EARLY LEARNING
FACILITIES IN
SAN MATEO
COUNTY
Presentation for the First 5 San Mateo County
Commission
April 24, 2017
Sarah Kinahan Consulting
▪ “Snapshot” of Brion Economics
Needs Assessment
PRESENTATION
AGENDA
▪ First 5 San Mateo County’s Recent
Facilities Investments
▪ SVCF’s Task Force
▪ Design Criteria Checklist
▪ Rebuilding Together Peninsula
▪ Next Steps for Build Up for
San Mateo County’s Children
▪ Planning Phase
▪ Start Up Phase
▪ Sustainability
“SNAPSHOT” OF THE NEED
Recap from the Brion Economics Needs Assessment:
▪ San Mateo County needs 10,789 new spaces for children
ages 0-4; grows to 13,981 by 2025 if no new facilities are
built.
▪ Gap requires $428.4 million capital funding to build new
spaces.
▪ “Difficulty finding a site” was the #1 barrier for programs
that want to expand.
FIRST 5 SAN MATEO COUNTY’S
RECENT FACILITIES
INVESTMENTS (EQ+IP)
The Center for Early
Learning
(Silicon Valley
Community Foundation)
Early Learning Facilities
Task Force
Early Learning Facility
Design Criteria
Checklist and Guide
Renovation projects
with
Rebuilding Together
Peninsula
CEL/SVCF’S EARLY LEARNING
FACILITIES TASK FORCE
▪ Cross-sector Task Force met four times in 16-17.
▪ Issued the following recommendations:
1. Work across sectors to reuse/re-designate existing space.
2. Work with cities and the county on policies and incentives to
prioritize child care in future developments.
3. Engage large employers to create new child care facilities for their
employees.
4. Generate revenue for facility development through local tax
measures, and assist providers in drawing down existing funds.
▪ Identified a need for a coordinated, cross-agency approach, supported
by paid staff, to work on these recommendations.
EARLY LEARNING FACILITY DESIGN
CRITERIA CHECKLIST AND GUIDE
SMCOE worked with design expert, Kathy Tama, to develop a selfassessment Checklist and supplementary Guide that coaches or directors
can use for facility planning and quality improvement.
SOLUTIONS TO DESIGN CHALLENGES
RENOVATION PROJECTS WITH
REBUILDING TOGETHER PENINSULA
▪ Renovation projects at child care centers and family child care
homes serving some low-income residents.
▪ National Rebuilding Day in the last Saturday in April.
▪ This year, five projects in The Big Lift communities will be
completed leveraging First 5 San Mateo County funds.
Robin Bradley’s Family Child Care, East Palo Alto
(Quality Counts participant)
Footsteps Child Care, Nesbit Site, Belmont
(QRIS participant)
Coastside Children’s Programs, Montara Site
(The Big Lift Preschool Grantee)
NEXT STEPS FOR
BUILD UP FOR SAN MATEO
COUNTY’S CHILDREN
Sustain
Start Up
Plan
PLANNING PHASE
Spring through Fall 2017
▪ F5 has funded a consultant to
coordinate the planning phase over the
next few months
▪ Deliverables:
▪ Year 1 Goals, Budget, and Staffing
Proposal
▪ Communications Plan
▪ Identify partners for start up funding
▪ Define roles of organizations and
partners
▪ Convene cross-sector Advisory body
Child Care
Partnership
Council
Lead
Partners
Cross-Sector
Advisory
Body
Paid Staff
Community
Advocates
LEAD PLANNING PARTNERS
STARTING BUILD UP FOR SAN MATEO
COUNTY’S CHILDREN
Winter 2017 through 2018
▪ Phased-approach to staffing and growing
▪ Key Start Up Activities:
▪ Track and support new child care development throughout
county
▪ Communicate findings from needs assessment and
recommendations of Task Force
▪ Identify resources to build more child care facilities
▪ Expand partners and allies from other sectors
SUSTAINING BUILD UP FOR SAN MATEO
COUNTY’S CHILDREN
2019 and beyond
▪ A meaningful role for Advisory Body and Lead
Partners/Funders
▪ Demonstrate results by increasing the number of child care
spaces
▪ Integrate with quality improvement efforts to raise quality
▪ Long-term sustainable funding for development and
renovation projects
▪ Improved city and county policies promoting child care
development
FOR MORE
INFORMATION
Sarah Kinahan, Sarah Kinahan Consulting
[email protected]
650-776-4534