FYI
Week of December 15 , 2011
Mark Your Calendars – Children’s Day in the Plaza, April 14, 2012 –
Council Members, please click on the link below to volunteer 2 hours of your time to
cover the Council Booth and to assist with meeting our Strategic Result #1 – The San
Luis Obispo County Child Care Planning Council is recognized for our expertise by the
community, local and state professionals and decision makers and Goal #4 – Increase
the visibility of the Local Child Care Planning Council. We need to make sure we have
a Council presence at our booth to talk with parents while their children enjoy our booth
and MarketPlace activities. http://www.doodle.com/fwa5vkprixxtwrq8
2011 California Child Care Portfolio Child Care Services for Working Families
on the Decline Parents Continue to Struggle Accessing Quality Child Care Accessing
affordable, quality child care has become even harder for working families as child care
programs throughout California are closing their doors, according to the 2011 California
Child Care Portfolio released today online by the California Child Care Resource &
Referral Network. The worsening economy coupled with state budget cuts is threatening
the stability of child care programs. The result is a decline in the number of licensed
child care facilities available in California.
The 2011 Portfolio is the 8th in a biennial series of statewide and county-by-county
reports documenting licensed child care supply and demand in California. The data was
collected in 2010 from local child care resource and referral programs and prepared by
the California Child Care Resource & Referral Network, a statewide organization. The
61 locally-based, state-funded child care resource and referral programs (R&Rs) work
to improve the quality, availability, and affordability of child care in local communities
throughout the state.
Speaking at the Capitol press release on Tuesday, Assemblymember Holly Mitchell,
chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
commented “I was troubled to learn from the data that family child care providers
are going out of business statewide and appalled to learn of the dramatic losses in
Los Angeles County. Loss of these small businesses makes daily life tougher on our
families, communities and economy.” To access the full report and county-by-county
data: www.rrnetwork.org
California Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 2, and the
California Preschool Curriculum Framework, Volume 2. These companion
volumes are aimed at early care and education professionals who work with children
ages three to five years old. The two volumes include the domains of Visual and
Performing Arts, Physical Development and Health.
Ordering information and online versions of the publications can be found on the
CDE/CDD Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/psfoundations.asp and http://
www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/psframework.asp.
Parent and Family Engagement Conference – New for 2012 – Jan. 30 & 31
CHSA has redesigned and renamed our Parent Conference. Starting this year, it will be
the Parent & Family Engagement Conference, to reflect our deeper focus on content
for parent staff, as well as the traditional offerings for parent leaders. It will include the
latest content on family engagement, as developed by the Office of Head Start.
Who should attend? Parents, parent involvement coordinators, Policy Council members,
family service outreach workers and advocates will all find this event valuable.
Education Conference – Feb. 1-3
CHSA’s Education conference advances the knowledge and skills of those involved in
the education of children age zero to five. This year we have added a special strand
for home visiting staff, offering a range of workshops dedicated exclusively to Home
Visitors and their educational needs. This event imparts developmentally appropriate
practices, teaches critical new skills, broadens awareness and disseminates valuable
educational resources. This year’s event will feature trainers from OHS’ National Center
on Quality Teaching and Learning, as well as OHS’ California based trainers, West Ed,
and many other experts from across the field.
Who should attend? Teachers, site managers, home based supervisors, child
development and education managers, family and community partnership managers
and program directors for both HS and EHS will find this event invaluable.
Registration: www.cvent.com/events/california-head-start-association-2012-annual-
conference/registration-19b0ba5cb3b94f73b93e4bc37e0833cd.aspx
National Women’s Law Center wanted to let you know about a December
19th White House call-in day and urge you to encourage your field to participate. As
you are well aware, President Obama is the process of outlining his FY 2013 budget
priorities. The Administration believes early learning is critical but this is an exceedingly
challenging year as you well know. It is important that they know there is widespread
support for increases in funding for key early childhood programs. We hope that you
can participate in the White House call-in day scheduled for this coming Monday,
December 19 . We’ve attached a sample alert that you can adapt for own organization.
San Luis Obispo County Child Care Planning Council
3350 Education Drive, SLO, CA 93405
(805) 782-7280 sloccpc@slocoe.org
