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Reports 2008
This publication was produced by the Alameda County LINCC Project of the Alameda County Child Care Planning Council in partnership with LINCC partners with support from a venture grant from the Linking Economic Development and Child Care Project, the East Bay Community Foundation, and others.
To date we have received responses from four candidates but look forward to more in the future. Their answers are shown in no particular order. Click here to download the questionnaire responses (74KB)* |
Reports 2007
- Coordinator's Testimony to the Select Assembly Committee Hearing on Preventing Youth Violence (119KB)*
This three page document contains the comments Angie Garling gave to the Committee at their hearing on June 1, 2007. Her comments explain the link between quality early care and education and youth violence prevention, and suggest four innovative programs for policymakers to consider. - Child Care is Good Business Powerpoint Presentation (289KB)*
This 27 slide presentation make a strong case for government and the business sector to invest in child care, including benefits to employers like reduced absenteeism and increased productivity. - The Planning Council's Top Five Policy Issues (74KB)*
This one page document summarizes the Planning Council's Top Five Policy Issues for 2007. - Helpful County Child Care Contacts (37KB)*
This two page (legal-sized) document contains many important phone numbers for people who work in the field of early care and education in Alameda County.
- Early Care and Education for All Plan:
As an Early Care and Education for All partner, we are thrilled to share with you the Early Care and Education for All Plan for Alameda County. Alameda County has undertaken this comprehensive planning effort to address the needs of all children birth to five and their families. This Plan will help guide our collective efforts for high quality ECE in Alameda County. We invite you to roll up your sleeves with us and share in this work that will develop lasting and positive outcomes for our children and their families, the ECE workforce and the wider community. - 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. - Tuning into Media in Early Care and Education” Presentation Handout, July 21, 2006 (191Kb)*
This 2 page handout emphasizes the main features from the Early Care and Education presentation, including resources for teachers, providers and parents. - Tuning into Media in Early Care and Education PowerPoint Presentation (1.704Mb)*
The Role of Media in the Growth and Development of Children in Early Care and Education”, July 21, 2006 – This presentation briefly discusses both the negative and positive impacts and influence of media, such as television, computers, videos, music and video games for children during developmental stages. It includes examples of educational use as well as recommendations as to how to monitor media use for children by both parents and providers. - Early Care and Education Candidates Questionnaire The Child Care Planning Council asked candidates in the June 2006 primary election to answer questions about early care and education. We received responses from several candidates. Click here to read their responses.
- The Top 8 Questions Providers Ask About Inclusive Child Care - Spanish (83Kb)*
Created by the Committee on Special Needs, this Spanish language document answers 8 common questions regarding inclusive child care for all child care providers in Alameda County. This document also includes a very useful list of resources for support or technical assistance regarding caring for children with special needs. - Alameda County Directory of Early Childhood Mental Health Services (0-6) and Child Care Mental Health Services and Consultation, 2nd Edition (1.427Mb)*
This directory, a publication of the Early Childhood Mental Health Systems Group, is updated and expanded with new and current listings of these important resources for Alameda County's children, families and caregivers.
- The Top 8 Questions Providers Ask About Inclusive Child Care (82Kb)*
Created by the Committee on Special Needs, this document answers 8 common questions regarding inclusive child care for all child care providers in Alameda County. This document also includes a very useful list of resources for support or technical assistance regarding caring for children with special needs. - Family Child Care 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. - Commonly Used Child Care Planning Council Acronyms (28KB)*
This list describes and explains many of the early care and education terms used by local, county, state, and federal officials. - ESPDT Mental Health Programs for Children 0-5 in Alameda County (99KB)*
This report provides a state-by-state breakdown of the wages and benefits for early care and education professionals. The data is compared both within the early care and education field as well as with wage data for other occupations, showing the lower wages of early care and education occupations in general and especially of child care and preschool staff compared to other early education professionals. - “The Blame Game The Media ‘Explains’ the Preschool Expulsion Study” PowerPoint Presentation, July 15, 2005 (142KB)*
This presentation examines trends in the media coverage of the preschool expulsion study released in May, 2005. It also provides an overview of the report, "Prekindergarteners Left Behind," which comparing state preschool expulsion rates to national K-12 expulsion rates. - “The Blame Game” Presentation Handout, July 15, 2005 (122KB)*
This 2-page handout accompanies The Blame Game presentation, and provides an overview with important details and website links for further information. - The Governor’s Budget and the Federal Legislative Update Implications for Child Care - January 21, 2005 (103KB)*
This presentation details the Governor's proposed budget for 2005-2006 as well as the changes in Federal Legislation having to do with child care. In addition to providing an overview of these budget and legislative details, the presentation describes the implications these details have on the child care industry in the coming years. Overall, most of these proposed budget and legislative changes cut funding for child care programs and eligibility, resulting in smaller programs serving fewer children with fewer resources .
- State Preschool Expansion Priorities for Alameda County first priority for State Pre-school funding (224KB)*
As is mandated by the Child Development Division of the California Department of Education, each county's local child care planning council must submit the local priorities that it has identified for all child care needs in the county. This document presents the areas in Alameda County that show the greatest need for funding, as identified through data from March and April, 2004. According to the data, all zip codes in the county show a top priority need for funding at the infant and toddler level, and twenty listed zip codes show a priority need for funding at the preschool-age level.
- Preliminary Principles of Support for Pre-School For All Endorsed by the Alameda County Child Care Planning Council January 30, 2004 (130KB)*
This document describes the preliminary principles of support for Pre-School For All as developed by the Alameda County First Five Commission's Program Committee in September, 2003. The Alameda County Child Care Planning Council endorses these principles, adding its support to that of the First Five Commission for a Pre-School For All program that includes and implements these guidelines and principles in its structure. The principles focus mainly on providing a high quality program to all children that enhances the programs already in existence, supports the providers and families invoed, is adequately funded by the state, is developmentally appropriate for preschool-age children, and includes input from providers, families, and other child care advocates.
- State Preschool Expansion Priorities for Alameda County first priority for State Pre-school funding (175Kb)*
As is mandated by the Child Development Division of the California Department of Education, each county's local child care planning council must submit the local priorities that it has identified for all child care needs in the county. This document presents the 20 zip codes in Alameda County that show the greatest need for state preschool funding, as identified through data from 1997 and 1999. - Standards of Practice for Mental Health Services in Partnership with Early Care and Education in Alameda County. (628Kb)*:
Created by the Alameda County Early Childhood Mental Health Systems Group with support from Safe Passages, this document identifies and illustrates seven excellent standards of practice for all mental health services practitioners in Alameda County.
- Land Use for Child Care Facilities, December 2002 (406Kb)*
This report updates the 1999 Child Care Land Use Zoning Report, which outlines the land use and zoning policies that impact the operation and development of child care programs in Alameda County. As a part of this update, city planners completed a survey that included a zoning policy review and compilation of best practices that would help planners and elected officials work with child care providers to include their needs and goals in the zoning, development, and permit practices of each city. In addition to these best practices, the report includes overviews of zoning ordinances and fire code policies from 2002.
- The Economic Impact of Child Care in Alameda County, December 2002 (21Mb)*
An update of the 1998 Economic Impact Report for Child Care in Alameda County, this report uses traditional business tools and market analysis to examine the child care industry's impact on the County's local economy. The report includes a snapshot of the county's demographic data, as well as city-by-city data that contribute to the conclusion that while the child care industry has grown in the past several years, it continues to face characteristics and challenges that require particular attention and support from other industries in the economy. - A Survey of the Alameda County Child Care Center Workforce 1995-2001, Feb. 2002 (1.21Mb)*
This report examines the child care center workforce in Alameda County from 1995 to 2001, focusing particularly on the barriers to retention and recruitment in the industry (within Alameda County) that have led to a staffing crisis in child care centers across the county. The study discussed the demographics, salaries, benefits and working conditions of the workforce, staff tenure and turnover patterns, and accreditation factors that interact to create the staffing crisis, as well as policy implications and recommendations for future policies. This report builds upon the 1998 Child Care Wages & Benefits Survey available below.
- Preventative Mental Health Services for Young Children in Alameda County , Feb. 2002
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This report attempts to describe the mental health needs of children in early care and education settings in Alameda County, and provides policy recommendations to meet these unmet needs and better equip the teachers and providers in the County to be able to meet the children's needs. In addition, the report includes a directory of early childhood mental health care providers and resources serving child care centers and early education programs in Alameda County as a resource to parents and providers. - Meeting the Child Care Needs of Alameda County's Children , Feb. 2002 (1.8Mb)*
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.
- Alameda County 1999 Needs Assessment (24Kb)*
This document describes the met and unmet child care needs in Alameda County as of 1999. The needs assessment analyses County data in terms of numbers of children eligible for subsidized care, those not eligible, those who are abused, neglected, or at risk of abuse or neglect, those receiving public assistance, those designated as special needs, enrollment in public school by ethnicity, and first languages spoken other than English in the home. - Companion document to Alameda County
1999 Needs Assessment (13Kb)*
This document accompanies the Alameda County 1999 Needs Assessment, and provides additional family income and public assistance data. - 1998 Child Care Wage & Benefits
Survey (104Kb)*
This report describes the findings of a 1998 survey that built upon a 1995 survey of the demographics, salaries, benefits, and working conditions of child care providers in Alameda County. The findings support the child care provider staffing shortage in the County, and highlight several factors leading to this shortage and high rates of teacher turnover. - Alameda County at a Glance 1998:
This report gives a picture of the County's demographics as of 1998, focusing specifically on the data related to children, families, and child care.
