Ventura County Universal PreKindergarten Advisory Workgroup

The California Department of Education (CDE) has charged our County Office of Education’s Local Planning Council in partnership with our local Resource and Referral (Child Development Resources) with facilitating the Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Mixed Delivery Planning Grant. The purpose of this grant is to develop a plan to ensure all three and four-year-old children in Ventura County have access to high-quality full and part-day preschool options through a mixed-delivery system. One of the most exciting opportunities within this grant is the UPK Mixed Delivery Advisory Workgroup (membership categories are informed by Ed Code 8320) which will include representatives including: the Ventura County Office of Education, First 5, LEAs that offer preschool and/or TK, local institutes of higher education, Resource and Referral, family child care providers, private center based providers and CSPP, CCTR, and Head Start program administrators and educators. Additional members will be considered to enhance our local mixed delivery system. 

When and where will the workgroup meet?

The UPK Advisory Workgroup will meet quarterly. All meetings are open to non-member attendees. 

*The UPK MD meeting time is shortened to accommodate for the Workgroup Training that will follow.

View more resources on Mixed Delivery Planning!

For more information and resources to support the UPK Mixed Delivery Advisory Workgroup, visit the Ventura County UPK-MD Padlet.

You can also view the UPK Mixed Delivery Plan by clicking the image to the right.