May 20, 2020 State Defunds 4Cs, Marking Beginning of the End for Decades-Old Childcare Nonprofit By The Fly The Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County has until June 30 to hand off $40-million-a-year in government contracts. Read More 19
April 15, 2020 After Years of Dysfunction, Can 4Cs Weather Another Crisis? By Jennifer Wadsworth Many among the rank-and-file at the long-embattled 4C Council fear that Ben Menor will run yet another nonprofit into the ground. Read More 21
August 3, 2018 Embattled Child Care Nonprofit 4Cs Breaks Rules Yet Again with Late Payments to Contractors By Jennifer Wadsworth Last month, 4Cs failed to pay its child care providers on time, violating the terms of their state grants and putting payees in a tough spot. Read More 3
April 11, 2018 State Regulators Poised to Defund Embattled Child Care Nonprofit By The Fly A scathing audit convinced the California Department of Education to find a more scrupulous contractor than 4Cs to manage $40 million in grants. Read More 8
April 6, 2018 State Audit Reveals Startling Abuses at 4Cs, Silicon Valley’s Largest Child Care Nonprofit By Jennifer Wadsworth A scathing new report found that 4Cs child care nonprofit mismanaged state grants and caused undue financial hardship for countless families. Read More 20
March 28, 2018 Nonprofit Officials Accused of Harassing, Silencing Parents By Jennifer Wadsworth The federal Office of Early Head Start is investigating claims of harassment at the Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County. Read More 4
January 24, 2018 Child Care Nonprofit Allegedly Mismanaged Employee Pensions By Jennifer Wadsworth The 4C Council child care nonprofit is under fire once again—this time for allegedly cheating employees out of retirement benefits. Read More 3
August 30, 2017 Director of Embattled Child Care Nonprofit 4C Council Steps Down Amid Five Ongoing Audits By Jennifer Wadsworth After 45 years at the helm of Silicon Valley’s largest publicly funded child care agency, the head of 4Cs has called it quits. But the audits go on. Read More 7
March 22, 2017 State-Funded Child Care Agency 4C Council Placed Under Audit By Jennifer Wadsworth Dramatic operating losses and reports of pension mismanagement have prompted a state audit of the 4C Council. Read More 12
January 25, 2017 County’s Top Taxpayer-Funded Child Care Provider Clams Up over Missing Pension Payments By Jennifer Wadsworth A pension freeze is only the latest sign of dysfunction at the 4C Council child care provider, the South Bay’s largest publicly funded nonprofit. Read More 19
October 12, 2016 Turmoil at Childcare Nonprofit 4C Council: Workers Report Retaliation; Calls Grow for Audit By The Fly Allegations of mismanagement at the publicly subsidized 4C Council has employees, as well as the county’s top executive, calling for an audit. Read More 7
September 14, 2016 Nonprofit 4C Council Accused of Financial Dysfunction, Leaving Low-Income Families in the Lurch By Jennifer Wadsworth A taxpayer-funded Santa Clara County child care nonprofit faces allegations of unfair labor practices and mismanagement. Read More 4