To: Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Department or Agency Name(s): SCOE & Human Services
Staff Name and Phone Number: Susy Marron, 707-524-2639; Karen Fies, 707-565-6990
Vote Requirement: Majority
Supervisorial District(s): Countywide
Recommended Action:
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Adopt a Gold Resolution proclaiming April 11 through 17, 2020 as the Week of the Young Child, a national effort to recognize the importance of high-quality early childhood education, and the people, programs and policies in Sonoma County that support early learning for all young children.
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Executive Summary:
The mission of the Child Care Planning Council of Sonoma County is to convene and inspire the community through collaboration, leadership, and advocacy to promote and plan for quality child care and development services for the benefit of all children (primarily birth to 12), their families, and Sonoma County.
The Child Care Planning Council was originally established in 1992 to meet the requirements mandated by the passage of Assembly Bill (AB) 2141, which created local child care and development planning councils to identify local priorities for child care and state preschool expansion funds. The passage of AB 1542, which established the CalWORKs program, also required the County Superintendent and the Board of Supervisors to designate a local child care planning council to establish priorities for state-funded child care and development services and to develop a comprehensive countywide plan for child care. It is this bill that connects CalWORKs, and the Sonoma County Human Services Department, to the Child Care Planning Council. On September 29, 1998, the County Superintendent of Schools and the Board of Supervisors designated the Child Care Planning Council of Sonoma County, which is staffed by the Sonoma County Office of Education.
Discussion:
The Week of the Young Child (April 11-17, 2020), sponsored by the National Association for Education of Young Children, is a time to recognize the importance of early learning to celebrate the teachers and policies that bring early childhood education to young children, and to bring local communities together to help give all young children a strong start. Young children and their families depend on high-quality education and care, which bring lasting benefits to them, their families, and communities.
The Week of the Young Child is an opportunity to reaffirm and celebrate the Board’s ongoing recognition and commitment to early learning, young children, their teachers, families and communities. We thank the Board for maintaining high quality early childhood education as a high priority and for attempting to address funding shortages to assure access to quality early learning for Sonoma County children.
Prior Board Actions:
April 2015: Resolution recognizing the Week of the Young Child
April 2012: Resolution recognizing the Week of the Young Child
April 2011: Resolution recognizing the Week of the Young Child
April 2009: Resolution recognizing the Week of the Young Child
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Attachments:
Resolution
Related Items “On File” with the Clerk of the Board:
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