Early Care and Education for All in Alameda County

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Early Care and Education for All in Alameda County

• Presentation to Santa Cruz County October 27,
  2005

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Overview

• Why Are We Doing This (Now)?
• What Do We Hope To Accomplish?
• Who are the Partners?
• What is the Proposed Structure?
• What is the Proposed Timeline?

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Why Are We Doing This (Now)?

• Impending Preschool for All ballot initiative
• The Planning Council is due for another five year
  comprehensive needs assessment
• Our infant and toddler licensed child care supply
  continues to serve only a fraction of those who
  need it

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What Do We Hope to Accomplish?

• The creation of a vision and goals for quality
  early care and education for all children birth
  to five in Alameda County
• County-wide consensus on the vision and goals
• Analysis of potential policy and regulatory
  changes that would enhance existing resources and
  funding for all age groups

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What Do We Hope to Accomplish?

• Analysis for the best use of PFA funding if the
  2006 initiative is approved, including a review
  of fiscal leveraging possibilities

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Who Are the Partners?

• Alameda County Office of Education
• Sheila Jordan, County Superintendent
• PFA Governance
• Relationship with School District

Alameda County Office of Education
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Who are the Partners?

• Alameda County First Five Every Child Counts
• Mark Friedman, Chief Executive Officer
• Rory Darrah, Early Care and Education Program
  Director
• Money for Planning
• Link to Comprehensive Services

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Who are the Partners?

• Alameda County Child Care Planning Council
• Angie Garling, Planning Council Coordinator
• Rosemary Obeid, Planning Council Chair
• ECE for All Advisory CommitteePlanning Council
• Data Repository

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Who are the Partners?

• Assemblywoman Wilma Chan
• Krishen Laetsch, Senior Field Representative
• Joe Landon, Senior Consultant
• Implementing Legislation for the PFA Initiative
• Community Outreach

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What is the Proposed Structure?

• Scope of Work
• Comprehensive research, data collection and
  analyses, including identification of
  opportunities for policy or regulatory change
• Management and facilitation of Leadership Circle,
  Advisory Committee and Workgroups
• Development and monitoring of pubic input
  sessions
• Development and submission of final report

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What is the Proposed Structure?

• Leadership Circle
• Congressional representative
• State Legislature
• County Office of Education
• County Board of Supervisors
• First Five Commission
• Child Care Planning Council
• Business Leader
• Local Foundation
• Early Childhood Researcher

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What is the Proposed Structure?

• Advisory Committee
• Planning Council Plus
• 37 diverse members, parents, providers, community
  reps, public agency
• Unrepresented categories labor, faith based,
  Community Care Licensing, facilities
• Note this was an important decision recognizing
  the importance and standing of the Planning
  Council and eliminated extra work and hassle
  choosing a new and separate committee

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What is the Proposed Structure?

• Data and Needs Assessment Workgroup
• Head Start
• Family Child Care
• Alternative Payment
• Social Services
• Public Health
• Facilities (Title 5 and Title 22)
• Resource Referral
• Higher Education/Workforce
• City Planner
• Cultural Diversity
• Special Needs/Inclusion

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What is the Proposed Structure?

• Workforce Standards Workgroup
• Head Start
• Family Child Care
• Title 5 and Title 22 Center-Based Programs
• Higher Education/Workforce
• Second Language Instructors
• Special Needs/Inclusion
• Labor
• Child Health

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What is the Proposed Structure?

• Skills and Expertise we think well need
• Organizer/Coordinator
• Recorder/Writer
• Meeting Facilitator
• Demographer
• Economist
• Fiscal Leveraging Expert
• Messaging Experts
• Curriculum Specialist
• Mental Health Specialist
• Family Support Specialist
• Higher Education Researcher
• Legal and Policy Expert
• Linguistic/Cultural Expert

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What is the Proposed Timeline?

• November 2005- July 2006 Phase 1
• Data collection and analysis
• Organize and facilitate public meetings and input
  sessions
• Develop common vision, goals and standards

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What is the Proposed Timeline?

• July 2006-May 2007 Phase 2 (if initiative passes)
• Refinement of data and design to meet plan
  required by the PFA initiative
• Coordination and enlistment of all local school
  districts and community based providers to
  develop and begin implementation of county-wide
  PFA programs
• Determine ramp-up and implementation process

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Lessons Learned?

• Look at the big picture
• Leveraging resources will help other age groups
  and garner greater support from the child care
  community
• Build on what you have (data, experts)
• There are lots of resources out there
• Try to get people on the same page early!
• Messaging is important
• Talk about it all the time to everyone you know