To: Board of Supervisors
From: Family & Human Services Committee
Report Title: Local Planning & Advisory Council for Early Care & Education - Annual Report
☐Recommendation of the County Administrator ☒ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ACCEPT the Local Planning and Advisory Council for Early Care and Education's Annual Report, as recommended by the Family and Human Services Committee.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact for this action.
BACKGROUND:
The Board of Supervisors referred updates on the activities of the Local Planning and Advisory Council for Early Care and Education (LPC) (formerly known as the Local Planning Council for Child Care and Development) to the Family and Human Services Committee (FHS) on January 17, 2006. The last report was provided to the FHS Committee on July 27, 2020.
California Education Code (EC) Section 8231 requires that Local Planning Councils prepare a comprehensive countywide child care plan designed to mobilize public and private resources to address identified needs. Projects and activities of the Contra Costa LPC align with legislative intent for Local Planning Councils to serve as a forum to address the child care needs of all families and all child care programs, both subsidized and non-subsidized in Contra Costa County (Ed code Sections 8499.3 and 8499.5). The last report was provided to the FHS Committee on June 10, 2019.
On July 22, 2023, the Family and Human Services Committee accepted the attached Local Planning and Advisory Council for Early Care and Education's Annual Report and directed staff to forward it to the Board of Supervisors for their information.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
This report will not be received.