The Alameda County Child Care Planning Council advises and makes recommendations to policymakers to ensure that all children and families have access to quality child care that educates children and enriches their lives.

The vision of the Alameda County Child Care Planning Council is to be a guiding force for excellence in the care and education of all children and to be regularly sought out for our expertise by local, state and national decision makers.


Planning Council Meetings
Planning Council meetings are open to the general public and all those who have an interest in child care.
Next meeting:
CEL Collaborative Meetings
Thursday, August 7, 2008

Inclusive Child Care
New Chinese Translation! The Top 8 Questions Providers Ask About Inclusive Child Care document was created by the Committee on Special Needs. NOTE: Spanish and Chinese versions are also available.
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Training and Consultation Resource Guide
The Child Care Planning Council, in partnership with the California School-Age Consortium and First 5 Alameda County is offering this Training and Consultation Resource Guide for early childhood programs seeking trainers and consultants whose expertise in the early care and education field can support agencies in meeting their professional development goals. It was created for the Early Care and Education Professional Development and Retention Project in Alameda County. For more information, please contact Nadiyah Taylor at (510) 208-9722 or  e-mail 
The 2006 Alameda County Early Care and Education Needs Assessment Report
As part of the Early Care and Education For All planning process and as mandated by the state, this report describes the current status of child care supply and demand in Alameda County, and is intended to inform County child care policies and priorities with the most up-to-date county data. The report presents an overview of County demographics as well as child care-specific data, and analyses the supply, demand, costs, and experiences and challenges of special populations and the child care providers themselves. We also have profiles available for each city, as well as zip code for Berkeley, Fremont, Hayward and Oakland.

Opening A Child Care Business
If you are interested in opening your own child care business, please contact Community Care Licensing at (510) 622-2602, or one of the child care resource and referral services listed under "Child Care Referral Services" at right.

Have a question about child care or afterschool resources? Get answers from Child Care Coordinator, Angie Garling. Learn more....

New List of Early Care and Education Acronyms 2008
Our field often uses a multitude of acronyms. This document has recently been updated and a few more acronyms have been added to the list. Please check this out and use it as your handy guide for all your acronym needs. click here.

Media Advocacy and Training Toolkit
The Child Care Planning Council in collaboration with Every Child Counts and the Family Child Care Coalition, is pleased to release this Media and Advocacy Training Toolkit. This toolkit was created as a resource for family child care providers to encourage providers to engage in media and community advocacy on behalf of the family child care industry and family child care providers in Alameda County.
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Child Care Referral Services
If you are looking for child care in Alameda County, please contact one of the following child care resource and referral services:
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