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A Profile of Child Care Needs in Contra Costa
County: 2006 to 2015.
Did you know that:
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Most cities in the County have current shortages of child
care spaces and several cities have shortages that exceed
1,000 child care spaces?
- The demand for preschool age
spaces for 3 to 5 year olds exceeds existing supply of
preschool spaces currently
in all but 6 cities in the County?
- Given the size of the County and the diversity
of incomes and ethnicity, providing adequate child care
services
for children will present considerable challenges?
All this and much more can
be found in the new data study report, A Profile of Child
Care Needs in Contra Costa County: 2006 to 2015.
First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission,
the Contra Costa County Office of Education/Local Planning
Council, the Contra Costa Child Care Council, and the Employment
and Human Services Department have been working collaboratively
for the past two years to create a plan for universal preschool
in Contra Costa County, called Preschool Makes a Difference
(PMD). In order to create an effective plan, data was needed
to help identify current and projected demographics as well
as child care supply and demand. In addition, the Local Planning
Council for Child Care and Development (through the County
Office of Education) needed data collected for the development
of their child care needs assessment update and strategic
plan, required by the California Department of Education.
This
extensive study has been completed and is available here for your review or you can also
find
it on the Contra Costa County Office of Education's
website by following this link.
All data contained in this report is based on currently
published data from various public and non-profit agencies,
with an analysis of the current status of children for 2006
with projections to 2010 and 2015, by age of children and
location. Additional analysis of the data and estimates of
child care demand were prepared by the study’s prime
consultant, Brion & Associates with support from Nilsson
Consulting and LINCC Consulting Group. The Institute of Geographic
Information Science (IGIS) of San Francisco State University
prepared the GIS maps for this effort.
The table has a list of
the data categories contained in the report and the corresponding
PDF files.
As you will
see, there
is a report summary and
significant findings, 18 GIS maps of countywide and citywide
data, child care supply and demand data by age and city for
2006, 2010, and 2015; demographic data on children and families;
information on special populations, the child care workforce,
kindergarten readiness and school data; and much more.
The data is intended to be used by and is of benefit to
all communities in Contra Costa County. As Contra Costa cities
and the county move forward in planning, we felt that this
data would be extremely valuable to help you develop the
most effective early care and education programs, policies,
and funding strategies. We hope you find this useful.
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