This is Avery!

Santa Rosa Rise and Shine began as Rich Family Day Care Home in October 1990.  In 1992 Rich Family Day Care expanded to a large family day care home that included a full preschool program and a K-12 home-school program known as Paideia Educational Heritage.

For over 32 years we have supported families with a quality program format that provides stability and structure for children to thrive.  We are committed to our community by providing quality care with standards that will keep children safe & healthy.  

In 2017, our community was devastated by a county-wide firestorm and Rich Family Day Care Home burned down.  No longer able to operate as before a six-month, temporary waiver was issued to operate in the home of another licensed provider. With that waiver expiration coming to end Rich Family Day Care was presented with an opportunity to open anew as a child care center. 

April 2, 2018 we annouced our new name.  Rich Family Day Care became Santa Rosa Rise and Shine Child Care Center, serving families with infants 2-24 months..

Throughout this process we wanted to honor our community, our personal challenges, as well as emphasize our determination to not let our recent hardship hold us back. 

The driving focus, when choosing to name our program, was to honor our community, healing and to emphasize our determination and perseverance to overcome hardship.  

We will continue to work closely with all of the resources available to provide our community with a quality program that serves families with infants.