Office of Early Care and Education (OECE) Citizen’s Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes Thursday, November 16, 2017 4:00 - 6:00 pm 1650 Mission Street, Suite 312 Members Present: Sandee Blechman; Kathie Herrera-Autumn; Meredith Osborn; Yohana Quiroz; Pat Sullivan; Candace Wong; Jerry Yang; Meenoo Yashar Members Absent: Lygia Stebbing September Jarrett; Tyson Jue; Graham Dobson; OECE Staff Members Present: Maya Castleman; Ashley Williams, Carlo Manaois, Anne Morrison; Ashley Abraham; Claudia Ayala; Elisa Baeza Members of the Public Present: Itzel Diaz, Low Income Investment Fund; Gretchen Ames, CPAC; Heather O’Leary, Mission Neighborhood Center; Yao Xian Chen, FCC Owner/Educator; Judith Baker, First 5 SF; Ingrid Mezquita, First 5 SF; Wai Hung Tang, FCC Owner/Educator Call to Order and Agenda Review Ms. Quiroz called the meeting to order and welcomed Supervisors Norman Yee and Jane Kim. CAC members introduced themselves to the Supervisors and members of the public. Special Presentation and Discussion: Affordable Care in San Francisco with Supervisor Jane Kim and Supervisor Norman Yee Supervisor Yee introduced himself and summarized the city’s longstanding commitment to early care and education. He highlighted the PEEF fund and hopes to universalize preschool which launched the Preschool For All (PFA) program. However, there was still a gap in resources for 0-3-year-olds. When PEEF was reauthorized, the language was updated to expand beyond preschool and additional advocacy for resources garnered 4million new dollars for 0-3. The city then asked OECE to design a program to use this additional funding to target infants and toddlers which led to the creation of the Infant-Toddler Early Learning Scholarship Fund (ELS). Supervisor Kim commended Supervisor Yee for his leadership and decades of work to improve San Francisco’s early care and education systems. She summarized her own path to this work including her background in
Office of Early Care and Education (OECE) Citizen’s Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes Thursday, November 16, 2017 4:00 - 6:00 pm 1650 Mission Street, Suite 312 Members Present: Sandee Blechman; Kathie Herrera-Autumn; Meredith Osborn; Yohana Quiroz; Pat Sullivan; Candace Wong; Jerry Yang; Meenoo Yashar Members Absent: Lygia Stebbing OECE Staff Members Present: September Jarrett; Tyson Jue; Graham Dobson; Maya Castleman; Ashley Williams, Carlo Manaois, Anne Morrison; Ashley Abraham; Claudia Ayala; Elisa Baeza Members of the Public Present: Itzel Diaz, Low Income Investment Fund; Gretchen Ames, CPAC; Heather O’Leary, Mission Neighborhood Center; Yao Xian Chen, FCC Owner/Educator; Judith Baker, First 5 SF; Ingrid Mezquita, First 5 SF; Wai Hung Tang, FCC Owner/Educator Call to Order and Agenda Review Ms. Quiroz called the meeting to order and welcomed Supervisors Norman Yee and Jane Kim. CAC members introduced themselves to the Supervisors and members of the public. Special Presentation and Discussion: Affordable Care in San Francisco with Supervisor Jane Kim and Supervisor Norman Yee Supervisor Yee introduced himself and summarized the city’s longstanding commitment to early care and education. He highlighted the PEEF fund and hopes to universalize preschool which launched the Preschool For All (PFA) program. However, there was still a gap in resources for 0-3-year-olds. When PEEF was reauthorized, the language was updated to expand beyond preschool and additional advocacy for resources garnered 4million new dollars for 0-3. The city then asked OECE to design a program to use this additional funding to target infants and toddlers which led to the creation of the Infant-Toddler Early Learning Scholarship Fund (ELS). Supervisor Kim commended Supervisor Yee for his leadership and decades of work to improve San Francisco’s early care and education systems. She summarized her own path to this work including her background in
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