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YOUTH MASTER PLAN OF PLEASANTON <br /> Goals and Objectives <br /> <br />CHILD CARE AND SUPERVISED YOUTH ACTIVITIES <br />Ensure readily-available, high-quality child care and supervised youth activities. <br /> <br />GOAL: Provide access to quality, affordable child care for Pleasanton children from <br /> birth through elementary school. <br /> <br />RATIONALE: <br /> <br />Child Cate Links' annual reports have shown a need for additional infant-to-two-years child care, as <br />well as a need for school-age child care between the ages of five and ten yeats. Pleasanton Unified <br />School District's child care pn:~am, 'Kids Club,' continues to have children on its waiting list. Com- <br />mtmity sthwe~ have listed child care through the middle school yeal~ as a significant need. P]easanton <br />is eXl~flendn8 an increased sho~nge o/quality child care due to the hck of qualified child care prov/d- <br />e~ [ack of~pace~ lack of fut~linE and an increa~ in the population of children requiring child care. As a <br />communi~ we seek to pmvkie a posifiv~ nurturing envimmnent and enriching age-appropriate acfivi- <br />ties for our children, through quality child care programs, <br /> <br />OBJECTIVES IMPLEMENTATION SUGGESTIONS <br /> <br />Promote the expansion of existing, and the <br />creation of new child care opportunities by <br />encouraging joint-use parmerships between <br />businesses, schools, community organizations <br />and/or the City to effectively utilize funding <br />resources and space. <br /> <br />Recommend that the City of Pleasanton allow <br />~oint-u~e of public parklands.adjacent to schools <br />for additional child care fadlities. <br /> <br />Maintain quality child care providers by offering <br />additional dasses in early childhood education <br />through local colleges. <br /> <br />Possible panners might include the City of <br />Pleasanton, Pleasanton Unified School District <br />(PUSD), businesses, and related organizations such as <br />the YMCA and Child Care Links. (See Exhibit A, I) <br /> <br />This recommendation could be made subsequent to <br />the adoption of the Youth Master Plan of Pleasanton. <br /> <br />Local colleges might include Las Positas, Cai State <br /> <br />Hayward, etc. <br /> <br />PUSD Adult Education classes could also be used to <br />train qualified aide support. (See Exhibit A, 2}, <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br /> <br />