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ECE NEWS
Long Beach ECE New Membership in 2010-2012 The Long Beach Early Childhood Education Committee (ECE) is happy to announce the process for new membership in 2010-2012. We genuinely hope that you will take the time to complete and submit the attached application. The ECE Committee is committed to ensuring that the geographic, ethnic, and cultural diversity of out Long Beach community is reflected in the overall membership. News Detail
Egg Recall You may have heard the news regarding the egg recall due to Salmonella. Unfortunately, Long Beach Day Nursery found eggs in their refrigerators with the date and plant number included in the recall. News Detail
Childcare Openings Several local child development facilities have openings. News Detail
Appropriations for Early Learning in 2010 The following flyer addresses current early learning appropriations at the Federal level. The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is the major federal source of funding to states for subsidized childcare. News Detail
The Children First Act of 2010 The Children First Act of 2010 was introduced last week by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) in the Senate and Representative Joseph Crowley (D-NY) in the House of Representatives. News Detail
First 5 LA launched its online resources for its FY 2009-2015 Strategic Plan News Detail
Federal Landscape: Early Learning Opportunities for California News Detail
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
CA Dept of Education Funding: Child Care Facilities Revolving Fund General Facilities Application FY 2010-11 Attention ECE Providers - the State of California, Department of Education released today its application for Childcare Facilities Revolving Fund General Facilities for FY 2010-2011. More Details
ECE EVENTS
School Tours Beach Cities Association for the Education of Young Children on their 2010 Schools Tour. Event Detail
The National Black Child Development Institute in collaboration with the National Association for the Education of Young Children annual conference - November 3-6, 2010 Event Detail
"Challenging Behaviors: Where to Begin with Screening and Assessment" with Dr. Richard Cohen, August 21, 2010 Event Detail
OUR MISSION To ensure that all children in Long Beach grow up healthy, safe and educated by:
Increasing the quality of and accessibility to affordable early childhood education (ECE) services;
Expanding ECE resources to meet the needs of families; and
Increasing public support of the positive economic, social and educational impacts of ECE through advocacy and education.
OUR VISION The Long Beach community envisions a future in which all children in Long Beach will be healthy, safe and educated.
WHO WE ARE The Long Beach Early Childhood Education Committee is a sub-committee of the Board of Health and Human Services. We are an evolution of the Long Beach Early Care and Education Master Plan Task Force, which guided and informed the development of the early care and education plan, Preparing Long Beach Children for the Future: A Community Plan for Shaping the early Care and Education System. The Committee is charged with crafting and carrying out implementation strategies directly related to the goals, objectives and categories outline in the Community Plan. The motto that appears on this fact sheet - Our Children, Our Community - was created and adopted by the original task Force to represent their vision for the children of our community and out community's dusty to our children.
Committee members represent a broad base of early childhood educators, advocated and caregivers of young children. All committee members are volunteers, and the committee receives no funding for operational support but must raise funds for each of its projects. Tracy Colunga, Child Care Coordinator for the City of Long Beach, staffs the committee. The Executive Board is comprised of recognized leaders in the early childhood education community and provides oversight for the Committee's activities and progress toward the goals and objectives of the Community Plan referenced above. The Committee was recognized by Soroptimist International of Long Beach as its 2007 Organization Advancing the Status of Women at their annual Women Making a Difference Awards. COMMITTEE MEMBERS/COLLABORATING PARTNERS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Over the past few years, the ECE Committee has made tremendous gains in advancing its mission and vision. The following are key highlights of the committee's major accomplishments:
Created an Early Childhood Seamless Education Task Force in partnership with the LBUSD.
Coordinated and conducted annual Citywide Kindergarten Festivals since 2004.
Annually distributed more than 1,000 backpacks containing books and school supplies to incoming kindergartners a the Kindergarten Festivals.
Created and presented "An Economic Model of Quality Early Childhood Education: What Does Quality Cost?"
Coordinated and held annual symposia for ECE professionals, other key stakeholders and advocated since 2004 in collaboration with A Voice for Long Beach Children.
Created a Business Advisory Council to link the ECE Committee and the business community.
