August 2023

*Editor’s Note: Due to a technical error, this video recording is missing the first minute of the recorded webinar.

Presenters:

  • Susan Savage, Ph.D., Child Care Resource Center Research Director
  • Olivia Pillado, Child Care Resource Center Research Manager
  • Gina Rodriguez, First 5 LA Early Care and Education Program Officer
  • Becca Patton, First 5 LA Early Care and Education Director
  • Fiona Stewart, Child Care Alliance of Los Angeles Program Director

Summary:

To better understand the needs of Family Child Care (FCC) and Family Friend & Neighbor (FFN) care in Los Angeles County and the families who access them within the subsidy system, First 5 LA – in partnership with the Child Care Alliance Los Angeles (CCALA) and Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) – launched a landscape analysis of the County’s Home-Based Child Care (HBCC) field in the fall of 2021. The Landscape Analysis was conducted over a three-year prior with the resulting publication, “The Landscape of Home-Based Child Care in Los Angeles County: A Framework for Future Planning” released in June 2023.

This webinar, tailored toward organizations that currently support and/or are interested in working with Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) child care providers, Family Child Care providers, and families who use home-based care for their children as well as advocates, policy-makers, researchers, philanthropists and other interested stakeholders dedicated to supporting home-based child care providers, breaks down the finding from the Landscape Analysis, as well as shares policy and system-strengthening recommendations to support HBCC providers.

Key Highlights:
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  • 0:00:00 – What is Home-Based Child Care?
  • 0:03:15 – Equity and Social Justice
  • 0:04:12 – Primary Goals of the Landscape Analysis
  • 0:04:59 – Data Collection Methodology and Process
  • 00:06:40 – Responses from Across the County
  • 00:07:24 – Interviews, Focus Groups, and Community Convenings
  • 00:08:01 – Survey: Race and Ethnicity
  • 00:08:54 – Primary Home Language
  • 00:09:16 – Group Characteristics
  • 00:10:14 – Reasons for Providing Care
  • 00:11:43 – Reasons for Becoming Licensed
  • 00:12:49 – Hours of Care Provided or Used
  • 00:13:50 – Languages Used by Providers
  • 00:16:14 – Age Groups of Children Served
  • 00:16:56 – Participation in Professional Development
  • 00:19:13 – Challenges Accessing Supportive Services
  • 00:20:37 – Who HBCC Providers Reach Out to for Information
  • 00:21:38 – Topics of Interest (Professional Development)
  • 00:23:24 – Challenges During the Pandemic as Providers
  • 00:25:20 – Top Challenges as a Provider
  • 00:28:10 – Benefits Received by Each Provider Group
  • 00:28:49 – Future Professional Plans
  • 00:31:30 – Parent Voices at Community Convenings
  • 00:32:57 – Families Who Use HBCC
  • 00:33:54 – Methods Parents Used to Look for Child Care
  • 00:34:30 – Decision-Making About Child Care
  • 00:35:23 – Satisfaction with their Care
  • 00:37:46 – Impacts to Parents During the Pandemic
  • 00:39:23 – Key Takeaways
  • 00:44:05 – Recommendations
  • 00:49:45 – Next Steps
  • 0:51:57 – Questions and Closing Remarks



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