Children First Collective brings together passionate voices in San Diego’s child care ecosystem; this includes system leaders, child care professionals and early educators, parents, and employers.
Together, we are creating a local movement across San Diego County, with an urgent mission: to make quality, affordable child care available to every working family that wants and needs it, as well as to ensure that providers and child care workers are compensated, supported, and respected as the professional educators that they are.
Children First Collective was a leader in putting together the San Diego County Child Care Blueprint, a landmark document mapping a path toward a thriving and equitable childcare system.
To make our vision possible and sustainable, our region needs a local, dedicated fund for children and youth.
To equitably and fully commit to the San Diego County Child Care Blueprint recommendations, a significant local investment for San Diego’s child care sector is needed to support children, families, and child care providers
We're bringing the needs of children, youth, families and child care providers to the forefront of political and policy conversations. This allows us to develop and promote policies, practices and programs that move toward identified solutions.
Collaborating With Purpose
Children First Collective collaborates with and uplifts the foundational and ongoing work of the San Diego County Child Care and Development Planning Council (LPC).
