Lead by the County of Santa Barbara, the Downtown Santa Barbara Employer Child
Care Partnership is a group of employers who have been meeting to explore the issue of
availability of workforce child care in the downtown Santa Barbara area. The following is a
list of original participating partners.

County of Santa Barbara First 5 Santa Barbara Office of Early Care and Education Antioch University Bartlett, Pringle and Wolf City of Santa Barbara Community West Bank Cottage Health Systems Santa Barbara Bank and Trust

Santa Barbara Downtown Organization Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce Santa Barbara County Child Care Planning Council Santa Barbara Family Care Center, Children’s Resource and Referral Program Santa Barbara School Districts Sonos

Thank you to the following Downtown Santa Barbara employers who have committed to participating in the survey. (partial list)

Aldo's Italian Restaurant Antioch University Armstrong Associates Inc. Bartlett, Pringle and Wolf Brown & Brown Inc. Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, and Shreck City of Santa Barbara Commission Junction Inc. County of Santa Barbara Fielding Graduate University Franciscan Inn Holiday Inn Express/Hotel Virginia Hollister & Brace Hotel Santa Barbara Independent Lobero Theatre Metropolitan Paseo Nuevo Mission Linen Supply MTD National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis Sansum Clinic Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara Elementary School Districts Sonos Zona Seca

Having worked in human resources for several years and, as part of my job, having tried to help new working parents find suitable daycare, I have heard some harrowing stories about our woefully inadequate local child care options.

The past year however, while serving as a member of the Steering Committee for Downtown SB Employer Child Care, has given me great hope that we now have a forum to address these challenges and, more importantly, a means to make a difference for those working parents who need quality care for their children.

— Valerie Janssens, Sonos