California Central Coast Child Care Facilities Action Network
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The Action Network
The California Child Care Facilities Action Network (CCCFAN) is part of a broader regional effort that includes a six-county land use survey and sessions with planning departments.
This group is made up of advocates, coordinators, and community leaders from San Benito, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties for 9 months of peer learning, fieldwork, land-use surveys, coaching, and sessions with planning departments.
This community of practice is grounded by the Santa Barbara County Child Care Facilities Master Plan and Toolkit, as well as a six-county regional land use survey developed specifically for the Central Coast.
Participants work and learn alongside peers from across the region who are navigating the same policy landscape from different vantage points. Those cross-county relationships and the shared regional advocacy plan will shape the foundation for lasting policy change.
Nine months.
Eighteen practitioners.
One Regional Community
What to Expect
2–3 hours of fieldwork between every session.
Full attendance expected; sessions are not recorded because the live discussion is the core of the experience.
Miss a session? You’ll receive the meeting materials and you can connect with a peer to debrief. The Hive, our community platform, carries the work between sessions — post findings, complete portfolio artifacts, log commitments, and stay accountable to your cohort.
Practitioner Series & Coaching Sessions:
6 training sessions, 90 minutes each via Zoom.
Each session delivers 30 minutes of structured content grounded in the Santa Barbara County Child Care Facilities Master Plan and Toolkit, as well as data from the six-county regional land use survey developed specifically for the Central Coast.
45 minutes of community of practice discussion where you connect the material to active policy work in your jurisdiction, and a 15-minute closing commitment round.
3 coaching sessions, 90 minutes each via Zoom. These are participant-driven and facilitator-guided. You submit your jurisdiction challenges and questions one week in advance. The agenda is built from what you bring, not from a set curriculum. Come prepared to work through live problems with peer input.
Registration: June 22nd through July 31, 2026
Sessions: September 2026 to March 2027
Coaching Sessions: March 2027 to May 2027
Topics
Why Facilities Matter and How Land Use Works
The Six-County Landscape - Survey Data and the Dashboard
What Good Policy Looks Like
Helping Navigate the Permit Process
Child Care and Developments
Putting It Into Practice