Dear CCRC Community,
The first five years of a child’s life can have a lasting impact on later learning, behavior, and health. Throughout California we continue to see significant gaps persist in income, access and opportunity for black and brown children. If you believe – like we do at CCRC – that children are the key to the future, these statistics speak to the urgent and persistent need for investment in young children and their families. Children thrive when their parents have the resources and assets they need and communities thrive when families are supported.
We recognize there is still much ground to cover to transform existing silos of different services into coordinated systems of support which connect children and families to the right services at the right time. By reaching families in places where they naturally go, like child care, we can do a better job meeting their needs.
Here at CCRC we are unwavering in our commitment to lasting change. As you’ll read on the following pages, this Strategic Plan sets forth a path for greater impact at the individual, family, and social systems levels. It calls for us to grow our role as leaders in family well-being for all families. It calls for continued investment in quality early childhood options – in homes, at centers, in communities – that provide children and families with the resources they need to be healthy and productive. It calls for continued leadership and partnership at the county, state, and national levels to advance policies that are responsive to community needs priorities.
Please check back regularly as we update our progress on our five-year plan. We will be updating this webpage with key achievements and community success stories. We invite you to join us as we prepare for this next period of growth and development.
Sincerely,
Michael Olenick, Ph.D.
Donna Sneeringer
Our Mission
CCRC cultivates child, family and community well-being.
Our Vision
Healthy and strong children and families living in thriving communities.
THEORY OF CHANGE & STRATEGIC PLAN
Theory of Change
Describes the connection our beliefs, our actions, and our desired long-term outcomes for children, families, and communities.
Theory of Change
- Children and their families are the best investment for the future.
- It is our responsibility to address the systemic barriers and societal inequities impacting children, families, and communities.
- We value and welcome the different perspectives and life experiences that come from people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities in our community.
- We recognize that the decisions we make today impact those in the future.
We work collaboratively at the local, regional, state, and national levels to cultivate child, family, and community well-being.
- Children and Families
- Service Providers, Neighbors, Communities
- Large Social Context
Strong and Resilient Children and Families
- Families benefit from seamless, integrated, high-quality, and comprehensive services that meet their needs.
- Children are on track in all areas of development.
Skilled and Knowledgeable Workforce
- The workforce has the skills and knowledge to provide quality service
- The workforce has opportunities to grow as professionals and sustain their program/ business.
Sustained Public and Political Focus
- Policies are responsive to families and the workforce.
- Increased public support for child and family wellbeing.
Strategic Plan
The Strategic plan centers around our policy and program work across systems to cultivate child, family, and community well-being.
Strategic Plan – Goals
Connect children and families to the right services at the right time.
Strategies
1.1 Further build out CCRC’s array of whole child and family supports consistent with our mission and plans for growth.
1.2 Ensure families and child care providers in CCRC’s service area have streamlined access to services and supports available at CCRC.
1.3 Promote and facilitate families navigating connections with other community-based supports and services outside of CCRC.
Build the capacity of the people, organizations, and groups that impact child, family, and community success.
Strategies
2.1 Build attainable and sustainable career pathways for CCRC staff, child and family professionals, and families.
2.2 Enhance the capabilities and working conditions of the child and family workforce.
2.3 Develop relationships with other family- serving organizations to meet the needs of the whole child and whole family.
Increase and align public investments for whole child/whole family services.
Strategies
3.1 Pilot, expand and scale proofs of concept whole child, whole family programs and services.
3.2 Advocate for increased local, state, private, and federal investment in young children and families.
3.3 Strengthen connections and partners for comprehensive services across systems of care.
Advance agency growth and sustainability through economic investments, administrative excellence, and financial responsibility.
Strategies
4.1 Strategically use investments and expansion opportunities to achieve the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
4.2 Increase community visibility of CCRC’s services and impact.
4.3 Support an organizational culture that meaningfully empowers employees across cultures and generations.
4.3 Improve inter-system connectivity, automation, and data sharing.
Outcomes
Helps us understand: Did the work have the intended outcome?
Strong and Resilient Children and Families
Safe living and learning environments
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Child care program safety
Parents in CCRC’s child care financial assistance and referral programs report each year that their children are safe in the child care programs (99%) that CCRC helps them find and enroll/pay.
Child social and emotional development
Almost half (45%) of children in CCRC’s Home Visiting programs have been referred to hearing, physical, vision, developmental or social-emotional services, ensuring prompt support and intervention.
Home Visiting improves social and emotional competence of children development.
In one year, almost 300 children in CCRC’s Early Care and Learning programs were referred to early intervention services (typically Speech and Language, Developmental Delays and Autism).
Strong parent/ child relationships
Parenting goals achieved in CCRC’s Home Visiting program
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Parents in CCRC’s child care financial assistance and referral programs report each year that their children are safe in the child care programs (99%) that CCRC helps them find and enroll/pay.
Parents reported learning something to help them deal with caregiving challenges
0%
Parents in CCRC’s child care financial assistance and referral programs report each year that their children are safe in the child care programs (99%) that CCRC helps them find and enroll/pay.
Parents as advocates
Parents felt prepared to help their child succeed
0%
Parents felt prepared to interact with their child’s future teacher/provider
0%
Parents were provided opportunities to participate in leadership
0%
Parents felt comfortable voicing opinions even when they differed from others
0%
Parents in CCRC’s child care financial assistance and referral programs report each year that their children are safe in the child care programs (99%) that CCRC helps them find and enroll/pay.
Resilient parents
0%
Parents participating in statewide parent cafés through the Tribal Child Care Association of California learned ways to handle caregiving stress
Parents in CCRC’s child care financial assistance and referral programs report each year that their children are safe in the child care programs (99%) that CCRC helps them find and enroll/pay.
Parental knowledge base in child development
0%
CCRC Head Start parents have the necessary resources to effectively parent their child
Almost half (45%) of children in CCRC’s Home Visiting programs have been referred to hearing, physical, vision, developmental or social-emotional services, ensuring prompt support and intervention.
Home Visiting improves social and emotional competence of children development.
In one year, almost 300 children in CCRC’s Early Care and Learning programs were referred to early intervention services (typically Speech and Language, Developmental Delays and Autism).
What We Do
Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) was founded in 1976 to help parents find child care in the San Fernando Valley. Flash forward four decades and that staff of six has grown to nearly 1,300 strong. We work across Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties and, increasingly, across the state, to cultivate child, family and community wellbeing. In any given month, we provide support to 100,000 children, parents, and child care providers.
CCRC takes a systems level approach to strengthening families and communities recognizing that the multiple environments where children learn, play and grow impact their development. Children and families exist within, and are impacted by, the larger social context of culture, policies, politics, and partnerships.
CCRC recognizes this social context and works across systems levels to change the odds for young children and their families. What started as a singular focus on finding child care has evolved into a multi-faceted organization that spans early education, child care financial assistance, child and family well-being, workforce development, community learning, policy and advocacy, research, and more.
100k Children, families, providers supported
22.5k Square mile service area
1.3k Staff across locations
“CCRC is the backbone of our family. It allows us to feel good about going to work and leaving our kids in a safe, beneficial place.”
– CCRC Parent
Programs & Services
Locations
Headquarters
20001 Prairie Street
Chatsworth, CA 91311
818-717-1000
Antelope Valley
250 Grand Cypress Ave.
Palmdale, CA 93551
661-789-1200
San Bernardino
1111 East Mill Street, Suite 100
San Bernardino, CA 92408
909-384-8000
Sylmar
13100 Telfair Ave., 2nd Floor
Sylmar, CA 91342
818-717-1000
Victorville
15456 West Sage Street
Victorville, CA 92392
760-245-0770
Sacramento
1121 L Street, Suite 205
Sacramento, CA 95814
[email protected]
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