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Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services
Mission: Improve the lives of children in solano county through education, advocacy, coordination of community services and community-based collaboratives. Children's network of solano county conducts and disseminates research, offers training, administers grants, coordinates county agencies, advocates for policy changes at all levels of government, and works to improve efficiency and effectiveness for children.
Programs: Family support - the children's network of solano county has worked to create a network of the county's family resource centers, sites that offer comprehensive family support services in every city in solano county, providing families with information and referrals, in-home services, parent education and assistance with social and health emergency needs.
child care support - the network provides staff support to the child care planning council and its programs and activities with the goal of improving accessibility, affordability and quality of childcare countywide. Children's network of solano county conducts and disseminates research, offers training, administers grants, coordinates county agencies, advocates for policy changes at all levels of government, and works to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of county services for children. The child care planning council members are approved by both the solano county board of supervisors and the solano county office of education.
council support - the network provides staff support, anf financial education, such as budget development, research, training and administrative support for the solano children's alliance and child abuse prevention council appointed by the board of supervisors.