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<br />Ex..~ibi t A <br /> <br />C CHILD CARE POLICY STATEMENT) <br /> <br />GO A L: That safe, good quality, affordable child care facilities <br />and services be available to those who reside and/or work In <br />Redwood City and are In need of those facilities and services. <br /> <br />BATIONALE <br /> <br />The City of Redwood City recognizes that the availability of child care services Impacts the <br />quality of lIfe.!n the city. Due to demographic, economic and social factors. Including the high <br />cost of living, increase In the number of single parents, and parents' career demands, more <br />mothers are In the workforce and are returning to work with children at a younger age. This <br />has created a need for child care services which has increased faster than the development of <br />new resources. Providing safe, positive care and supervision, in which children can grow into <br />healthy, stable and productive citizens. prevents them from becoming an economic burden on <br />government later. <br /> <br />The City has the opportunity and responsibility to assume a unique role in planning for child <br />care. coordinating services. and meeting the child care need. Though the City has limited <br />financial resources to meet the large need. In taking leadership among public and private <br />entities. it can maximize its own resources and leverage others which currently exist or which <br />become available. This role maximizes the City's impact with minimal financial commitment. <br /> <br />The following policy statement is intended to express the commitment of the city to take a role in <br />the support and expansion of child care services. <br /> <br />POLICY <br /> <br />Plannlna <br />The City of Redwood City shall Integrate the child care needs of those who reside and work In the <br />City in its planning processes. This will be accomplished by the inclusion of goals and <br />objectives, as appropriate, in the city's General Plan. Strategic Plan. and departmental plans. <br /> <br />Facilitation and Coordination <br />The City shall take a leadership role in involving all sectors of the Redwood City community in <br />the planning for and provision of child care and recreation services. It will work with service <br />providers to expand services to meet the child care and early education needs of families with <br />infants and preschoolers. The City will encourage the enhancement of program quality In all <br />center and home child care. <br /> <br />Services <br />The City shall focus Its resources as a child care and recreation services provider, on the school <br /> <br />1 <br />