Tulare County Child Care Planning Council

Strategic Plan Goals - 2002

Tulare County Child Care Planning Council's Vision is:

Quality child care services are valued by and available to everyone in Tulare County.

Our mission is to advocate, promote and facilitate affordable quality child care services for all children in Tulare County.

Goal 1:

Increase awareness of and facilitate access to child care services in Tulare County.

Objectives:

Develop a countywide CEL by 6/30/03
TCCCPC website is being utilized by parents and providers to access relevant information by 6/30/03
LPC will be more informed about organizations, councils, and committees that focus on children through the establishment of effective linkages.
Increase awareness of council meetings and activities to increase public participation.

Goal 2:

Close the gap between unmet needs and the available financial resources.

Objectives:

Assessment study of unmet child care services and available money
1. Analyze current studies and pinpoint unmet needs/gaps (assessment/impact report)
Develop an action plan to bridge the gap
1. Nontraditional hours
2. Transportation
3. Collaboration
4. Assign responsibility and track follow up
Take action to bridge the gap by a reasonable percentage (3 year goal)

Goal 3:

Ensure that quality child care is valued and available in Tulare County.

Objectives:

Quality summit
1. Present SN study
Develop a Tulare County vision of quality
1. Guidelines (including embracement of quality in any LPC sponsored activity)
2. Plan
Vision and why dissemination by target group
1. Consumers
2. Providers
3. Decision makers
4. Business community
5. Children

Goal 4:

To increase and improve the understanding, knowledge and expertise of child care council members about the specifics of how child care works in Tulare County.

Objectives:

Continue training using annual survey
1. Look at outside organizations or agencies we may need to collaborate with as potential resources
Refine orientation by:
1. Training the training committee
2. Developing a mentoring system for new council members
Identify Council experts
Support specific outside training of council members, which benefits the council, and ultimately the public/children of Tulare County, i.e. Public Policy Internship

Committees

Committee: Marketing
Minimum Number of Members: 8
Goal: #1 -- Increase awareness of and facilitate access to child care services in Tulare County.
Notes: Includes Centralized Eligibility List and information dissemination

Committee: Assessment and Development
Minimum Number of Members: 10
Goal: #2 -- Close the gap between unmet needs and the available financial resources.
Notes: Folded in the Financial Development Committee

Committee: Qulaity Development
Minimum Number of Members: 11
Goal: #3 -- Ensure that quality child care is valued and available in Tulare County.
Notes:

Committee: Council Training
Minimum Number of Members: 6
Goal: #4 -- To increase and improve the understanding, knowledge and expertise of child care council members about the specifics of how child care works in Tulare County.
Notes:

Committee: Assembly Bill 212
Minimum Number of Members: 15
Goal: n/a
Notes: Ad Hoc committee to address AB212

Post Retreat Action Items

Establish committee memberships
Revise action plans with new timelines
Put standing committee reports on agenda