To: Board of Supervisors
From: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Report Title: Appointments to the LPC
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPOINT Julia Johanson to the Child Care Consumer 2- Central/South County seat, Gursimran Khahera to the Child Care Consumer 3 - Central/South County seat, Pamm Shaw to the Discretionary Appointee 4 - West County seat, and Corrie Littlejohn-Pope to the Public Agency 2 - Central/South County seat on the Contra Costa Local Planning and Advisory Council for Early Care and Education, as recommended by the Contra Costa County Office of Education.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact for this action.
BACKGROUND:
The Local Planning and Advisory Council for Early Care and Education (LPC) coordinates programs and services affecting early childcare and education, including recommendations for the allocation of federal funds to local early childcare and education programs.
The LPC consists of 20 members: 4 consumer representatives - a parent or person who receives or has received child care services in the past 36 months; 4 child care providers - a person who provides child care services or represents persons who provide child care services; 4 public agency representatives - a person who represents a city, county, city and county, or local education agency; 4 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; and 4 discretionary appointees - a person appointed from any of the above four categories or outside of those categories at the discretion of the appointing agencies. Terms of appointment are 3 years.
The LPC recommends the appointment of Julia Johanson to the Child Care Consumer 2- Central/South County seat and Pamm Shaw to the Discretionary Appointee 4 - West County seat with terms ending April 30, 2025; Gursimran Khahera to the Child Care Consumer 3 - Central/South County seat with a term ending April 30, 2026; and Corrie Littlejohn-Pope to the Public Agency 2 - Central/South County seat with a term ending April 30, 2027.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to appoint these members will result in reduced public participation and engagement.