ALAMEDA COUNTY CHILD CARE PLANNING COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES September 15, 2006 Steering Committee Members Present Sujata Bansal Alisa Burton Joya Chavarin Tedi Crawford Vicki Fall Donnamarie Fuller Rosa Elaine Garcia Charles Go Becky Hopkins Judy Kriege Michelle McMillan-Wilson Paul Miller Rosemary Obeid Dawn Paxson George Philipp Graciela Spreitz Barbara Terrell Jeannie Virgilio Janet Zamudio Ada Lillie General Members Present: Aisha Brown Supervisor Carson’s Office Valentina Torres The Link to Children Laura Keeley-Saldana ACOE Erin Coppin LIIF Erin Hill-Freschi Every Child Counts Darlene Johnston PACE Sandra Weese CFT Tahereh Ghorabani CCHP Michelle Leving UCCE Laura Otero ECC Child Care Planning Council Staff Present: Angie Garliing Ellen Dektar Steering Committee Members Absent Mary Ann Alam Catherine Atkin Claire Bainer Barbara Garcia Adrienne Hodsdon Barbara Kraybill Raelene Billie Okoh Margie Gutierrez-Padilla Jackie Fox Ruby Rebecca Silva Carol Singer Stacy Thompson Kay Paasche Pamm Shaw Eric Peterson Alice Bedinger Cynthia Leahy Janet Dubois Mars Carla Woodworth Kelly Dotson Krishen Laetsch Nadiyah Taylor AFCCA YMCA Head Start Step One Davis Street CA Montessori CPIN CFT ECC Assm. Wilma Chan Michael Panori I. Call to Order Rosemary Obeid, Chair of the Planning Council, convened the meeting at 9:15 AM at Every Child Counts, 1100 San Leandro Blvd., San Leandro, CA. Attendees introduced themselves and made announcements. Angie Garling, Planning Council Coordinator, announced that Rory Darrah of Every Child Counts will be retiring on December 7, 2006. Elizabeth Ford is the new Director of Early Care and Education. Angie also announced that the December meeting would include a networking lunch based on previous suggestions of the Steering Committee. Angie reminded the Council that there were still spaces open for the “Facilitation: The Art of Group Dialogue” workshop with Odin Zackman of Dig In Design and Consulting. The training is set for Thursday, September 21, from 9:30am-3:30pm at ECC. Rosemary Obeid announced that Tenna Land-Moore would be resigning from her position as Executive Director at Alameda County 4C’s and form the Planning Council Steering Committee due to health concerns. II. Consent Calendar-Action • Approve Agenda and July 2006 Meeting Minutes • Approve 2007 Planning Council Meeting Calendar • Approve Planning Council Support of the Third Annual Family Child Care Awareness Tour Motion: Rosemary Obeid called for a vote. Motion was passed. Tedi Crawford/Jeanne Virgilio III. Planning Council Business • Approve Steering Committee Member Recommendations Motion: Motion was passed with the exception of Janelle Bolte, whose residence and work is in San Francisco and with the amendment that attendance records be considered on returning members who apply for a second term. Paul Miller/Becky Hopkins • Review Strategic Planning Objectives and Strategies to Address What’s Not Working Well The Council reviewed the objectives and their status. Paul Miller suggested that the name and of the document “What’s Not Working Well” be changed to “What Can Be Improved.” IV. Planning Council Correspondence Angie Garling brought to the Council’s attention an article (“Whoa! Children!”) quoting Ellen Dektar, LINCC Project Coordinator, in the East Bay Express and an article (“Padilla Johnson Made Center into Child Care Powerhouse”) about Rose Padilla Johnson, Executive Director at the Davis Street Family Resource Center, in the East Bay Business Times. Copies distributed. Erin Hill-Freschi called attention to an article on First Five Alameda County’s summer bridge program entitled “Parents and Kids Prepare for Kindergarten” that appeared in the Friday, June 30, 2006, Berkeley Daily Planet. Copies distributed. V. Committee Reports (verbal and/or written) A. CEL/UASCC Advisory Committee Nadiyah Taylor reported on this Committee’s activities and announced that this group will henceforth be called the CEL Collaborative. B. Family Child Care Coalition Barbara Terrell reported on this Committee’s activities and spoke of the upcoming Visibility tour. C. Early Care and Education Committee Joya Chavarin reported on this Committee’s activities. Paul Miller spoke on the Kidango grant from the Packard Foundation. D. ECMH Systems Group Sujata Bansal reported on this Committee’s activities. E. Local Investment in Child Care (LINCC) Ellen Dektar reported on this Committee’s activities and announced upcoming Informational Meetings in Castro Valley and San Lorenzo about a potential child care impact fee in Unincorporated County. Copies of details distributed. For more information please contact Ellen Dektar at (510) 208-9578. F. Public Policy Committee Jacki Fox Ruby reported on this Committee’s activities. The responses from the ECE candidates questionnaire will be published on the web and emailed to the General membership. There have been a series of voter registration informational emails. G. School-Age Care/After School Workgroup Judy Kriege reported on this Committee’s activities and the expansion of Afterschool funding through SB638. H. Committee on Special Needs Erin Hill-Freschi reported on this Committee’s activities. For now, the Committee will meet every other month with the next meeting in October. I. Executive Committee Rosemary Obeid reported on this Committee’s activities and referred to the “What’s Not Going as Well as You Would Like With the Planning Council?” sheet. J. Ad Hoc Outreach Committee George Philipp reported on this Committee’s activities. For a current update on any of the committees, please refer to written report included in the packet, contact Angie Garling at (510) 208-9675, or visit the Planning Council’s website at www.acgov.org/childcare. V. Community and Staff Reports (verbal and/or written) Krishen Laetsch of Assemblywoman Wilma Chan’s Office. Krishen reported on the preschool expansion funding available through AB172, authored by Assemblywoman Wilma Chan. Angie provided a Powerpoint presentation of New State Legislation: Implications for Child Care in Alameda County. There was a Public Policy Committee overview, descriptions of Child Care Provisions in Budget Bill, and a rundown of Legislative Bill Status on AB2403 (DeVore), AB 1282 (Mullin), SB 638 (Torlakson), AB 172 (Chan), AB 1246 (Wolk), AB1095 (Mullin), AB 1601 (Laird), AB 2865 (Torrico), SB 697 (Kuehl). Rosemary Obeid provided an update on Early Care and Education For All. She noted that there was still work to be done, and that the final plan would be rolled out in early November. Janet DuBois Mars of the California Preschool Instructional Network provided an overview of their services and future meeting schedule. VI. Public Comment There was no public comment. Angie took a moment to express appreciation for Child Care Planning Council staff members Ellen Dektar and Nadiyah Taylor, who have completed five years and one year with the Planning Council respectively. The meeting was adjourned at 12:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Child Care Planning Council staff, Angie Garling. Alameda County Child Care Planning Council Steering Committee Meeting Friday, December 1, 2007 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Every Child Counts 1100 San Leandro Blvd., Conference Room A, San Leandro, CA