Early Care &
Education Strategic Work Plan
City of
San José's Investment in the Future
During his February 8, 2006 State of the City speech, Mayor Gonzalez
challenged the City to develop an additional 3,500 early care spaces
by 2010. Since 1999, the City has invested more than ten million
dollars in facility expansion and renovation, and has contributed
to the expansion or renovation of 3,166 quality early care and education
spaces. In this plan 3,500 additional child care spaces will be
available for 4,000 children by 2010. This will be achieved by working
with the Redevelopment Agency in providing grants, by working with
existing providers to join the Smart Start San José centers,
by training professionals, and by developing policy recommendations
to provided incentives for child care businesses.
This Investment in the Future : San José Early
Care and Education Strategic Work Plan 2006-2008
continues the work of quality early care in the city of San José.
The plan is divided into four strategic goal areas: increase the
number of quality early care and education spaces to meet the diverse
needs of San José families, facilitate education and professional
development to recruit and retain educators to work in high quality
early care and education programs, increase public awareness of
quality early care and education through links to early care and
education resources, and increase political and community advocacy
for early care and education services through coordinated efforts
with local, regional, state and national groups and initiatives.
Through the implementation of this new strategic plan as its guide,
the City will continue to strive toward creating opportunities for
children and their families so that each child will enter school
ready to learn with the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive
foundation to ensure success in the classroom, and to develop to
his or her full potential as lifelong learners.
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