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Empowering Families Through Local Child Care Planning in Riverside County

The primary mission of the local LPC is to plan for child care and development services based on the needs of families.

Our Mission

Our mission is to engage the community to ensure access to high-quality, affordable, and accessible early care and education services for all children and families in Riverside County. By fostering collaboration and inclusivity, we advocate for nurturing and enriching care essential for early growth and development, working together with community partnerships to create a future where every child thrives.

Our Vision

All children and families will have equitable access to high quality, affordable early care and education opportunities.

Local Child Care and Development Planning Council – LPC of Riverside County

California Assembly Bill AB 2141 mandated that each of California’s 58 counties establish a Local Child Care and Development Planning Council (LPC). The primary mission of the local LPC is to plan for child care and development services based on the needs of families. The State of California appointed the County Board of Supervisors (BOS) and the County Superintendent of Schools as the designated authorities to establish an LPC. The Consortium for Early Learning Services, a 501(c) 3, founded in 1982, was appointed as the LPC for Riverside County in 1992.  

The LPC membership is comprised of 20% from each of the following categories and renewed annually:

  1. Consumers: Defined as a parent or person who receives, or have received, within the past 36 months, child care services.
  2. Child Care Providers: Defined as a person who provides child care services or represents persons who provide child care services.
  3. Public Agencies: Defined as a person who represents a city, county, city and county, or local education agencies.
  4. Community: Defined as a person who represents of agency or business that provides private funding for child care services or who advocates for child care services through participation in civic or community-based organizations but is not a child care provider and does not represent an agency that contracts with California Department of Social Services (DSS) to provide child care and development services.
  5. Discretionary: shall be appointed at the discretion of the appointing agencies. The County Board of Supervisors (CBS), County Superintendent of Schools (CSS) are each to appoints one half of he the LPC members. In the case of uneven members both appointing entities will agree on the odd-numbered appointee.

In accordance with the Brown Act, the intention to make appointments to the council and invite local organizations to participate will be publicized locally. 

Responsibilities

LPC’s Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

  • Conduct an assessment of child care needs in the county no less than once every 5 years.
  • Prepare local countywide child care plans designed to mobilize public and private resources to address identified needs.
  • Identify local funding priority areas by zip codes for child care services for General Child Care and Development Programs, and the State Preschool Programs for state and federal funds.
  • Foster local partnerships with subsidized and non-subsidized providers, human service agencies, local and state children and families commissions, county welfare departments, regional centers, local child care resource and referral programs, job training programs, employers, parent organizations, and other interested parties.

Riverside County Zip Code Priorities Reports (download)

Zip Code
Report

CCNA Strategic Plan
2015-2020

Needs Assessment
2010-2013

LPC Strategic Plan
2021-2025

CCNA SP Goals
2021

Riverside County Child Care Needs Assessment & Strategic Plan (2021 to 2025)

Strategic Plan Goals: 

  1. Sustain Quality Child Care: 
    • Promote full inclusion in early care and education programs 
    • Support ELC Workforce 
    • Support Social and Emotional health of our ELC Workforce 
  2. Promote Equity in Early Care and Education Programs 
    • Ensure all children have access to quality programs, regardless of race, income, or community 
    • Support dual language population 
    • Narrow the digital divide through advocacy and support  

LPC Needs Assessment
2018 to 2021

ECE Strategic Plan
2026-2031

Local Planning Council Agendas

Local Planning Council Minutes

Local Planning Council ByLaws

 

LPC Brochure 2022 Page
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Membership

If you are interested in serving your community as a member of the Local Planning Council, and would like to receive additional information, please contact our Local Planning Coordinator at LPC@consortiumels.org or 951-778-5003 

LPC for Riverside County information and application

Current LPC members must re-apply if interested in a second term. I encourage all interested parties who live or work in Riverside County to apply. 
 
In compliance with Welfare Institution Code (WIC) 10485 and Local Child Care and Development Planning Council (LPC) Funding Terms and Conditions, and in support of developing the 2026-2028 Riverside County LPC membership, Riverside County Office of Education, on behalf of the Riverside County Superintendent of Schools and the Riverside County Board of Supervisors (BOS), is reaching out to develop a listing of those interested in serving as a member of the LPC. 
 
The LPC is a forum to identify the local priorities for child care and the development of policies to meet the needs identified within those priorities for Riverside County.  LPC members will prepare a comprehensive countywide child care plan designed to mobilize public and private resources to address identified needs.

Fifty percent of the LPC membership is appointed by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and fifty percent of the LPC membership is appointed by the Riverside County Superintendent of Schools. The LPC membership is comprised of the following categories:
1. 20 percent (20%) consumers, defined as a parent or person who receives, or who has received within the past 36 months, child care services. 
2. 20 percent (20%) child care providers, defined as a person who provides child care services or represents persons who provide child care services. 
3. 20 percent (20%) public agency representatives, defined as a person who represents a city, county, city and county, or local education agency. 
4. 20 percent (20%) community representatives, defined as a person who represents an agency or business that provides private funding for child care services, or who advocates for child care services through participation in civic or community-based organizations but is not a child care provider and does not represent an agency that contracts with the DSS to provide child care and development services. 
5. 20 percent (20%) shall be appointed at the discretion of the appointing agencies.

If you are interested in becoming a member of Riverside County’s LPC, please see the attached flyer and application. Applications are due to lpc@rcoe.us by November 14, 2025. 

If you need the Spanish versions of the LPC Membership Flyer and Application, please contact the RCOE office at lpc@rcoe.us

Voluntary Temporary Transfer of Funds (VTTF)

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is directing each Local Planning Council (LPC) to establish a local fair and transparent policy regarding the voluntary, temporary contract fund transfer process established by California WIC 10300.5.

California Departments of Education And Social Services Charge & Purpose of VTTF

Local Child Care and Development Planning Councils (LPCs) coordinate the process between California Department of Education contractors and California Department of Social Services contractors of early care and education programs that may be under or over earning their contracts. The Los Angeles County’s Local Child Care and Development Planning Council (LPC) is the Child Care Planning Committee in Los Angeles County To allow for the inter-agency transfer of funds between state contracted programs with like contracts to ensure that funds are retained within the county to meet the needs of income eligible families.
Source from CDSS
Source from CDE

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2025-2028 LPC Application

Lpc application

Membership for the Riverside County Local Child Care and Development Council is open for the period of January 2026 – December 2028. If you are interested in being a member, please email lpc@rcoe.us to receive an application. Deadline to apply is November 14, 2025.

LPC Resources

CDSS – Department of Social Services – LPC and Development Planning Councils

CDSS – Department of Social Services – LPC Contacts

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