Membership

Parents and others in the community are invited and encouraged to participate in all activities, committees, meetings and projects of the child care planning council.

1. Complete a General membership form (Membership section) if you are interested in receiving regular updates on LPC activities, meeting minutes or to receive child care alerts and up to the minute news concerning child care on a statewide or national level. You may also use the email form under “Ask the LPC “and request to be added.
2. For questions or meeting updates, use the form on the Ask the LPC section of this web site.

 

San Benito County

Local Child Care Planning Council Membership Application Forms

General Membership

Steering Committee

 

Request for Applicants for the
San Benito County Local Child Care Planning Council
General Membership

The San Benito County Child Care Planning Council is seeking individuals who are interested in becoming a General Member of the San Benito Local Child Care Planning Council.

Planning Council functions and responsibilities: The San Benito County Child Care Planning Council is a legislatively mandated body that advises the County Board of Supervisors and County Superintendent of Schools on child care program and policy issues, conducts research and analysis, makes recommendations on California Department of Education funding, and coordinates county wide projects to assist the development of child care. The Planning Council has an inclusive General Membership. Everyone willing to work for child care is welcome and encouraged to become a General Member.

General Member functions: The General Membership is a group which acts as an Advisory to the Steering Committee. General Members may attend meetings and participate in committees to plan and implement projects and programs sponsored by the Local Planning Council. General Members may be parents, or members of the community who have an interest in child care matters within San Benito County.

Applicants are being sought for General Membership. The application process is as follows:

1. Applicants must print, complete and submit the application form to:

Kendra Bobsin
Child Care Planning Council Staff at Go Kids
San Benito County Child Care Resource and Referral Agency
1111 San Felipe Rd. #203
Hollister, Ca. 95023

(This application form is in PDF format. If you have trouble viewing it, click here to download Acrobat Reader.)

2. Applications will be reviewed by the Steering Committee and new applicants will be added to the LPC mailing and email list. Thereafter, general members will receive monthly meeting notices, meeting minutes and other educational materials, by mail or email concerning childcare issues in San Benito and California.

Members are invited to attend and participate in Council meetings, committees and activities.

 

 

Request for Applicants for Nomination to the
San Benito County Local Child Care Planning Council
Steering Committee

The San Benito County Child Care Planning Council is seeking individuals who are interested in applying for appointment to the Planning Council Steering Committee.

Steering Committee functions and responsibilities: The Planning Council's Steering Committee is a voting membership of 15 individuals representing categories listed below. Fifty percent of Steering Committee members are appointed by the County Board of Supervisors and 50% by the County Superintendent of Schools. The Steering Committee is responsible for successful functioning of the Council.

Each of the five categories represented on the Steering Committee has two positions:

• 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.
• Members at discretion of Board or Superintendent: persons from any of the above categories or outside of these categories at the discretion of appointing agencies.

Applicants are being sought for all positions. The application process is as follows:

• Applicants must print, complete and submit the Steering Committee application form along with an application statement to the Local child Care Planning Council Staff. The deadline for receipt of all applications is November 30 of each year. From time to time-as openings occur on the Steering committee during the year-recruitment will take place from individuals who have completed a General Committee Membership Application. Complete a General Membership application form if you would like to be considered.

(The application forms are in PDF format. If you have trouble viewing them, click here to download Acrobat Reader.)

• A Review Committee will forward candidates in each category to the current Steering Committee for review in December.
• Applications approved by the Steering Committee will be forwarded to Board of Supervisors or County Superintendent of Schools by December 30. (forwarded applicants are not guaranteed appointment).
• New Steering Committee members will be invited to attend the Planning Council meeting each January.
• Appointment of new Steering Committee members by Board or Superintendent is scheduled for no later than January 20. An Orientation will be provided for new Steering Committee members prior to the first meeting in January.
• All applicants will be informed of their status at each step of this process.