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CFC Meetings EC COAC Meetings Provider Portal CFC Meetings EC COAC Meetings Provider Portal About Our Leadership Strategic Plan Policy and Planning Documents Funding Opportunities Careers What We Do Our Initiatives Policy Agenda Our Impact Resources for Families Early CareEducation Paying for Early CareEducation Qualified Providers Family Resource Centers Family Event Calendar Week of the Young Child 2024 Child Development Resources News Contact Menu About Our Leadership Strategic Plan Policy and Planning Documents Funding Opportunities Careers What We Do Our Initiatives Policy Agenda Our Impact Resources for Families Early CareEducation Paying for Early CareEducation Qualified Providers Family Resource Centers Family Event Calendar Week of the Young Child 2024 Child Development Resources News Contact About Our Leadership Strategic Plan Funding Opportunities Policy and Planning Documents Careers What We Do Our Initiatives Policy Agenda Our Impact Resources for Families Early Care and Education Family Resource Centers Family Event Calendar Week of the Young Child 2024 Child Development Resources News and Updates Contact Us CFC Meetings EC COAC Meetings Provider Portal Menu About Our Leadership Strategic Plan Funding Opportunities Policy and Planning Documents Careers What We Do Our Initiatives Policy Agenda Our Impact Resources for Families Early Care and Education Family Resource Centers Family Event Calendar Week of the Young Child 2024 Child Development Resources News and Updates Contact Us CFC Meetings EC COAC Meetings Provider Portal In 2023, DEC made San Francisco an even better place for families. Learn More in Our Annual Impact Report Meet San Francisco’s Department of Early Childhood. We partner with all of the adults who care for young children, so that together we can create healthier, happier, and more imaginative childhoods. And that makes the city a better place to live for us all. Putting the pieces together so children can soar. Resources for Families Parents, we're here for you. Parenting is hard sometimes. That’s why we put parents at the center of what we do. DEC is the City department solely dedicated to our youngest children. We work to support San Francisco families through partnerships, family services, and early childhood programs. As a result, we are making it easier to raise young children in the city we love. EARLY CAREEDUCATION RESOURCES find child care learn how to pay for child care OTHER RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES Find Resources, Playgroups, and Parenting Classes get a developmental screening and services Growing together in early childhood. We believe that the educators, community partners, and spaces where children grow, learn, and thrive are what make us strong. Together we can advance benefits, provide tools and training and connect children and their families to the city and beyond. Read Our Strategic Plan NewsUpdates Press Release: Nature-filled Play Areas Coming to Child Care Sites Across San Francisco Benefits include better mental health and creativity. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Ten San Francisco child care centers and family child care homes have been transformed into nature-filled oases that inspire May 7, 2024 Engaging Communities: A Blueprint for Happier, Healthier, More Imaginative Childhoods When we launched DEC, we did so with a strategic plan that clearly lays out our mission, what we’ll do to achieve it, and why. A significant part of our May 1, 2024 Popping-Up with the People: Bringing Information, Resources and Joy to the Bayview Pop-Up Village’s Youth Future Zone The Pop-Up Village is a site activation project that harnesses the power of design to bring together people and programs in vibrant and thoughtfully selected public spaces. Its mission is April 25, 2024 National Leadership through Local Action: House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Whip Katherine Clark Look to DEC as a Model for Early Childhood Investment. Image Description: From left to right: Jerry Yang, Executive Director, Kai Ming Head Start; Monique Guidry, Owner, Guidry Early Child Care and Education Program; Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emerita, United States April 11, 2024 The Power of Connection in Education: Highlights from the Attachment Innovation Challenge Over the weekend, DEC hosted the Attachment Innovation Challenge” in collaboration with our funded partners at WestEd. This event encouraged early educators to devise creative solutions to foster secure attachment April 2, 2024 Building a Coordinated System of Care Through Strong Relationships: Family Resource Center and Early Care and Education Staff Meet, Greet, and Share DEC was created to better align and coordinate all City-funded supports available to families with children from prenatal to five. Funding and oversight of critical family supports like the Family March 29, 2024 Load More Press Release: Nature-filled Play Areas Coming to Child Care Sites Across San Francisco Benefits include better mental health and creativity. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Ten San Francisco child care centers and family child care homes have been transformed into nature-filled oases that inspire May 7, 2024 Engaging Communities: A Blueprint for Happier, Healthier, More Imaginative Childhoods When we launched DEC, we did so with a strategic plan that clearly lays out our mission, what we’ll do to achieve it, and why. A significant part of our May 1, 2024 Popping-Up with the People: Bringing Information, Resources and Joy to the Bayview Pop-Up Village’s Youth Future Zone The Pop-Up Village is a site activation project that harnesses the power of design to bring together people and programs in vibrant and thoughtfully selected public spaces. Its mission is April 25, 2024 Load More Who we are About DEC Our Leadership Strategic Plan Privacy Policy About DEC Our Leadership Strategic Plan Privacy Policy Initiatives Early Care and Education Family Resource Centers Child Development Workforce Compensation Early Care and Education Family Resource Centers Child Development Workforce Compensation Facebook Twitter Instagram...