County of Los Angeles Child Care Planning Committee

2006 Child Care Needs Assessment for Los Angeles County (February 2007)

Mission

Fact Sheet

Membership Recruitment and Selection

Members

Meeting Schedule, Agenda and Meeting Minutes

Work Groups

Publications and Reports

Contact Information

Mission

The mission of the Child Care Planning Committee (Planning Committee) is to engage parents, child care providers, allied organizations, community, and public agencies in collaborative planning efforts to improve the overall child care infrastructure of the County of Los Angeles, including the quality and continuity, affordability, and accessibility of child care and development services for all families.

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Membership Recruitment and Selection

The Planning Committee serves as the local child care planning council for Los Angeles County as mandated by state legislation (AB 2141; Chapter 1187, Statutes of 1991).  In 1997, AB 1542 (Chapter 270, Statutes of 1997) stipulated the composition in the planning councils. As a result, there are 50 members, 10 from each of the following categories:  parent consumers, child care providers, community representatives, public agency representatives, and discretionary members.  Membership terms are three years, renewable each year.  Each member may serve up to two, three-year terms.

The recruitment and selection of members begins in March of each year.  Applications become available at this Web site or by contacting Laura Escobedo by e-mail at lescobedo@ceo.lacounty.gov or by telephone at (213) 974-4102.  Applications for 2008-09 are now available by clicking here.

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Members – Program Year 2007-08

Holly Reynolds, Chair
Fairplex Child Development Center
Child Care Provider

Bobbie Edwards, Vice Chair
Community Agency
 

Carolina Alvarez
Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP)
Community Agency

Rosa Arevalo
Westside Children’s Center
Child Care Provider

Rocio Bach
The Children’s Collective
Discretionary

Susan M. Baxter
Parent/Consumer

Norayma Cabot
Parent/Consumer

Grace Castro
Child Care Provider

Noreen Clarke
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Community Agency

Tracy Colunga-Hollingsworth
City of Long Beach
Parent/Consumer

Joy Cyprian
Child Care Provider

Ngoc P. Dang
Child Care Provider

Holly Daasnes
Department of Social Services/Community Care Licensing Division
Public Agency

Sandra Dennis
Long Beach/Lakewood Family Child Care Association
Child Care Provider

Bobbie Edwards
Community Agency

Manuel Fiero
Low Income Investment Fund
Community Agency

Alan Guttman
Claremont Unified School District/Child Development Program
Public Agency

Jan Isenberg
Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE)
Public Agency

Karen Kaye
Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles
Discretionary

Wilma Kiel
2nd Supervisory District Appointee
Discretionary

Pamela Kwok
International Institute of Los Angeles
Child Care Provider

Chantal Lamourelle-Sims
Parent/Consumer

Leticia Lara
Zero to Three
Community Agency

Sheri Lewis
Department of Public Social Services
Public Agency

Rafael Lopez
Commission on Children, Youth & Their Families
Public Agency

Pat Mendoza
Parent/Consumer

Sandra Menendez
Parent/Consumer

Marcella McKnight
Discretionary

Beverly Morgan-Sandoz
LACOE Head Start/State Preschool
Discretionary

Alice Murphy
Bonita Unified School District
Public Agency

Patti Oblath
Santa Monica Child Care and Early Education Task Force
Community Agency

Sylvia Para
Child Care Provider

Dianne Philibosian
5th District Supervisory District Appointee

Kathleen Pompey
Southern California Association for the Education of Young Children
Community Agency

Nellie Rios-Parra
Lennox School District
Parent/Consumer

Dr. Maria A. Rochart
New Horizons Family Center
Parent/Consumer

Ancelma Sanchez
Nueva Maravilla Child Development Center
Child Care Provider

Corinne Sanchez
El Proyecto del Barrio
Community Agency

Pamela Schmidt
Public Counsel Law Center
Community Agency

Lorraine Schrag
3rd District Supervisory Appointee

Atalaya Sergi
Jumptart for Young Children
Community Agency

Angelica Solis
Alliance for a Better Community
Community Agency

Adelina Ruth Sorkin
1st Supervisory District Appointee

Julie Taren
City of Santa Monica
Public Agency

Anita Tetrault
Glendale Unified School District
Public Agency

Jenny Trickey
Santa Monica College
Public Agency

Mary Helen Vasquez
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
Child Care Provider

Alicen Vera
Los Angeles Valley College
Parent/Consumer

Robert Wiltse
Department of Children and Family Services
Public Agency

Patrice Wong
Long Beach Day Nursery
4th Supervisory District Appointee
Parent/Consumer

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Meeting Schedule

The Planning Committee generally meets on the first Wednesday of each month from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at various sites throughout the County.  The public is welcome to attend the Committee meetings and participate in its work groups.  To confirm meeting schedule and verify meeting locations, check this website or contact the Office of Child Care at (213) 974-4103.

Meeting Minutes 2006-07

September 6, 2006
October 4, 2006
November 1, 2006
December 2, 2006
January 3, 2007
February 7, 2007
March 7, 2007
April 4, 2007
May 4, 2007
June 6, 2007

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Work Groups

The Child Care Planning Committee has established seven work groups to guide the achievement of its mission and projects.  In addition, the Planning Committee participates in a joint committee with the Policy Roundtable for Child Care (Roundtable) to address federal, state and local policy issues.

Capacity Development
Facilitates the implementation strategies identified for Goal 2 of the Strategic Plan:  Ensuring sufficient capacity to meet all families’ child care needs in Los Angeles County.  In the coming year, emphasis will continue on reducing barriers to the development of child care as well as ongoing collaboration with Constructing Connections LA and other child care capacity building intermediaries.

Chair:  Carlene Davis

Compensation and Qualifications
Serves as an advisory committee for implementation of the “Investing in Early Educators” Stipend Program.  Members of the work group provide guidance as the program enters its fifth year.  Responsible for facilitating the implementation of Goal 2:  Increased compensation for, and enhanced qualifications of child care teachers and providers.  The work group will complete the development of three “quality” budgets, each of which reflects the Steps to Excellence Program quality rating levels.

Chairs:  Bobbie Edwards and Randi Wolfe

Improving Access to Care
Responsible for facilitating efforts for Goal 4:  Ensure all families have access to quality care regardless of income.  Specific activities are focused on economic impact and empowering families on the waiting lists, which may involve legislation.  Specifically, the work group will review the data from a survey of LACEL (Los Angeles Centralized Eligibility List) families and guide the development of a report and recommendations.

Chairs: Pam Schmidt and Karen Kaye

Inclusive Child Care
This work group focus is on the full inclusion of children with disabilities and other special needs in typical child care and development settings.  Among activities planned for the current program year include:  in collaboration with the Quality and Compensation Work Group, identify and attach costs to budget items relating to full inclusion of children with special needs as outlined in the quality rating system; respond to and help shape preschool learning standards and curriculum guidelines emerging from various state and local initiatives; monitor and be positioned to respond to the guidelines for planning mental health prevention for young children;  and support efforts to sustain the Special Needs Advisory Project (SNAP).

Chairs:  Fran Chasen, Julie Taren

Joint Committee on Legislation
The Planning Committee and the Policy Roundtable for Child Care formed this joint committee to focus on federal, state and local policy initiatives as they impact the County of Los Angeles and child care and development services available for Los Angeles County families.  The committee is responsible for monitoring state and federal legislation and budgets and guiding the development of recommended positions on selected bills and the Governor’s budget and May revise for proposal to the Board of Supervisors by the Planning Committee and Roundtable.

Chair:  Robert Wiltse and Patrice Wong

Membership and Policy
Provides support to the functioning of the Planning Committee as a whole by managing the recruitment and selection of members each year.  In addition, the work group reviews, updates and clarifies Planning Committee policies and procedures.

Chairs:  Maria Rochart, JoAnn Shalhoub-Mejia

School Age Quality
While the Roundtable and Office of Child Care staff continue work on implementing the Steps to Excellence Program:  Quality Rating System for child care and development programs serving children birth to five years old, this work group will focus on developing standards for school age child care that could be used in shaping tiered reimbursement strategies.  The work group will also address implementation of Prop 49 and SB 638 and other capacity issues related to school age care.

Chairs:  Susan Baxter, Alice Murphy

Strategic Planning and Implementation and Needs Assessment
Working on completing the review of revisions to the 10-year Strategic Plan for Child Care and Development in Los Angeles County.  The work group will also advise the update to the 2004 Needs Assessment, including recommendations for growth and improvements to the system of child care and development in Los Angeles County.  In addition, the work group will review capacity data and recommend high priority areas  for general child care and state preschool development in Los Angeles County.

Chair:  Lloyd Kajikawa and Alan Guttman

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Publications and Reports

The Planning Committee prepares publications and reports on issues important to the field of child care and development in Los Angeles County.  Publications and reports are available for download in the PDF format.  To download the materials, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available for fee as a plug-in on most browsers.  Reach the instructions on how to install Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Strategic Planning

The Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Los Angeles County (January 2008)

Needs Assessments

2006 Child Care Needs Assessment for Los Angeles County (February 2007) 

2006 Child Care Needs Assessment Data Tool (for accessing data by geographic areas)

2004 Child Care Needs Assessment for the County of Los Angeles (April 2005)

Economic Impact

The Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Los Angeles County (January 2008)

Workforce

Early Care and Education Career Lattices in Los Angeles (January 2008)

Funding Priorities

Recommended Priorities for Future Funding for General Child Care and Development Services

Recommended Priorities for Future Funding For State Preschool

Plan for monitoring the Allocation of State Preschool Funds in Los Angeles County

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Contact Information

Laura Escobedo, Child Care Planning Coordinator
Office of Child Care, SIB/CAO
222 South Hill Street, 5th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90012
(213) 974-4102 Phone – (213) 217-5106 Facsimile
lescobedo@ceo.lacounty.gov

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