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In addition to centers, child care is also provided within licensed residences that the State of California calls Family Child Care Homes. A Family Child Care Home must be in the licensee's own home. Family Child Care Homes provide child care (non-medical) for periods ofIess than 24 hours. In 2005 the City had 23 large (up to 14 children) Family Child Care Homes and numerous small (up to eight children) Family Child Care Homes. As of March 2006, licensed child-care centers and large Family Care Homes had the capacity to care for about 3,530 children in PIeasanton, These two types of facilities had a vacancy rate of eight percent. In Pleasanton in 2004, the unmet child-care demand for these types of facilities was about 2,250 spaces for parents of working families, according to the "Child Care Links Annual Report, 2004." Child Care Links is an agency that focuses on monitoring the availability of child care, increasing the availability of family-care homes, and improving the overall quality of all child care. Note that the majority of all child care is provided by the children's relatives, Other small exempt child-care providers and in-home care also serve up to about 1 0 percent of the children.22 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ELEMENTS Policies and programs established throughout the General Plan affect public facilities in PIeasanton. Land Use Element The Land Use Element designates community facilities, and parks and recreation on the PIeasanton General Plan Map. The Public Facilities and Community Programs Element discusses community facilities, programs, and parks. Circulation Element The Circulation Element strives to improve traffic and circulation systems throughout Pleasanton, including trails for pedestrian and bicycle travel. The Public Facilities and Community Programs Element discusses recreational facilities and includes a program to link parks with a trail system. Public Safety Element The Public Safety Element designates critical facilities for emergencies. Because these are largely public facilities, they are discussed and also mapped in the Public Facilities and Community Programs Element. The Public Safety Element discusses flood hazards. The Public Facilities and Community Programs Element discusses stormwater (flood control) facilities to be used to mitigate flood hazards. 22 Bay Area Economic, for the Local Investment in Child Care Project (LINCCO, Linking Development and Child Care, a Toolkitfor Developers and Local Governments, 2005, Vl-31