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E. XI~'I'~NG CHILD CARE PROGRAMS, JANUARY, 2000 <br /> <br />1. Child Care Links requested that the City Planning Department include child care in the dty's <br /> General Plan. <br /> <br />Using funds from its contract with the City of Pleasanton, Child Care Links has been able to <br />leverage state money to offer training in mfanqtoddler group car~ The class will m~et at Child Care <br />Link~ conference mom and Las Positas College will give one unit of Early Childhood Development <br />credit to partidpants. <br /> <br />Using Alameda County Prop 10 (tobacco tax funding), Child Care Links has been able to hire a staff <br />person to work with the colleges to create more Early Childhood dasses and help child care provid <br />ers maneuver the college process and become members of the Child Development Corps. (This is <br />pan of the County's Children and Families Commission 'Every Child Counts' plan.) <br /> <br />The Alameda County Children and Families Commission has set up the Child Development Corps, <br />which offers stipends m child care workers who have a minimum of 12 college units of Early Child <br />hood Development and have worked with children 0 through 4 years for at least 20 hours per week <br />during the past year. Stipends ranged fi.om $475 to $5725. <br /> <br />Child Care Links maintains data on the supply and demand for child care services by location, ages <br />of children, hours of care and type of care. This information is published annually and made <br />available to anyone who requests it during the year. <br /> <br />6. Child Care Links is the state designated child care resource and referral agency to service <br /> Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin and Sunol. <br /> <br />7. Child Care Links sends a quarterly newsletter to Valley employers of 25 or more informing them of <br /> ways to help their employees balance work/family issues. <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br /> <br />