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01020304050607080

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nSmknUvpl¨beyaCn_

“ A parent’s testimonial will go here talking about the difficulties of finding quality child care. “

–Parent Name

FnFansMrab’matabita

smaCik«n¨ksYgp‘l’CMnYyEp~kkmµviFIEfrk§akumar:

Center for Community & Family Services: (310) 217-2935

Child Care Information Center: (626) 449-8221

Child Care Resource Center Inc.: (800) 464-9970

Children’s Home Society (Los Angeles): (562) 256-7490

Connections for Children: (888) 922-4453

Crystal Stairs, Inc.: (888) KIDS-247

Mexican American Opportunity Foundation: (323) 890-1555

¨ksYgep§g@ – A Child Care & Human Services Agency: (626) 856-5900 o (562) 945-2635

Pathways: (213) 427-2700

EsÃgrkemIledImºIcg’dwgfa

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bJØIcUleronVneT (Los Angeles Centralized Eligibility List)

edayTak’Tg¨ksYg

Resource & Referral Agency tamelx 1-800-543-7793.

Resource & Referral Agency: 1-800-543-7793 www.rrnetwork.org____________________________________________________________________________

First 5 LA Parent Helpline:1-888-FIRST-5-LA 1-888-347-7855____________________________________________________________________________

2-1-1 Los Angeles County(vayelx 2-1-1)

Los Angeles Universal Preschool 1-866-581-LAUP (5287) www.laup.net_____________________________________________________________________________________

Los Angeles County Office of Child Care:www.childcare.lacounty.gov_____________________________________________________________________________________

LACOE Head Start – State Preschool Pre-K Kid Line: 1-877-PRE-K-KID(1-877-773-5543)

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cMeBaHkarbegûItcºab’.

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G~kerobcMcºab’ nig¨bCara¨s‘¨tUveFÃIkicÍkarrYmK~a

sMrab’ksagGnaKt«nkumarrbs’eyIg“. – Antonia Hernández, CEO

California Community Foundation

Ggðkar L O S A n g E L E S P R E S C H O O L A D v O C A C y I n I T I AT I v E C O A L I T I O n

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edImºITTYlQµaHk~¬gbJØIbEnÄm«nGgðkar LAPAI sUmEqkemIlenAtamviubsay:www.calfund.org/pub_documents/LosAngelesPreschoolAdvocacyCoalitionPolicyPrinciples.pdf

edImºIeronkan’Ete¨cInGMBIbJúana@ sUmTak’TgGgðkar California Community Foundation tam:(213) 413-4130, Extensión 402, www.calfund.org/learn/lapai.php

• Advancement Project: www.advanceproj.org • First 5 LA: www.first5la.org • Los Angeles County Office of Child Care:

www.childcare.lacounty.gov • Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP): www.laup.net • Preschool California:

http://www.preschoolcalifornia.org/espanol/

mankumarCag

40,000 nak’k~¬gtMbn’

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C O A L I T I O n M E M b E R SAdvancement Projectwww.advanceproj.org

Alliance for a better Community www.afabc.org

Asian and Pacific Islanders California

Action network (APIsCAn)www.apiscan.org

California Association for the Education of young Children (CAEyC)www.caeyc.org

California Community Foundationwww.calfund.org

California Federation of Teacherswww.cft.org

Californians Togetherwww.californianstogether.org

California Strategieswww.calstrat.com

Child Care Alliance of Los Angeleswww.ccala.net

Children nowwww.childrennow.org

Child Development Consortium of L.A.www.cdcla.org

City of Long beach Department of Health and Human Serviceswww.longbeach.gov/health/

Congressman becerra’s Officehttp://becerra.house.gov/

Crystal Stairs, Inc.www.crystalstairs.org

East Los Angeles Collegewww.elac.cc.ca.us

Families in Schoolswww.familiesinschools.org

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Californiawww.fightcrime.org/ca

First 5 LAwww.first5la.org

Holy Trinity Child Care Center

Hope Street Family Centerwww.healthychild.ucla.edu/HopeStreetFamilyCenter.asp

Jumpstartwww.jstart.org

Long beach Day nurserywww.lbdn.org

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce http://www.lachamber.com

Los Angeles County Child Care Policy Committee, Office of Child Carewww.childcare.lacounty.gov

Los Angeles County Policy Roundtable for Child Care / County of Los Angeles ChildCare Planning Committeewww.childcare.lacounty.gov

L.A. County Children’s Planning Councilwww.childrensplanningcouncil.org

Los Angeles County Office of Educationwww.lacoe.edu

Los Angeles Unified School Districtwww.lausd.net

Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP)www.laup.net

Low Income Investment Fundhttp://www.liifund.org/

Loyola Marymount Universitywww.lmu.edu

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)www.maldef.org

national Council for La Raza (nCLR)www.nclr.org

Preschool Californiawww.preschoolcalifornia.org

Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Missionwww.proyectopastoral.org

Public Counsel Law Centerwww.publiccounsel.org

Teach for America, Los Angeles www.teachforamerica.org

Urban Education Partnershipwww.urbanedpartnership.org

Zero to Threewww.zerotothree.org

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