The Child Care Law Center partnered with the California Department of Social Services and Social Policy Research Associates to conduct a series of child care and development workforce focus groups with Black, Latina, Chinese and Somali Family Child Care Providers.
The providers operate small and large family child care homes and work in Los Angeles, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Imperial, San Diego and San Francisco counties. Their recommendations for improving child care and development programming are summarized below: