Our Vision
Every child in Santa Monica is healthy, enjoys learning, and enters school ready and eager to succeed.
What We Do
Santa Monica Early ChildhoodTask Force advances a civic vision to support young children, and move resources and stakeholders to effective action.
For over 40 years, we have been reducing barriers to access and easing the financial burden of child care and early education for Santa Monica families; highlighting the dire need for high-quality, affordable child care, especially for infants and toddlers; and increasing collaboration, funding, and support systems in our community for young children and their families.
Childcare is essential; affordable and accessible high quality child care enables parents (especially mothers) to participate in the workforce and children to thrive.
Get Involved!
The easiest way to get involved! Join our Google Group to meet fellow advocates, receive emails with resources and special events, get notices and agendas for upcoming meetings, and timely calls-to-action.
We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every other month from 1-2:30pm via Zoom. Join us to collaborate, share information, and hear from guest speakers in Early Childhood Education about local issues, events, and resources. Meetings are publicized via the Google Group.
We identify and strategize advancing the Task Force's big goals: increasing access to high quality, affordable early childhood education, raising public awareness and civic investment in 0-5, and supporting providers and the workforce.