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S.F. - Page 2 of 13 (4Cs) of San Mateo County. Redwood City 2020 proposes to provide funds to the Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County for Build Up to meet the following deliverables: • Convene partners, including Child Care Coordinating Council, Child Care Partnership Council, First 5 San Mateo County, Redwood City School District, City of Redwood City, and other stakeholders to be determined • Perform strategic community involvement activities, including, but not limited to driving conversations about reusing and re -designation of facility space • Provide technical assistance to a wide variety of stakeholders, including developers, child care operators and child care home providers to increase knowledge and capacity to preserve, develop, and expand child care spaces • Leverage partnerships to tie child care to other community infrastructure, such as housing and transportation • Identify opportunities for collaboration and revenue generation, working with the Redwood City 2020 team to pursue partnership and funding to support the advancement of this initiative • Serve as advocate and support the implementation of solution -oriented pilot projects • Support and align with the work of the Child Care Coordinating Council, Build Up SMC, etc. • Additional deliverables to be determined in partnership with the City of Redwood City and Redwood City 2020 ANALYSIS A December 2018 study by the Center for American Progress identifies multiple neighborhoods in Redwood City as "child care deserts." A child care desert is any census tract with more than 50 children under age five that contains either no child care centers or so few options that there are more than three times as many children as licensed child care slots. The lack of adequate and affordable child care in Redwood City and North Fair Oaks is a significant barrier for young people and their families in several key areas: children leveraging early learning opportunities, local organizations hiring and retaining staff, parents re-entering the workforce, and families balancing their budgets, particularly when housing costs are skyrocketing. In October 2017, Redwood City 2020 hosted a Child Care Solutions Hackathon in which diverse stakeholders collaborated to address this acute community challenge. In attendance were child care providers, leaders from community organizations, developers, early childhood educators, funders, leaders in education, and policy makers from the state of California, San Mateo County, and the City of Redwood City. Using strategies from design thinking, a process for creative problem solving, small groups brainstormed solutions for each of the four challenges outlined in the San Mateo County Child Care and Preschool Facilities Task Force's final report. To move forward with the high impact solutions generated from the convening, Redwood City 2020 proposes to engage Build Up for San Mateo County's Children to serve as a child care solutions catalyzer. Page 2 of 3 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 134