fiscal report
- Budget revision
- Mid-year contract summary
- Unrestricted account activity
- ED evaluation
No Meeting
- Review/approve banking relationships/signing
- Fiscal report
- Program self-review
No Meeting
- Budget approval
- Annual report
- Appoint new officers
- Annual goals
- Board performance
- Organizational performance
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance (i.e. auxiliary aids or services) in order to participate in this public meeting, please contact the Sonora ICES office at (209)533-0377. Notification 48 hours prior to the start of the meeting will enable ICES to make reasonable accommodations to ensure accessibility to this meeting
Members of the public may request an item to be placed on the agenda of the next regularly scheduled Planning Council meeting. To make an agenda item request, contact ICES @ 533-0377 fifteen working days prior to the meeting date.
Staff:
Executive Director
Director of Finance and Operations
Mariposa County
Cendie Shipp
Office Manager, Senior Advisor Child Care Subsidy Program
Sarah Hamlet Office Assistant Program Specialist Resource & Referral
Shana Bender
Mariposa County Program Coordinator Resource and Referral Child Care Initiative Project
Tuolumne County
Kaysee Trambley Program Manager Child Care Subsidy Program
Erica Talavera Case Manager Child Care Subsidy Program
Kim Cruson
Case Manager Child Care Subsidy Program
Chelsea Vanderwerff
Case Manager Child Care Subsidy Program
Jennifer Reggiardo
Program Manager Raising Healthy Families
Angela Wilson
Family Success Coach
Raising Healthy Families
Elizabeth Wright
Family Success Coach
Raising Healthy Families
Kaitlyn Hanson
Family Success Coach
Raising Healthy Families
Suzan Greenwood
Program Coordinator Resource and Referral Child Care Initiative Project
Child Care Planning Council
Tiffany Dobbs
Program Specialist Resource & Referral
Britney Bliven
Admin Assistant
Program Support