Santa Barbara County Child Care Planning Council
Steering Committee
Minutes of Meeting of February 18, 2015
Pacific Western Bank, 610 Alamo Pintado Road, Solvang, CA 93463
Members present: Jennifer Bergquist, Yvonne Biely, Eileen Monahan, Terri Allison (by telephone),
And Thesa Roepke (by telephone)
Members absent: Trudy Adair-Verbais, Michelle Graham
Staff present: Joyce Stone
I.
Call to Order
Chair Jennifer Bergquist called the meeting to order at 2:15 p.m.
II.
Public Comment Period
There was no public comment.
III.
Approval of Minutes of January 21, 2015
Terri Allison moved to approve the minutes of January 21, 2015 as presented. Eileen Monahan
seconded the motion. MSC.
IV.
Public Policy/State Budget Update
Joyce Stone and shared information from the article on public policy she submitted for CAEYC’s
online newsletter, eConnections, which included updates on President Obama’s funding for child
care, the state plan for the CCDBG funding, and state legislation.
Eileen Monahan reported on visits by First 5 staff and commissioners to state legislators on
February 10, including Senator Jackson and Assemblymembers Achadjian and Williams.
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V.
Report on SBCEO Budget Projections
Joyce Stone reported that SBCEO has a new online accounting system that will be used for the
budget projections for 2015-16. An update will be on the agenda for the next meeting in March.
VI.
Update on CA TK Stipend Grant
Joyce Stone reported that she will attend a meeting with SBCEO staff to develop an
implementation plan for the grant on February 23.
VII.
Update on QRIS Block Grant
Eileen Monahan reported that the application for the Block Grant, a joint effort of SBCEO and First
5, was submitted on February 4. The application was accepted but there are still some questions
about coaching that she has forwarded to CDE. The 2014-15 grant will be extended to December
2015 because it was late being released, and the application for the 2015-16 grant is due in April.
VIII.
Needs Assessment Update
Joyce Stone sent out a Doodle poll to set the next committee meeting, which will be tasked with
creating a list of tasks to complete the needs assessment.
IX.
Update of Training Calendar
Joyce Stone presented the updated version of the training schedule for the Council meetings.
X.
Discussion of WOYC Activities
 Joyce Stone will update the Board resolution for the Week of the Young Child and forward it
to Yvonne Biely. There was also a discussion of contacting the city councils of Santa Barbara
and Santa Maria to do resolutions also.
 The Advocacy/Public Policy Ad Hoc Committee is due to meet on February 24 to discuss
details of the tours.
XI.
Report on 2015 Child Development Conference
In the absence of Michelle Graham, Joyce Stone reported that there will be a conference planning
meeting on March 10.
XII.
Discussion of CCPC Website Updates
Joyce Stone reported that she had recently reviewed the meeting archives on the website and
found gaps in the posting of the agendas and minutes. It was decided to remove the older archives.
XIII.
Update on ECE Leadership Project
The Reflective Practice Institute held January 29-31 was a great success, with about 120 attendees.
The next meeting of the Leadership Action Team is scheduled for February 25 and the next
Leadership Luncheon will be held March 20.
XIV.
Coordinator’s Report
Joyce Stone presented a written report of her activities since the January meeting.
XV.
First 5 ECE Updates
Eileen Monahan gave an updated on First 5 Santa Barbara County’s current projects:
 First 5 California has released a draft of their new initiative and are taking comments; it will
be released in April to start implementation in July; this will be a different structure than
the previous grants, with a menu of opportunities for counties to choose from.
 The scholarship pilot for the current year provides part of the tuition for families enrolling in
two of the programs participating in QRIS; it will be expanded to include more programs
starting July 2015.
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Agenda for March 18, 2015 Steering Committee Meeting
Agenda items will include: Public Policy/State Budget update; SBCEO budgets; ECE Leadership
update; QRIS Block Grant update; Child Development Conference update; Needs Assessment
Update; CTKS Project update; nominations and elections; funding priorities.
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XVII.
Agenda for March 11, 2015 Council Meeting
Agenda items will include: presentations by Ben Romo, Matt Quirk and Laura Camp; advocacy
update; and research-based presentation.
XVIII. Other Business/Announcements
There was no other business or announcements.
XVIII. Adjournment
Chair Jennifer Bergquist adjourned the meeting at 3:56 p.m.