Child Care and Early Learning Needs Assessment

As a local child care and development planning council, the CCPC is required to conduct an assessment of child care needs in the county no less frequently than once every five years. The California Department of Social Services defines the required data elements to be included in the needs assessment. The CCPC can also include other local factors in the needs assessment to obtain an accurate picture of the comprehensive child care needs in the county.

For our 2022 needs assessment, CCPC worked with a team of consultants from Brion Economics, the Seed Collaborative, and the Institute for Families and Nannies. The needs assessment was funded through a combination of local planning council funds from CDSS, and generous grants from First 5 San Mateo County and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

San Mateo County Child Care Needs Assessment 2022

• San Mateo County Child Care Needs Assessment 2022 (Click Here)
• Snap Shot of Findings (Click Here)

Appendices to the 2022 San Mateo County Child Care Needs Assessment

• Appendix A - Supply and Demand Tables by City/Area and Total County - 2022 (Click Here)
• Appendix B - Supply and Demand Tables by City/Area and Total County - 2032 (Click Here)
• Appendix C - California County Local Child Care Planning Council Needs Assessment - Template (Click Here)
• Appendix D - Definition of Child Care Provider and Program Types (Click Here)
• Appendix E - CELNAT - Detailed Population and Ethnicity in 2020 (Click Here)
• Appendix F - Fall 2022 Parents Survey Results (Click Here)
• Appendix G - Parent Survey Crosstabs on Child Care Preference (Click Here)
• Appendix H - Parent Survey Instruments - Questionnaires (Click Here)
• Appendix I - ECE Educational Background Information (Click Here)

• San Mateo County (Click Here)
• Atherton (Click Here)
• Belmont (Click Here)
• Brisbane (Click Here)
• Burlingame (Click Here)
• Daly City and Colma (Click Here)
• East Palo Alto (Click Here)
• Foster City (Click Here)
• Half Moon Bay and Mid Coast (Click Here)
• Hillsborough (Click Here)
• Menlo Park (Click Here)
• Millbrae (Click Here)
• Pacifica (Click Here)
• Portola Valley (Click Here)
• Redwood City (Click Here)
• San Bruno (Click Here)
• San Carlos (Click Here)
• San Mateo (Click Here)
• South Coast (Click Here)
• South San Francisco (Click Here)
• Woodside (Click Here)

Link to San Mateo County Child Care Workforce Study Report (Click Here)

Link to San Mateo County Nanny Survey Report Key Findings 2022 (Click Here)

Link to San Mateo County Nanny Survey Report Full Report 2022 (Click Here)

If you would like access to the previous Child Care and Early Learning Needs Assessment (2017), please contact Sarah Kinahan at skinahan@smcoe.org