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Local Planning Council (LPC) Contacts

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Background

The primary mission of the Local Planning Councils (LPCs) is to plan for child care and development services based on the needs of families in the local community. LPCs are intended to serve as a forum to address the child care needs of all families in the community for all types of child care, both subsidized and non-subsidized.

LPCs responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Conduct an assessment of child care needs in the county no less than once every five years.
  • Prepare local comprehensive countywide child care plans designed to mobilize public and private resources to address identified needs.
  • Identify local funding priority areas for child care services for General Child Care and Development Programs and the State Preschool Program for new state and federal funds.
  • Conduct local forums to encourage public input in the development of local priorities.
  • Foster local partnerships with subsidized and non-subsidized providers, local and state children and families commissions, county welfare departments, human service agencies, regional centers, job training programs, employers, parent organizations, early start family resource centers, family empowerment centers on disability, local child care resource and referral programs, and other interested parties.
  • Coordinate part-day programs, including state preschool and Head Start, with other child care and development services to provide full-day child care.
  • Design a system to consolidate local child care waiting lists. (Note: Nine LPCs participated in a pilot project regarding the development of a centralized eligibility list in 2001 to 2003.)
  • Collaborate with local First Five Commission and other entities to carry out child care staff retention initiatives.
Contact information for LPC representatives in each California county can be found sorted alphabetically below. Please submit changes or corrections to LPC@dss.ca.gov.

Alameda

Coordinator Name and Address
  • Lucero Irizarry
  • Program Manager, Early Learning (LPC)
  • Alameda County Office of Education, 313 West Winton Avenue, Hayward, CA 94544
  • Phone: 510-670-4594
  • Email: lirizarry@acoe.org
Chair Name and Address
  • Donna Jackson
  • The Resource Connection – W.I.C.
  • Phone: 209-223-7685
  • Email: djackson@trcac.org

Legal Entity Name and Address

  • Alameda County Office of Education, 313 West Winton Avenue, Hayward, CA 94544
  • Phone: 510-887-0152
Contract Manager Name and Address
  • Lucero Irizarry
  • Program Manager, Early Learning (LPC)
  • Alameda County Office of Education, 313 West Winton Avenue, Hayward, CA 94544
  • Phone: 510-670-4594
  • Email: lirizarry@acoe.org

Alpine

Coordinator Name and Address
Chair Name and Address
  • Vacant
Legal Entity Name and Address
  • Alpine County Superintendent of Schools, 43 Hawkside Drive, Markleeville, CA  96120-9522
  • Phone: 530-694-2230
  • Fax: 530-694-2379
Contract Manager Name and Address
  • Ken Burkhart, Superintendent
  • Alpine County Office of Education, 43 Hawkside Drive, Markleeville, CA  96120-9522
  • Phone: 530-694-2230
  • Fax: 530-694-2379
  • Email: kburkhart@alpinestudents.org

Amador

Coordinator Name and Address
  • Erika Simmons, R&R Coordinator/Coach/LPC Coordinator
  • The Resource Connection - Amador Child Care Planning Council
  • 8085 Highway 26 Suite G, Mokelumne Hill, CA 95245
  • Phone: (209) 754-1075
  • Fax: (209) 754-4244
  • Email: esimmons@trcac.org
Chair Name and Address
  • Donna Jackson
  • The Resource Connection – W.I.C. Program 95642
  • Phone: 209-223-7685
  • Fax: 
  • Email: Email: djackson@trcac.org
Legal Entity Name and Address
  • Amador County Superintendent of Schools, 217 Rex Avenue, Jackson, CA 95642
  • Phone: 209-257-5330
  • Fax: 209-223-4739
Contract Manager Name and Address
  • Sheri Noble, Program Director
  • The Resource Connection Child Care Resource & Referral
  • 8085 Highway 26 Suite G, Mokelumne Hill, CA 95245
  • Phone: 209-754-1075
  • Email: snoble@trcac.org

Butte

Coordinator Name and Address
  • Christina Iftiger
  • Butte County Office of Education, 1859 Bird Street, Oroville, CA 95965
  • Phone: 530-712-2253
  • Fax: 530-532-5698
  • Email:ciftiger@bcoe.org
Chair Name and Address
Legal Entity Name and Address
  • Butte County Office of Education, 1870 Bird Street, Oroville, CA 95965
  • Phone: 530-532-5761
  • Fax: 530-532-5698
Contract Manager Name and Address
  • Michelle Lucero
  • Butte County Office of Education, 1859 Bird Street, Oroville, CA 95965
  • Phone: 530-532-5763
  • Fax: 530-532-5698
  • Email: mlucero@bcoe.org

Calaveras

Coordinator Name and Address
  • Sheri Noble, Program Director/LPC Coordinator
  • Calaveras County, The Resource Connection, 8085 Highway 26, Suite G, Mokelumne Hill, CA 95245
  • Phone: 209-754-1075
  • Email: snoble@trcac.org
Chair Name and Address
  • Kristi LeRette
  • Preschool/Afterschool Program Coordinator/CCOE, 185 South Main St., P.O. Box 760. Angels Camp, CA 95221
  • Phone: 209-736-6008
Legal Entity Name and Address
  • Calaveras County Superintendent of Schools, 185 South Main St., P.O. Box 760, Angels Camp, CA 95221
  • Phone: 209-736-6008
  • Fax: 209-736-2138

Colusa

Coordinator Name and Address
  • Interim: Joe Moye
  • Colusa County Office of Education, 345 5th Street, Colusa, CA 95932
  • Phone: 530-458-0350
  • Fax: 530-458-0310
  • Email: jmoye@ccoe.net
Chair Name and Address
  • Maria Ayala
  • Resource and referral Coordinator
  • Phone: 530-458-5555
Legal Entity Name and Address
  • Colusa County Office of Education
  • 345 5th Street, Colusa, CA 95932
  • Phone: 530-458-0350
  • Fax: 530-458-0310
Contract Manager Name and Address
  • Michael P .West, Superintendent
  • Colusa County Office of Education, 345 5th Street, Colusa, CA 95932
  • Phone: 530-458-0350, ext 10365
  • Email:  mwest@ccoe.net

Contra Costa

Coordinator Name and Address
  • Monica Joseph
  • Contra Costa County Office of Education, 77 Santa Barbara Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4201
  • Email: mjoseph@cccoe.k12.ca.us
Chair Name and Address
  • Dr. Crystal McClendon-Gourdine
  • Baby Love Child Development Services 845 Meadow View Drive Richmond, CA 94806
  • Phone: 510-205-0000
  • Email: cmcclendongourdine@gmail.com
Legal Entity Name and Address
  • Contra Costa County Superintendent of Schools, 77 Santa Barbara Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4201
  • Phone: 925-942-3432
Contract Manager Name and Address
  • Pam Tyson
  • Contra Costa County Office of Education, 77 Santa Barbara Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4201
  • Phone: 925-942-3381
  • Fax: 925-942-3480
  • Email: ptyson@cccoe.k12.ca.us

Del Norte

Coordinator Name and Address
Chair Name and Address
  • Amira Long
  • First 5 Del Norte Crescent City, CA 95531
  • Phone: Phone: 707-464-6141
Legal Entity Name and Address
  • Del Norte County Superintendent of Schools, 301 W. Washington Boulevard, Crescent City, CA 95531
  • Phone: 707-464-0200
  • Fax: 707-464-0295
Contract Manager Name and Address
  • Lori Bomke, Director of Fiscal Services
  • Del Norte County Superintendent of Schools, 301 W. Washington Boulevard, Crescent City, CA 95531
  • Phone: 707-464-0218
  • Fax: 707-464-0295

El Dorado

Coordinator Name and Address
  • Maria Moody, Council Coordinator
  • 6767 Green Valley Road, Placerville, CA 95667-8984
  • Phone: 530-295-2493
  • Email: mmoody@edcoe.org
Chair Name and Address
  • Jude Wood
  • 1100 Lyon's Avenue, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
  • Phone: 530-542-0838
  • Email: jwood@bgclt.org
Legal Entity Name and Address
  • El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools, 6767 Green Valley Road, Placerville, CA 95667
  • Phone: 530-622-7130 Ext. 229
  • Fax: 530-621-2543
Contract Manager Name and Address
  • Kevin Monsma, Deputy Superintendent
  • El Dorado County Office of Education, 6767 Green Valley Road, Placerville, CA 95667
  • Phone: 530-295-2271
  • Fax: 530-621-2543
  • Email: kmonsma@edcoe.org

Fresno

Coordinator Name and Address
  • Andrea Cervantes Woods
  • Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, 1111 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, CA 93721
  • Phone: 559-497-4813
  • Fax: 559-265-4058
  • Email: acervantes@fcoe.org
Chair Name and Address
  • Greg Melton
  • Clovis Unified School District, Child Development, 1735 David E. Cook Way, Suite A, Clovis, CA 93711
  • Phone: 559-327-9185
  • Fax: 559-327-9189
  • Email: gregmelton@cusd.com
Legal Entity Name and Address
  • Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
  • 1111 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, CA 93721
  • Phone: 559-497-3831
  • Fax: 559-265-4058
Contract Manager Name and Address
  • Dr. Matilda T. Soria
  • Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
  • 1111 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, CA 93721
  • Phone: 559-497-3831
  • Fax: 559-265-4058
  • Email: msoria@fcoe.org

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