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​The Local Early Education Planning Council of Santa Clara County is happy to provide the early learning community an array of publications in the areas of child care and development and early childhood education. These reports cover both broad and specific issues impacting families, children and the child care workforce, and child care facilities in the Santa Clara County. Click the links to read about the issues impacting the children in our communities.

2025 Zip Code Report

2025 Santa Clara County LPC Zip Code Priorities Report – CSPP & CCTR
2025 Workforce Study Report

Santa Clara County & San Benito County Child Care Workforce Study
2025 Workforce Report (Executive Summary)

Santa Clara And San Benito County Child Care Workforce Study Executive Summary
2024 Three-Year Report

Individualized Child Care Subsidy Pilot Project: Three-Year Report 2020/2021-2022/2023
2024 Analysis

Child Care Pilot: Analysis of Santa Clara County FY 2022-2023
2023 Tuition Rate Survey

Santa Clara County Child Care Average Tuition Rate Survey 2023
2023 Needs Assessment

2023 Child Care Needs Assessment
Multi-county report

Multi-county Pilot Report
2018 Assessment

Santa Clara County 2018 Child Care Needs Assessment
3-Year report

Individualized Child Care Subsidy Pilot Project: Three-Year Report 2017/2018-2019/2020
CA for all kids

Master Plan for Early Learning and Care: Making California For All Kids
DDLL

Challenges in Assessing California's Diverse Dual Language Learners
Building USA

BUILDING AMERICA'S FUTURE: Tackling the Facilities Challenge for Our Youngest Learners
Early Learning Master Plan

Santa Clara County Early Learning Master Plan
Facilities Study

Santa Clara County Early Learning Facilities Study
Childcare Pilot 18-19

CHILD CARE PILOT: Preliminary Analysis of Santa Clara County FY2018-19
Childcare Pilot 17-18

CHILD CARE PILOT: Preliminary Analysis of Santa Clara County FY2017-18
School Readiness Assessment

School Readiness Assessment
Needs Assessment

City of Palo Alto Family Needs Assessment


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​​​​​Join the ​​​​​​​​​Local Early Education Planning Council of Santa Clara County 

The application period for membership to the LPC for the 2026-27 school year is now closed! Community members who live or work in Santa Clara County and are passionate about early care and education are encouraged to apply. LPC members serve as volunteer representatives, collaborate across sectors, and help shape local early learning policy and planning efforts. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and regions throughout the county. 

​The LPC has a membership of 30 individuals from 5 categ​ories within the early learning field including Parents/Child Care Consumers, Child Care Providers, Public Agency representatives, Community Representatives, and Public/Discretionary Members (descriptions are noted below). Committee Members serve three-year terms. All LPC meetings are open to the public.

Additionally, each LPC member serves on at least 1 LPC sub-committee: ECE Advocacy Committee​, Workforce, Data, the Inclusion Collaborative, or the Title 5 Providers Group (NOTE: For this committee, you will have to be a state subsidized child care contractor).

Each of the 5 categories represented on the LPC has 6 positions.

  • Parents/Child Care Consumers – parents or persons who receive or who have received child care services within the past 36 months
  • Child Care Providers – persons who provide child care services or represent persons who provide child care services
  • Public Agency Representatives – persons who represent a city, a county, or a local education agency
  • Community Representatives – persons who represent an agency or business that provides private funding for child care services or who advocate for child care services through participation in civic or community based organizations, but are not child care providers and do not represent agencies that contract with the California Department of Education to provide child care and development services
  • Public/Discretionary Member – persons from any of the above categories or outside of these categories at the discretion of appointing agencies

Child Care Provider Representatives

  • Cathy Boettcher – California Young World
  • Roxana Flores - Roxana Daycare, Family Child Care Home Provider 
  • Terri Kemper - Mountain View Whisman School District 
  • Jessica Kranz - Go Kids 
  • Picha Wilson – SJB Child Development Centers​
  • Janet Zamudio - Stanford University WorkLife Office / Child Care Program​

Community Representatives

  • Laura Demaree – Oak Grove School District
  • Yasmin Mata – Parent Voices
  • Nancy Newkirk - California School Boards Association
  • Paula Perez – Parent Voices​
  • Christine Thorsteinson – Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Consumer Representatives

  • Ximena Guzman​
  • Sandya Lopez
  • Mara Roane

Discretionary Appointees

  • Michelle Herriage - Cupertino Union School District
  • Esmeralda Rosales - FIRST 5 Santa Clara County 
  • Melissa Roth – Palo Alto Community Child Care
  • Minerva Sarellano – FIRST 5 Santa Clara County
  • Pedro Sousa - Mission College
  • Lorena Wright - Pacific Early Intervention Services

Public Agency Representatives

  • ​Karina Alvarez – County of Santa Clara, Social Services Agency
  • Araceli Delgado-Ortiz - San Jose Public Library
  • Raquel Dietrich​ – Santa Clara County Office of Education
  • Gabriella Sandoval – FIRST 5 Santa Clara County
  • Jessica Tejada - Mount Pleasant Elementary School District 
  • Matthew Tinsley - Santa Clara County Office of Education

Much of the work of the LPC is achieved through our Committees & Associate Committees, as described below. All LPC Members must serve on at least one Committee, though membership to the Committees is open to anyone who is interested. Please contact LPC staff if you are interested in joining an LPC Committee or Associate Committee. Visit the meeting page  for the LPC and subcommittee meeting schedule.

Workforce Committee

The Workforce Committee actively supports training, mentoring, and workforce retention programs that improve teacher qualifications and teacher effectiveness. VIEW MEETINGS​

ECE Advocacy Committee

The ECE Advocacy Committee shares information about the state of early care and education in Santa Clara County with a variety of stakeholders, including families, providers, teachers, policymakers, and the general public. VIEW MEETINGS

Data Committee

The Data Committee collects, analyzes and shares data relative to the mandates of the LPC, and provides a foundation upon which the LPC can make informed decisions relative to child care funding and expansion. VIEW MEETINGS

Title 5 Providers Group – Associate Committee

The group is charged with problem solving and planning for the stabilization of CDE child care to make the most of CDE subsidized child care monies countywide. Additionally, the goal of the group is to advocate for quality improvement, access, and partnerships among state subsidized child care providers in Santa Clara County. Finally, the group serves all state subsidized child care providers through networking and sharing resources. VIEW MEETINGS

 

Note*: Membership is reserved to those who operate a Title 5 State Subsidized Child Care Program in Santa Clara County.​

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  • LPC Membership Nomination Form 
    Join us to make a difference in the early education needs of young children.  Application period closed. 
  • Formulario de Nominación de Membresía del LPC  Únase a nosotros para marcar la diferencia en las vidas de los niños y las familias en el Condado de Santa Clara. 
    El período de solicitudes está cerrado.
  • LPC BYLAWS​​
    View and download the Local Planning Council's Bylaws in PDF format. Adobe's PDF Reader is required.
  • LPC MEETING SCHEDULE
    LPC meetings are open to the public. Visit the Meeting page for the LPC and subcommittee meeting schedule.
  • LPC MEMBER STIPEND APPLICATION
    Now accepting LPC Member Stipend Program Applications for the 2025-26 year.​
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