Projects of the Council
The primary mission of the Mono County Child Care Council (LPCs) is to plan for child care and development services based on the needs of families in the local community. The Mono County Child Care Council is intended to serve as a forum to address the child care needs of all families in the community for all types of child care, both subsidized and non-subsidized.
As a result of this forum the Mono County Child Care Council is responsible for the following projects to identify and address the child care needs of all families in the community for all types of child care, both subsidized and non-subsidized.
Projects:
2023-2028 Strategic Plan (In Progress)
Five-Year Needs Assessment & Strategic Plan
The Mono County Child Care Council (MCCCC) conducted a community needs assessment in Fall 2016 to assess current and future child care needs in Mono County in preparation for updating its Strategic Plan. The needs assessment included stakeholder surveys and key informant interviews. This summary report provides descriptions of the survey instruments and focus group protocols along with analyses of their respective results.
The needs assessment provides a community description of the Mono Child Care Council service area, a brief description of the research approach, a summary of the data analyses, and identified strengths, weaknesses, needs, and suggested solutions born from the data analyses. The analysis was completed by the Center for Evaluation and Research, LLC, in Redding, California.
The results of the analysis helped to define specific areas of focus for the Mono County Child Care Council that are highlighted in the Strategic Plan.
Please click the "Mono County Child Care Needs Assessment" button below to view the document.
Local Priorities (Zip Code Priorities)
History
In 1998, AB 1857-Escutia amended the Education Code, Section 8499.5, to include specific expanded mandates for Local Child Care Planning Councils (LPCs) (8499.5 (a) through (e)). One of these was an expansion of the existing LPC mandate to identify local priorities for the distribution of new state child care and development and preschool funding. The Education Code language specifies how LPCs are to conduct their work in order to identify priorities which will ensure that all the child care and preschool needs of the county are met to the greatest extent possible. The priorities are to be submitted annually to the California Department of Education and used by the Department to determine funding decisions.
The Priority Setting Process
Local Planning Councils develop priorities for funding using:
Census zip code data and American Community Survey data as a baseline to estimate the number of children eligible for State Funded Services (and Head Start). Other pertinent local data, such as county growth factors, planning department data, or school district growth data, is then applied to achieve the most accurate estimate.
CDE and other available zip code level data to determine the number and percent of eligible children served/not served by State or Federally Funded Services
California Academic Performance Index, Smarter Balanced Assessment, or other School Performance Data or Child Outcome Data
The data is then analyzed using the Priority 1, 2, and 3 number and percentage thresholds and methodology, described in Attachment 1, to assign county zip codes to Priority 1, 2, or 3 designation.
