Meeting Schedule

Mission

History

Council Members

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Summary of AB 1542 Mandates

The Council meets from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the third Wednesday of every month at the Orange Department of Education, 200 Kalmus Drive, Costa Mesa. Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to attend.

The mission of the Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council is to mobilize public and private resources and foster partnerships to address the child care and development needs of Orange County children, families and providers.

To fulfill its mission the Council:

	Identifies local priorities for child care and development needs in Orange County for state funding allocations.
	Develops a long-range plan for child care and development services within Orange County.
	Develops strategies and resources to improve the quality, safety, and capacity of Orange County’s child care and development programs.
	Enhances collaborative efforts among child care providers, children’s service agencies, special interest groups, community organizations and government agencies to provide Orange County families with the best possible child care services and ensure optimal parental choice in the selection of a caregiver.

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What is the Orange County Child Care and Development Council?

The Council represents different things for different people.

• A place to advocate and work to increase affordable, quality child care and development services.

• A way to develop strategies and resources to improve the quality and safety of child care and development for all Orange County families.
  

• Represents a collaborative effort including government agencies, child care providers, school districts, community and faith-based organizations, and most importantly, Orange County families, to ensure optimal parental choice in the selection of child care and development services.

History:  In 1991, state legislation required local child care and development planning councils for every county.  The initial purpose was to establish local priorities for the distribution of Federal Block Grant child care monies. The Orange County Board of Supervisors and the Orange County Superintendent of Schools subsequently established the Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council and appointed its members with this purpose in mind. The Council is currently funded by the California Department of Education, Child Development Division. All Council activities advocate, encourage, and expand access to affordable quality child care and development services.

Since its initial establishment, the Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council’s role has expanded beyond subsidized child care services. In 1997, the State Legislature passed legislation known as the California Work Opportunity (CalWORKs) and Responsibility for Kids (Clarks). This legislation provided additional responsibilities for the Council such as the need to conduct an assessment of child care and development needs for all families in Orange County and to prepare a long-range plan to meet these needs. The new focus of the Council encompasses a wide range of child care issues.

The Council continues to build strong partnerships and collaborates within the community to help meet the wide range of child care needs throughout all of Orange County. Council members are interested in issues that embrace all aspects of child care and development, including safety issues, quality child care, and increasing the number of child care providers. The Council is a diverse group that provides a forum for everyone to participate. Please join us!

The Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council welcomes input from the community. For further information, call the Council office at (949) 548-3194 or visit the Council website at www.occhildcarecouncil.org

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The Orange County Child Care and Development Planning Council is comprised of a maximum of 40 members. The Orange County Board of Supervisors and the Orange County Superintendent of Schools each appoint one-half of the members. Council members serve a two-year term and can serve more than once. New members are solicited each spring for appointments which begin in August. The specific categories and percentages for membership are defined in law and are listed below: Twenty percent are child care providers: A person who provides child care services or represents a person who provides child care services. Twenty percent are consumers:  A parent or person who receives, or has received child care services within the past 36 months. Twenty percent are public agency representatives. These members represent a city, the county, or a local education agency. Twenty percent are community representatives: A  person who represents an agency or business that provides private funding for child care services, or who advocates for child care services through participation in civic or community-based organizations but is not a child care provider and does not represent an agency that contracts with the California Department of Education to provide child care and development services. The remaining twenty percent are appointed at the discretion of the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the Orange County Superintendent of Schools. The current Council members are as follows:

Name / Agency

Albright, Alan Division Manager Children & Youth Services O.C. Health Care Agency Behavioral Health Services

Anderson, Ingrid School Readiness Specialist Saddleback Valley Unified School District

Berelowitz, Michelle Director Center for Community Collaboration

Brown, William Child Shuttle

Burrell, Jennifer Consultant Creative Childcare Solutions

Campbell, Faye Administrator Child Development Division, City of La Habra

* Castorena, Mary Director Boys & Girls Clubs in Orange County Collaboration

* Chariton, Ellin Executive Director School & Community Services Orange County Department of Education

Chen, Sueling Principal Arborland Montessori Children’s Academy

Class, Robyn Executive Director Orange Children & Parents Together

Conant, Leonor Leonor's Child Care

Daily, Steve Director of Community Development KEYS Family Resource Center

Exelby, Sandy Board Member So. O.C. Community Services Council

Finley-Sanbrano, Laura Member O.C. Assoc. for Education of Young Children

Fitzpatrick, Maureen Ph.D. Lecturer / Researcher Dept. of Psychology & Social Behavior, UCI

Groves, Louri Director of Communications UCI Transdisciplinary Tobacco Research Center

*Hay, Vickie Coordinator Orange Coast College, CalWORKS

Hayes, Raylene Director of Programs Rehabilitation Institute of So. California

Hogrefe, Kelly Project Manager School Readiness Initiative (SRI) Orange County Department of Education

Jewell, Annette Coordinator Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA) Orange County Department of Education

Jimenez, Marty Rail Safety Education Specialist Metrolink

Kiliany, Carol Director of Child Care & Development Services Assistant CEO Children's Home Society of California

Lavinbuk, Elda Child Care Advocate Community Care Licensing California Dept. of Social Services

Martinez, Lupe Director III Child Development Programs Capistrano Unified School District

McFarlin, Kathleen Director Family Support Services United Cerebral Palsy of Orange County

Morgan-Beazell, Gwen Chair, Human Development Dept. Santa Ana College

Munoz, Adolfo Executive Director Orange County Head Start, Inc.

Palacios-Rodriguez, Lydia Office Coordinator CSUF Children's Center

Parrish, Julie Miss Julie’s Preschool & Child Care

Paxton Barbara Immediate Past President Fourth District PTA

*Popp, Jackie Consultant

Ramirez, Paul Director Boys & Girls Club of Garden Grove

Ray, Buddy Executive Director Orange County Community Development Council

Rudolph, Marcia Council Member City of Lake Forest

Senter, Sheri Ed.D CEO National Pediatric Support Services

Shiebler, Sheila Executive Vice President of Program Operations Child Care Services YMCA of Orange County

Stephens, Jim Director Child Development Services Orange Unified School District

Sutliffe, Aurnie Executive Director After-School Child Care & Family Enrichment Center

Watanabe, Phyllis Program Manager II Family Self-Sufficiency County of Orange Social Services Agency * Executive Committee

Members of the community are invited to participate on any of the Council committees, except the two that are closed. Many of the committees meet immediately prior to the Council meeting. Call the committee chair for information about the committee or to express your interest in participating. Committee Chair Phone AB 212 Stipend Project No chair (call Council office) 949-548-3194 Community Outreach Awareness & Resources Jennifer Burrell 562-799-6098 Membership Faye Campbell 562-905-9630 Nominating (inactive) Jim Stephens   Operations Committee Annette Jewell 949-549-1492 Public Policy Aurnie Sutliffe 949-364-6750 Top of Page

Summary of Assembly Bill 1542
Mandates for Local Planning Councils

When legislation does not identify specific target populations or geographic areas to be served in allocating expansion funds, the Child Development Division (CDD) will use the local child care planning council (LPC) priorities for the purpose of allocating new state and federal funds within each county. Priorities shall be submitted in accordance with Education Code, Section 8499.5.

The priorities shall be identified in a manner that ensures that all child care needs in the county are met to the greatest extent possible. To accomplish this, the LPC shall do all of the following:

1.	Elect a chair
2.	Employ, as an LPC Coordinator, staff person(s) equivalent to at least one full-time position. The LPC Coordinator shall assist the LPC in meeting the mandates set forth in Title 1, Division 1, Part 6, Chapter 2.3 of the Education Code. Additionally, the LPC shall employ support staff as deemed necessary to meet LPC roles and responsibilities.
3.	Conduct an assessment of child care needs at least once every five years. The needs assessment shall meet the requirements as specified in Education Code, Section 8499.5(b)
4.	Document information gathered during the needs assessment which shall include but need not be limited to data on supply, demand cost, and market rates for each category of child care in the county.
5.	Submit the results of the needs assessment and the local priorities identified by the LPC to the County Board of Supervisors (CBS) and County Superintendent of Schools (CSS) for approval before submitting them to the California Department of Education (CDE).
6.	Prepare a comprehensive countywide child care plan designed to mobilize public and private resources to address identified needs.
7.	Encourage public input in the development of the priorities. Opportunities for public input shall include at least one public hearing during which members of the public can comment on the proposed priorities.
8.	Conduct a periodic review of child care programs funded by the CDE and California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to determine if identified priorities are being met.
9.	Collaborate with all interested parties, including but not be limited to subsidized and non-subsidized child care providers, county welfare departments, human service agencies, regional centers, job training programs, employers, integrated child and family service councils, local and state children and families commissions, parent organizations, early start family resource centers, family empowerment centers on disabilities, and local child care resource and referral programs, to foster partnerships designed to meet local child care needs.
10.	Facilitate community-based efforts to coordinate part-day programs, including state preschool and Head Start, with other child care and development services to provide full-day, full-year child care and development services based on guidelines and funding models approved by state and federal agencies.
11.	Develop and implement a training plan to provide increased efficiency, productivity, and facilitation of LPC meetings.