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This document is meant to capture meetings or conferences that we are not all able to attend or if you want to alert other LPC Coordinators of upcoming meetings. If any LPC Coordinator attends and would like to share information and outcomes, please add them. If you have a meeting you think would be helpful, please add all info needed for others to register.

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Zip Code Funding Priority Report Training Slides (PPT)

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Zip Code Funding Priority Report Training Slides (PPT)

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Hi all - here are the slides to the presentation/training from 2/15/24. Please feel free to download and use this info/ these slides with your own counties. I have included notes in the notes section of most slides with more details and some links. All the best - Dez

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This is the CDSS Website that includes the instructions for priority reports, including the 3 Attachments which list specific calculation requirements for each county to identify priorities 1, 2, and 3.

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Child Care and Development Division

Subject: Revised Local Child Care and Development Planning Council Funding Priority Setting Process

Number: 15-04

Date: June 2015

Expires: Until rescinded

Authority: Welfare and Institution Code sections

Attention: Local Planning Council Chairpersons, Coordinators, Contractors, Legal Entity Representatives, Executive Directors, and Program Directors of all Child Care and Development Programs.

Purpose

The purpose of this Management Bulletin is to provide a revised standardized child care and development funding priority setting process for Local Planning Councils (LPCs). LPCs are required to submit their local funding priorities to the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) every year, on or before May 30. This MB rescinds MB 09-05.

Background

California WIC Section 10486 (b) requires the LPCs to review local State and Federal data and provide the CDSS with an updated listing of their local child care and development funding priorities by May 30 every year. WIC Section 10390.1 (a) specifies that LPCs must identify local priorities for the distribution of any new state general child care and development and new preschool funding to promote equal access to child development services across the state. These priorities must be based on direct impact indicators of need.

The WIC language directs LPCs as to how to conduct their yearly review of child development services in order to identify gaps in services and funding priorities that will ensure all child care and preschool services of the county are met to the greatest extent possible given limited state resources.

The LPC priorities are used by the CDSS to determine funding decisions for the new general child care and preschool services. In 2009, California Department of Education staff worked with the California Child Care Coordinators Association to clarify and standardize the LPC priority setting process. This MB updates that process to reflect legislative changes that have occurred as well as a review of the data that had been used to develop the initial priority setting process. One significant change is that the process to set priorities for General Child Care and Development (CCTR) priorities has been separated into two processes, one for school-age children, and the other for infants and toddlers. Another change is that previous options of using the county Centralized Eligibility List (CEL) data has been removed, as the CEL is no longer mandated and funded in all counties. Finally, by combining the California State Preschool Program (CSPP) full and part-day into one priority process, some adjustments have been made to the percentage and caseload thresholds necessary to become a Priority 1, 2, or 3.

The new priority setting process must be utilized for the priorities submitted by May 30 of each year.

Process for Establishing LPC Priorities

All county LPCs must:

1. Use the methodology for establishing LPC priorities based on the population of the county, using the most recent county demographic information from the California Department of Finance Demographics Unit.

2. Review the instructions in Attachment 1 which describe and define the process by which LPC priorities are established for the CSPP.

3. Review the instructions in Attachment 2 which describe and define the process by which LPC priorities are established for the CCTR Infant/Toddler Program.

4. Review the instructions in Attachment 3 which describe and define the process by which LPC priorities are established for the CCTR School Aged Program.

5. Analyze all of the data to determine Priority 1 and Priority 2 rankings for each zip code in the county.

6. Priority 3 may be established using Option 1 or Option 2, all other zip codes in the county, or Option 3, which is no other zip codes in the county. The LPC priorities report form must identify which options have been chosen.

7. List each local zip code in the county. Each zip code must only have one identified priority number.

8. LPC priorities must be submitted electronically to the CDSS in Microsoft Excel 2000 or newer versions. The LPC priority forms include instructions and examples of the correct format. This is described in Attachment 4.

The attached LPC priority forms must be completed, approved, signed, and submitted to:

Child Care and Development Division

California Department of Social Services

744 P Street, MS 9-8-353

Sacramento, CA 95814

These forms must also be submitted electronically to lpc@dss.ca.gov, and a signed hard copy and attached spreadsheet for CSPP and CCTR programs must be mailed to the above-mentioned address every year on or before May 30.

If you have any questions regarding the information in this management bulletin, please contact your assigned CCDD Consultant at our CCDD Contract Landing Page or by phone at 916-651-5382.

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Process for Establishing LPC Priorities: Management Bulletin 15-04

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Subject: Revised Local Child Care and Development Planning Council Funding Priority Setting Process Number: 15-04 Date: June 2015 Expires: Until rescinded Authority: Welfare and Institution Code sections Attention: Local Planning Council Chairpersons, Coordinators, Contractors, Legal Entity Representatives, Executive Directors, and Program Directors of all Child Care and Development Programs. The purpose of this Management Bulletin is to provide a revised standardized child care and development funding priority setting process for Local Planning Councils (LPCs).

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LOCAL PLANNING COUNCIL (LPC) COUNTY PRIORITIES REPORT FORM

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LOCAL PLANNING COUNCIL (LPC) COUNTY PRIORITIES REPORT FORM

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This is 1 of 2 documents that must be submitted for the Zip Code Priority Report. Document 1 is this one: Local Planning Council County Priorities Report Form. Document 2 is an excel spreadsheet call LPC Zip Code Priorities Template.

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This is 2 of 2 documents that must be submitted for the Zip Code Priority Report. Document 1 is the PDF called Local Planning Council County Priorities Report Form. Document 2 is this one, an excel spreadsheet call LPC Zip Code Priorities Template.

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Zip Code Priority Reporting Calculations Template

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Zip Code Priority Reporting Calculations Template

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This is the template used to calculate our zip code priority numbers. It does not get sent to the state, it is an internal document for calculation purposes only.

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EL Dorado COE RFP for Comprehensive Plan

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EL Dorado COE RFP for Comprehensive Plan

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Send you Zip Code Priority Report to:

CDSS: lpc@dss.ca.gov

CDE: lpc-reports@cde.ca.gov

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Process for Establishing LPC Priorities: Management Bulletin 15-04

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Process for Establishing LPC Priorities: Management Bulletin 15-04

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2023-2024 CLPC Funding Terms and Conditions

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2023-2024 CLPC Funding Terms and Conditions

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State Subsidized Data by County - Supports LPC County Priority Report

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AIR's Early Learning Needs Assessment Tool allows users to create custom reports by county and California legislative district, with zip code detail, regarding the supply of and demand for early care and education. Data are available by age cohort for children 0-5, with some information available on school-aged children. Information available through this tool includes, by geographic area and age cohort:

The estimated number of children

Number of kindergartners

Number of English learners

Number of children estimated to be eligible for California's State Preschool/Title 5 Child Development programs

Number of children enrolled in various early care and education programs, including Transitional Kindergarten, State Preschool, Head Start, Title 5 family child care homes, CalWORKS stages 2 and 3

These data have been compiled from multiple sources (including the American Community Survey PUMS data, California Department of Education, California Department of Social Services, an AIR-administered survey of Head Start programs, and California Child Care Resource and Referral Network). Data are available for 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, and now 2020, selected variables.

NOTE: The Census Bureau did not release its standard 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) estimates because of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the Census Bureau released experimental estimates. Because the ELNAT relies on ACS data, we chose to use 2019 ACS data instead of using 2020 experimental estimates for the 2020 ELNAT updates.

To subscribe to this tool, please contact Emily Weinberg at eweinberg@air.org for more information.

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AIR's Early Learning Needs Assessment Tool allows users to create custom reports by county and California legislative district, with zip code detail, regarding the supply of and demand for early care and education. Data are available by age cohort for children 0-5, with some information available on school-aged children.

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Lesson Design Institute
Learn more about the Lesson Design Institute, where you will learn how you can support California educators in high quality lesson design to be shared and showcased with educators across the state.

Learning Resources
Classroom-ready materials from high-quality providers free for educators to blend with their own instructional strategies and share with students and peers.

Collaboration
Group tools help local teams collaboratively develop and share learning materials, instructional strategies, and leadership approaches.

Leadership Support
Resources, programs, and strategies to guide leadership teams in promoting educator excellence, student success, and community support.

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Lesson Design Institute Learn more about the Lesson Design Institute, where you will learn how you can support California educators in high quality lesson design to be shared and showcased with educators across the state. Learning Resources Classroom-ready materials from high-quality providers free for educators to blend with their own instructional strategies and share with students and peers.

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Documents

Description

Overview and Instructions (DOCX)
Instructions and forms for completing the UPK Mixed Delivery Planning Grant Request for Data (RFD).

Certification Form (PDF)
Form to be completed by the undersigned entities (LPCs and R&Rs) certifying/agreeing to the single RFD application submitted by the lead agency.

Request for Data

The UPK Mixed Delivery Planning Grant RFD is intended for LPCs and R&R agencies. Eligible applicants may apply.

Letter of Intent

Letter of Intent (LOI) is required if the LPC or R&R intends to submit an application. The LOI was due December 6, 2022. If your county has not submitted an LOI, please contact the email address listed above.

Webinar Presentation (PPTX)
PowerPoint presentation from the UPK Mixed Delivery Planning Grant Webinar from the California Department of Education on November 9, 2022.

Budget Narrative Budget Summary

Budget documents to be submitted with the RFD application.

Funding Results

Funding Results for the UPK Mixed Delivery Planning Grant.

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RFD: Universal PreKindergarten Mixed Delivery Planning Grant (CA Dept of Education)

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This is the 2022 Universal PreKindergarten Mixed Delivery Planning Grant Request for Data web page.

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Sonoma Co. Countywide Plan for Child Care

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Sonoma Co. Countywide Plan for Child Care

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California Legislative Information - Bill Tracker

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California Legislative Information - Bill Tracker

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Download data on Centers and Large FCCHs - sort by county

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Department of Social Services, State of California

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Social Services - Community Care Facility search

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Santa Clara Co. Early Learning Master Plan

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Santa Clara Co. Early Learning Master Plan

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California Alternative Payment Program Association (CAPPA)

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California Alternative Payment Program Association (CAPPA)

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Established in 1977, the California Alternative Payment Program Association (CAPPA) was created to serve as a voice for a mixed delivery system of public and private community based agencies dedicated to connecting poor families and their children to child care and early learning. Agencies contract with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to distribute federal and state child care and development subsidies ( vouchers) for CalWORKs and eligible working poor families. Alternative Payment Programs (APPs) support hundreds of thousands of working families and children by ensuring parental choice of child focused programs meets both parent needs of working and child needs of learning.

April 24, 2023

support the needs of working moms and dads with access to child care and other supports earmarked to lift families up from poverty. During the pandemic, these programs have distributed emergency essential worker child care vouchers, family child care and center stipends & PPE, diapers, food and clothing. Community based public and private Alternative Payment Programs (APPs)
See how Solano Family & Children's Services is supporting the needs of family child care providers and families in Solano County.

Your membership in CAPPA is one of the best investments you can make in your business. Don't wait another minute! Join or renew today and take advantage of all the benefits of membership. Lend your voice to CAPPA's advocacy and get first-hand information about the state of child care issues in California.

Latest News

Implementation of AB 179, One-Time, Per-Child Stipends for Child Care Providers Caring for Children Receiving a State Child Care Subsidy

Allocations To Support Child Care Providers United (CCPU) Provider Deductions

Child Care for CA Campaign

Here.
Register for the Member-only Tuesday calls

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Since 1997, the California Child Care Resource & Referral Network has produced the biennial California Child Care Portfolio. This presents a unique portrait of child care supply, demand, and cost statewide and county-by-county, as well as information on employment, poverty, and family budgets. The child care data in this report is gathered with the assistance of local child care resource and referral programs. This publication has consistently been relied on by policymakers, business leaders, health care professionals, educators, planning agencies, and child advocates to understand the child care needs of California families.

For more information contact: Research Director, Gemma DiMatteo at gdimatteo@rrnetwork.org or at 415-494-4649.

For additional data needs, fill out our data request form here.

Press Release

Licensed child care supply continues to decline, although the decrease is less than expected during the COVID-19 pandemic, likely due to public supports, although center spaces saw a larger-than-usual decline.

Decline of Licensed Child Care

This year's data shows a continued decrease in the licensed child care supply, with a

* 2% overall decrease in spaces,
* 3% decrease in facilities,
* 3% decrease of family child care homes (corresponding to a 1% decrease of spaces), and
* 2% decrease of child care centers (corresponding to a 2% decrease of spaces).

This continues the trend of the decline of licensed child care supply in California and equates to almost 18,000 fewer spaces available than in 2019. The pandemic could have had a much greater impact on licensed child care supply in California; however, significant public investment in supporting child care programs likely prevented many from closing. Historically, California has seen a trend of greater decline in family child care home spaces than center spaces, but the pandemic seems to have shifted this trend, with a greater decline in center spaces. This is likely due to the group size restrictions making it unfeasible to continue operating a center.

Regional variation of change in licensed supply

There was significant variation between counties and regions in the change of licensed child care supply. The northern region of the state saw the biggest decline in spaces (-5%) followed by the southern region (-3%), and the Central Valley (-1%), while the Bay Area saw a slight increase (0.3%).

Policy Implications

Despite an initial temporary loss of child care availability during the first months of the pandemic, our state's child care supply only saw a small decline. 2020-2022 enjoyed never before seen investments in our child care infrastructure as well as policy changes that made it easier for child care providers to continue operating and families to maintain the care they needed.

However, those one-time investments have ended and many policy changes are set to expire in June, 2023. Without sustaining those policy changes and continued investments, we will likely see the severe drop in child care supply that we expected during the height of the pandemic. In order to prevent loss not seen since the Great Recession we must:

* Increase pay for all child care workers
* Eliminate family fees for subsidized child care, to the extent of the law
* Codify paying subsidy providers based on enrollment

Furthermore, data suggests that a family eligible for child care subsidy, who receives financial assistance from other qualified safety net programs, has 44% of their income left each month for other expenses, such as transportation, clothing, and savings. An income eligible family without those supports does not have enough money each month to meet their basic needs. In order to support the whole child, we need to ensure that income eligible families are able to access all of the safety net programs they qualify for, making it more likely children will not experience the impact of homelessness, housing or food insecurity, or other health inequities.
California Data Understanding the Data
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2015 Portfolio 2013 Portfolio 2011 Portfolio 2009 Portfolio 2007 Portfolio

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Featured Resources | June 3, 2021

Child Care Providers

Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) Resources

Updated May 3, 2021 This summary of resources for FFNs includes information on how to become licensed, activities to do at home, links to Resource and Referral (R&R) agencies by county, and other important information for FFNs. It is divided into California resources and county-based resources. CALIFORNIA RESOURCES Distance Learning Webinars Activities Coronavirus Resources for [...]

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Featured Resources | June 3, 2021 Child Care Providers Updated May 3, 2021 This summary of resources for FFNs includes information on how to become licensed, activities to do at home, links to Resource and Referral (R&R) agencies by county, and other important information for FFNs.

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Annual Summary and Self-Evaluation Findings Report PDF

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Annual Summary and Self-Evaluation Findings Report PDF

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CDE - Child Care Annual Statewide Reports

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CDE - Child Care Annual Statewide Reports

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Child Care Annual Statewide Reports - Child Development (CA Dept of Education)

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Annual reports documenting services to children in Early Learning and Care Division (ELCD) programs.

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Santa Clara Co. LPC Membership Nomination Form 

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Santa Clara Co. LPC Membership Nomination Form 

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Data Quest (TK-12th grade data by school, county, and statewide)

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Data Quest (TK-12th grade data by school, county, and statewide)

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Welcome to DataQuest - find facts about California's public schools fast!

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Santa Barbara Co. LPC Membership Application

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Santa Barbara Co. LPC Membership Application

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Editable version - Needs Assessment Template

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Editable version - Needs Assessment Template

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CalWORKs Stage 1 - Child Care Enrollment Monthly Reports

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CalWORKs Stage 1 - Child Care Enrollment Monthly Reports

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This monthly report includes data on the number of CalWORKs families and children approved/authorized/certified to receive Stage 1 child care during the report month. The data are broken out by the families' participation in the Welfare-to-Work or Cal-Learn Programs, those who were No Longer on Aid, or those who have timed out of their 60 month eligibility (CalWORKs Safety Net Program). Beginning with the July 2015 report month, the CW 115 report changed its focus to child care received, rather than payments received to more accurately reflect caseload data.

Notes

Beginning March 1, 2020, all existing reports publicly accessible on web pages belonging to the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) must comply with the CDSS Data De-identification Guidelines in order to more fully protect the identities of the vulnerable clients we serve. Cells that could identify an individual with a value of less than 11 have been replaced with a "*" to comply with the CDSS Data De-identification Guidelines .

Help is available for questions regarding the Excel file format.

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This monthly report includes data on the number of CalWORKs families and children approved/authorized/certified to receive Stage 1 child care during the report month. The data are broken out by the families' participation in the Welfare-to-Work or Cal-Learn Programs, those who were No Longer on Aid, or those who have timed out of their 60 month eligibility (CalWORKs Safety Net Program).

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CCDD-RADD Survey - Local Planning Council Form 6002

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CA County Superintendents COEPACD Meeting Schedule 2023-24

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CA County Superintendents COEPACD Meeting Schedule 2023-24

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San Diego County LPC Zip Code Funding Priority Report

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San Diego County LPC Zip Code Funding Priority Report

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2023 Zip Code Funding Priority Report and Overview.pdf

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Tribal Child Care Association of California

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Tribal Child Care Association of California

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Process for Establishing LPC Priorities: Management Bulletin 15-04

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Process for Establishing LPC Priorities: Management Bulletin 15-04

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CDSS Guidance Regarding Voluntary Temporary Transfer of Funds

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CDSS Guidance Regarding Voluntary Temporary Transfer of Funds

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California Department of Education  Early Education Division 

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California Department of Education  Early Education Division 

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Butte Needs Assessment 2022 Full Report FINAL.11.9.22

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CATS Combined Contract Report Updated 8.22.2023

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CATS Combined Contract Report Updated 8.22.2023

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2023 Conference LPC Ideas and Innovation

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2023 Conference LPC Ideas and Innovation

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Santa Clara Co. Individualized Child Care Subsidy Pilot Project

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Santa Clara Co. Individualized Child Care Subsidy Pilot Project

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Lakeshore® | Teacher Supply Store | Top-Quality Learning Products

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- Interactive child care report and childcare portfolio

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PRESCHOOL PORTFOLIO APP- LEARNING GENIE

Learning Genie also provides a useful application for portfolio-building. The portfolio tracking and tagging systems could be readily applied to DRDP 2015, Florida VPK, Head Start (HS), Early Head Start (EHS), Montessori, and other state or private-backed assessment tools.

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We provide the most flexible and powerful portfolio and assessment rating tools for child development observation, documentation, and assessment rating.

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Inspire a lifelong love for learning with educational games and videos covering science, math, literacy, art and more!