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CFC Thanks Supervisors for protecting Healthy Development Services

Megan Moore June 16, 2025 No Comments

Great news for San Diego’s youngest residents! The County Board of Supervisors has voted to invest in Healthy Development Services (HDS) for another year. This critical program supports the social, emotional, and behavioral well-being…

Stories about our movement

San Diego families struggle as childcare & rent consume nearly half of household incomes (ABC 10)
As inflation rises, parents can expect higher costs for child care this summer (Fox 5)
Opinion: We will pay a price if city doesn’t prioritize youth programs
San Diego taking notes on child care funding measures passed across the state (KPBS)
Where's My Village? (KPBS)
Opinion: San Diego’s children and their parents need the community’s help (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Opinion: We need to start caring for the people who care for our kids
(The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Opinion: There’s a crisis in San Diego when it comes to children. Here’s how the YMCA is helping. (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Courtney Baltiyskyy, vice president of public policy at the YMCA of San Diego County and co-facilitator of the Children First Collective and other local leaders gather in Civic Center Concourse to share findings from recent reports that underscore the challenges the region faces related to housing, child care, honmelessnessw and food insecurity on Thursday, May 6, 2025 in San Diego, California.

Report: “Parents can’t afford to pay and child care providers can’t afford to stay”

May 14, 2025

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NEWS

Latest updates from the Children First Collective

CFC Thanks Supervisors for protecting Healthy Development Services

Stories about our movement

Report: “Parents can’t afford to pay and child care providers can’t afford to stay”

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Child care voices in the U-T’s Sunday Opinion section

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