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MB 15-04 Attachment 1

Attachment 1 to Management Bulletin (MB) 15-04 describes and defines the process by which Local Planning Councils (LPCs) establish priorities for the California State Preschool Full and Part-Day Program (CSPP).

Attachment 1: CSPP Full-Day and Part-Day Priorities

  1. Counties with over 10 million residents (Los Angeles County)

Priority 1: A zip code qualifies as Priority 1 when there are 50% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 1,500 children underserved.

Priority 2: A zip code qualifies as Priority 2 when: there are 50% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 750 children underserved.

Priority 3:
Option 1:
A zip code qualifies as Priority 3 when there are 50% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 500 children underserved.
Option 2: All other zip codes in the county
Option 3: No other zip codes in the county

  1. Counties with over 1 million residents (Orange County; San Diego County; Riverside County; San Bernardino County; Santa Clara County; Alameda County; Sacramento County; and Contra Costa County)

    Priority 1: A zip code qualifies as Priority 1 when there are 40% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 300 children underserved.

    Priority 2: A zip code qualifies as Priority 2 when there are 40% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 200 children underserved.

    Priority 3:
    Option 1: A zip code qualifies as Priority 3 when there are 25% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 100 children underserved.
    Option 2: All other zip codes in the county.
    Option 3:
    No other zip codes in the county.

  2. Counties with over 200,000 residents (Fresno County; Ventura County; Kern County; San Francisco County; San Mateo County; San Joaquin County; Stanislaus County; Sonoma County; Tulare County; Solano County; Monterey County; Santa Barbara County; Placer County; San Luis Obispo County; Santa Cruz County; Marin County; Merced County; Butte County; and Yolo County)

    Priority 1: A zip code qualifies as Priority 1 when there are 40% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 150 children underserved.

    Priority 2: A zip code qualifies as Priority 2 when there are 25% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 75 children underserved.

    Priority 3:
    Option 1: A zip code qualifies as Priority 3 when there are 25% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 50 children underserved.
    Option 2: All other zip codes in the county.
    Option 3: No other zip codes in the county.

  3. Counties with under 200,000 residents (Shasta County; El Dorado County; Imperial County; Kings County; Madera County; Napa County; Humboldt County; Nevada County; Sutter County; Mendocino County; Yuba County; Lake County; and Tehama County)

    Priority 1: A zip code qualifies as Priority 1 when: there are 50% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 24 children underserved.

    Priority 2:
    A zip code qualifies as Priority 2 when there are 35% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 10 children underserved.

    Priority 3:
    Option 1: A zip code qualifies as Priority 3 when there are 20% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 10 children underserved.
    Option 2: All other zip codes in the county.
    Option 3: No other zip codes in the county.

  4. Counties with under 60,000 residents (Tuolumne County; San Benito County; Calaveras County; Siskiyou County; Amador County; Lassen County; Del Norte County; Glenn County; Colusa County; Plumas County; Mariposa County; Inyo County; Trinity County; Mono County; Modoc County; Sierra County; and Alpine County)

    Priority 1: A zip code qualifies as Priority 1 when there are 50% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 10 children underserved.

    Priority 2: A zip code qualifies as Priority 2 when there are 35% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 10 children underserved.

    Priority 3:
    Option 1: A zip code qualifies as Priority 3 when there are 20% or more of eligible children underserved, and there are more than 10 children underserved.
    Option 2: All other zip codes in the county
    Option 3: No other zip codes in the county

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