Irvine Child Care Committee
Purpose and Mission
The Child Care Committee is an advisory body of the City of Irvine, reporting to the Community Services Commission, providing input on the needs of the community pertaining to child care related issues. The Committee’s mission is to develop recommendations related to the availability of affordable quality child care and early education in Irvine.
The Committee works collaboratively with City departments and community organizations to enhance the provision of child care and early education services, providing outreach, and serving as a liaison to the community by informally sharing information learned at meetings, promoting City events for families and early childhood educators and sharing questions, concerns and ideas from the community with the Committee.
Composition
The committee is comprised of 14 voting members consisting of liaison and appointee representatives. The liaison members include two community members, two child care provider members, and two parent/guardian members. The appointee members represent three educational organizations and five City Council members, each appointing one representative.
- Diane Gale, Vice Chair (Community Representative)
- Dawn Mortazavi (Appointed by Councilmember Treseder)
- Dr. Elaine King (Appointed by Vice Mayor Agran)
- Melanie McCorkle (Appointed by Councilmember Kim)
- Nazy Nassiri (Appointed by Mayor Khan)
- Shareen Young (Appointed by Councilmember Carroll)
- Mariana Bosch (Appointed by Irvine Unified School District)
- Shelby Clatterbuck (Appointed by Irvine Valley College)
- Wenli Lin (Appointed by University of California, Irvine)
- Bushra Rashid (Child Care Provider Representative)
- Jessica Winn (Child Care Provider Representative)
- Sherry Tao (Community Representative)
- Yulree Tio (Parent/Guardian Representative)
- Stephanie Yomorta (Parent/Guardian Representative)
IRVINE CHILD CARE COMMITTEE MINUTES, AGENDAS & BYLAWS
Meetings Schedule for 2024
- January 9
- March 12
- May 14
- September 10
- October 8
- November 12
Time:
9–10:30 a.m
Location:
Irvine City Hall L102
One Civic Center Plaza
For further information, please contact the Child Care Coordination Office, 14341 Yale Ave., Irvine, at 949-724-6632.
Irvine Child Care Committee: November 12 Meeting Canceled
Notice is hereby given that the regular meeting of the City of Irvine Child Care Committee scheduled for November 12, 2024 has been canceled due to lack of quorum.
The next regular meeting will be held on March 11, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. in the multipurpose room at Quail Hill Community Center, 39 Shady Canyon, Irvine, California.
