Brief

The Board of Recreation and Parks has referred a proposal to authorize five nonprofits—Childrens Collective, Inc.; Child Development Consortium of Los Angeles; Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment; Volunteers of America of Los Angeles; and other child care service providers—to operate preschool programs under City contracts. The file was introduced May 7, 2026, and is currently pending review by the Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee.

Full summary

This file authorizes the City to contract with five nonprofit organizations to operate preschool and child development programs under the Department of Recreation and Parks. The organizations named are Childrens Collective, Inc.; Child Development Consortium of Los Angeles, Inc.; Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment; Volunteers of America of Los Angeles; and other nonprofit child care service providers. These contracts represent a delegation of early childhood program delivery to established nonprofit partners rather than direct City operation. The Board of Recreation and Parks commissioners submitted the proposal on May 7, 2026, identifying the specific nonprofit partners and the scope of preschool programming they would manage. The substantive question is whether the City will formalize these contractual relationships and under what terms—including funding, performance standards, and oversight mechanisms—those programs will operate. The file entered the legislative process immediately, referred to the Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee on May 8, 2026. It remains pending in committee as of the most recent update. With an expiration date of May 7, 2028, the file has approximately two years to advance through committee, full council consideration, and adoption before it becomes inactive.

Activity (2)

• 2026-05-08 Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners document(s) referred to Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee.
• 2026-05-07 Document submitted by Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, dated May 7, 2026.

Documents (1)

• 2026-05-07 Report from Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners · report