• State Reporting Requirement (Education Code 8499.5) mandates Local Planning Councils to conduct ECE needs assessments no less than every 5 years

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Analyzes licensed capacity for early care and education, availability of federal, state and local ECE subsidies, and the unmet need for these subsidies

Supports local strategic planning for capacity building, subsidy priorities, and informs San Francisco policy and budgeting for early care and education for ages 0 -12

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Structure & Process:◦ The Needs Assessment Committee began

collecting data in May 2016. ◦ The committee is comprised of 8-10 key

stakeholders from the Office of Early Care & Education, R&R Networks, First 5 San Francisco, Human Service Agency and ECE Providers.

The entire process will take approximately 12-14 months before publication and is comprised of 8-10 sections.

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The following sections are included in the assessment:◦ Early Care & Education Landscape◦ Demographics◦ Capacity◦ Number of Subsidized Children◦ Unmet Need◦ Parent Choice◦ NEW: Workforce & Quality

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Capacity- Child Population (0-12) vs. Licensed Capacity

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Documented Unmet Need- SF3C Waitlist

SF3C Waitlist April 2016

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Parent choice amongst vouchered families differs based on children’s age.

Source of vouchers: CalWORKS Stages 1, 2 and 3; California Alternative Payment Program; City Child Care Voucher, Family andChildren’s Services; ACCESS Source: Children’s Council of San Francisco

Provider Type

Age 0–2

Percent Age 0–2 Age

3–5

Percent Age 3–5 Age

6–12

Percent Age 6–12

Age 0–12 Total

Percent Age 0–12

Licensed Center 68 11% 279 20% 136 14% 483 16%

Licensed Family Child Care Home 334 53% 575 42% 206 21% 1115 37%

Licensed Exempt 226 36% 524 38% 627 65% 1377 46%

Total 628 100% 1378 100% 969 100% 2975 100%

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SFUSD Teachers Teacher-Director/SiteSupervisor

Lead Teacher Teacher/Co-Teacher Assistant Teacher/Aide

Hourly Wage by Degree & Job Title vs. Self-Sufficiency

Hourly Wages 1st Year BA +60 (ECE Dr.)

Hourly Wages 1st Year BA +30 (ECE MA)

Hourly Wages 1st Year BA

Self-Sufficiency

$26.88

Sources: California Workforce Registry Database- January 2017;SFUSD Salary Schedule- December 2015; Insight Center for Community Economic Development- Self-Sufficiency Tool: Single Adult with no children = $26.88

MinimumWage $14.00

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SF QRIS Rating Summary by Element (n=176)June 2016

ElementsPercentage

Base TierPercentage for Tier 2

Percentage for Tier 3

Percentage for Tier 4

Percentage for Tier 5

Child Observations 9% 12% 44% 33% 2%Health Screenings 46% 4% 15% 16% 19%

Lead Teacher & FCCP Qualifications 1% 9% 8% 58% 24%CLASS 0% 10% 53% 20% 17%Adult-Child Ratio 0% 9% 9% 41% 41%ECERS/FCCERS/ ITERS 0% 10% 10% 32% 48%Director's Qualifications 0% 0% 24% 39% 37%

Composite Score 11% 39% 43% 7%

In 2013, Mayor Ed Lee established the new San Francisco Office of Early Care and Education (OECE), responsible for aligning programs and funding streams to ensure that the City provides high-quality early education programming for children ages zero to five.

By consolidating resources and coordinating the work among other City early childhood agencies’ this new Office brings greater efficiency and quality to early childhood programs and supports in San Francisco.

The OECE Citizen’s Advisory Committee is charged with providing advice on a strategic plan to be completed in early 2016, and offering expertise in the areas of policy, planning, collaboration, and strategic partnerships.

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Recommendations from Joint Funder (OECE+ First 5 SF)

Meetings

Endorsement & Recommendations

from OECE CAC

Feedback from community meetings

Citywide Plan

• Build a citywide ECE system which enables all families with children 0-5 years old to access high quality early education and care.

• Develop mechanisms to achieve continuous eligibility and continuity of care for 0-5 year olds.

• Ensure SF’s ECE system is data drivenand linked to quality standards andimproved outcomes for all children.

• Increase the percentage of children who are school-ready as indicated by the Kindergarten Observation Form ("KOF") on measures of physical well-being and motor development; social and emotional development; approaches towards learning; communication and language usage; and cognition and general knowledge.

• Target Populations should include: African American Children, Latino

Children, Dual Language Learners, Low-Income Children, and Children with

Disabilities.

• San Francisco will modify/streamline the state's existing QRIS to meet local needs; seeking to increase the flexibility and efficiency of the assessment process based on individual program needs and conditions, in particular for family child care.

• San Francisco will require that providers meet a minimum agreed upon quality standard in order to qualify for city subsidies. The City will offer resources and support to providers not meeting the minimum standard in order to help them improve their quality.

• Include parents as equal partners in their child’s development.

• Value the culture, language and unique assets of families and reflect that value at the ECE program and ECE system levels.

• Ensure access to family support programs which provide information about child development, early care and education and parenting practices; that provide resources and referrals; and that offer peer support.

• Incorporate family engagement as an essential component of San Francisco’s ECE

standards and local QRIS.

• Involve families in ECE decision-making at the program and at the citywide levels.

• Strategies to support compensation parity with K-3 are developed and financed

• Develop an early childhood professional development system that addresses the professional development needs of all workforce professionals in all ECE settings: schools, child care centers, family child care, and license exempt care.

Financing Endorsed Recommendations

• Restructure city funding to ensure a simple and seamless system for children, families, and providers to maximize utilization of federal and state resources. Determine funding based on the cost of providing quality ECE as defined by the local QRIS.

• Organize local funding into two categories: direct service supports and system supports.

• Streamline system-wide reporting requirements. Utilize one report that combines fiscal accountability and quality assurance (continuous quality improvement) which is aligned to the local QRIS.

• Align and integrate the city’s system supports and link these supports to the local QRIS in order to ensure supports are fully utilized and achieve expected outcomes.

• Increase resources to provide access to high quality ECE to all children 0-5 in San Francisco.

Citywide ECE Plan Implementation

Streamlining Funding & Reporting

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Center - Toddler: $20,935

$16,903 $15,453

$4,028

Up to:

$6000

$4,032$9,137

$8,427

$16,620

$1,917$3,588

$20,935

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www.smcoe.org

San Francisco County IndividualizedChild Care Subsidy Program

Changes in how we enroll, certify and support families under the new rules

www.smcoe.org

Alameda County Trail Blazed New Pilot Rights!When their Pilot Bill passed, Alameda County LPC and contractors decided together to push for further flexibility:

• Higher family income at entrance

• 2–year eligibility

• CSPP enrollment at 2 years 9 months of age in September

• 12 Months seeking employment

• San Mateo and San Francisco immediately requested similar changes to their County Subsidy Plans…

www.smcoe.org

Highlights for Families and Programs…• Families can be enrolled in the program and have

higher earnings and remain eligible

• After families are enrolled, they will have 24 months of eligibility for early care and education services as long as they comply with program policies and their income does not exceed the ceiling limits for their family size

• Programs can shift their focus to support family stabilization through reduced compliance requirements and monitoring of families for the purpose of determining need and/or eligibility

www.smcoe.org

Income Eligibility• The income ceilings for families entering the

program has moved from 70% of the State Median Income (SMI) to 85% of the SMI as follows:

Family Size 1-2

Family Size 3

Family Size 4

Family Size 5

Family Size 6

Family Size 7

Family Size 8 or

more

$3,875 $4,787 $5,699 $6,611 $7,523 $7,694 $7,865

www.smcoe.org

Next Steps for County Subsidy Programs

• Individualized Child Care Subsidy Program Handbooks for Alameda, San Mateo and San Francisco Counties

• Alameda and San Mateo are requiring Pilot contractors to use common forms

• Consistent procedures and training for eligibility staff in all Title 5 in all Pilot counties (and AP programs in San Francisco and San Mateo)

• Pilot counties holding monthly Need and Eligibility meetings for first few months of new Pilot changes