CHILD CARE ADVOCATE NEWSLETTER
Community Embraces Funding for Child Care
San Mateo County Supervisors Allocate Additional Funds to Support Child Care
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved a grant for an additional $2 million of Coranvavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Funds, authorized by the federal government, to augment the "Child Care Relief Fund" — a COVID-19 recovery fund to benefit child care providers adversely impacted by COVID-19 in San Mateo County.
November 10, 2020
Corporations and Philanthropies Generate $500,000 in Support of San Mateo Child Care Relief Fund
Local businesses, government, philanthropies, and community organizations have contributed $500,000 to support the San Mateo County Child Care Relief Fund, which will assist local childcare providers impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
November 12, 2020
UPCOMING EVENTS
JOIN OUR VIEWING PARTY
Monday,
December 07

7:30 — 9:00pm
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Childcare challenges, already persistent and complex, have now been further complicated by COVID-19. Parents are trying to balance childcare and work, childcare providers are trying to stay open or re-open with an unsustainable new business model, and employers are trying to determine how and when their working parents can return to work.
Join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation on Wednesday, December 9 from 12 pm– 1:00 pm PST, for a webinar covering the findings from a series of surveys conducted June - November 2020, and understand the impact of COVID-19 on Child Care observed over time.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Parent Town Hall:
Child Care during COVID-19
Wondering how child care providers are operating during COVID-19? The San Mateo County Office of Education and its partners organized a panel of local professionals to share the latest information, policies, and practices for child care in San Mateo County.
Watch the video above or online via YouTube.
U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION
TALENT FORWARD 2020
On October 30, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Center for Education and Workforce hosted its virtual Talent Forward 2020 event. 

The event included a dynamic set of speakers and timely education and workforce topics. 
If you missed the event or simply want to watch again, CLICK HERE.
IN THE NEWS
Transforming Child Care

As educators and advocates work tirelessly through these unpredictable times, the following articles emphasize the importance of discontinuing obsolete practices that perpetuated a broken system in order to integrate the innovation needed to usher in a new generation of child care excellence!
A Pandemic within a Pandemic: How Coronavirus and Systemic Racism Are Harming Infants and Toddlers of Color
Center for Law and Social Policy
How Child Care Disruptions Hurt Parents of Color Most

Center for American Progress
As always, we hope you and your loved ones are safe and well.

Thank you for your continued support,

The Build Up Team