DEC Delivers on “Baby” Prop C to Expand Free and Low-Cost Child Care Under Mayor Lurie’s Family Opportunity Agenda
Families with young children in San Francisco face some of the highest costs in the country, and child care is a big part of that. For many, the price and unpredictability of […]
San Francisco Department of Early Childhood & SFUSD Early Education Department’s Vision for Universal Prekindergarten (UPK)
Our Vision for San Francisco Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) San Francisco’s Universal Prekindergarten initiative ensures that every child in our city enters kindergarten ready to learn and thrive. We believe that […]
Early Childhood Resource Mapping Report
A review of the strengths, gaps, and duplications in City-funded services to San Francisco’s children, ages birth to five, and their families.
DEC Communications and Community Engagement Plan 2023-2027
The release of DEC’s Communications and Community Engagement Plan for 2023-2027 marks a significant milestone in our commitment to supporting the city’s youngest children and their families through clear, effective, and inclusive communication.
How Kindergarten Readiness Impacts Student Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study Examining the K-12 Journey through San Francisco Unified School District
This study examines the academic achievement trajectories of that 2009 kindergarten readiness cohort to examine how school readiness affects students’ academic outcomes over their K-12 experiences.
San Francisco Early Care and Education Needs Assessment
DEC provides funding and collaborates with the Child Care Planning and Advisory Council to produce a comprehensive needs assessment for early care and education every five years.
DEC Strategic Plan
The creation of the Department of Early Childhood puts San Francisco at the national forefront of early childhood services, providing unprecedented resources and allowing us to be bold. The 2023-2027 […]
Phase 1 Joint Racial Equity Action Plan
Per the legislative mandate of the Office of Racial Equity, in 2020 each City department was required to complete a Racial Equity Action Plan providing a blueprint for advancing racial equity in all aspects of the department’s work over the next three years.
San Francisco Proposition C – Early Care And Education For All Initiative
On June 5, 2018, San Francisco voters passed Proposition C (“Baby” Prop C), a Commercial Rent Tax for Childcare and Early Education, that authorizes an additional tax on the lease […]
COVID-19 Policy Position Paper: Investment in ECE Critical to Economic Recovery
The coronavirus public health crisis highlighted the challenges of decades of underinvestment in the early care and education (ECE) system, exposing deep inequities and making them worse. During the 2010 […]