• developing new centers and family child care homes
• sponsoring community child care awareness events
• assisting employers with employee child care issues
• providing community child care resources
• assisting planning departments with zoning
• ordinance and regulation issues
• training child care providers

In Riverside County there are four local child care councils which comprise the Consortium:

• The West County Child Care Council serves the City of Riverside and Moreno Valley.
• The Mid-County Child Care Council has a territory that begins in the Pass Area, extends through the Hemet/San Jacinto Valley and ends at the Sun City/ Menifee boundaries.
• The Southwest County Child Care Council represents the communities of Temecula, Murrieta, Lake Elsinore, Canyon Lake, Perris and Wildomar.
• The Coachella Valley Child Care Council serves the nine cities of the desert area.

Council members assess child care needs at the local level and address those needs through collaborative partnerships. The consortium does not own or operate child care programs. Instead, it provides leadership and assistance to local communities to establish child care programs.

In 1992, the Consortium was appointed as the Local Planning Council to assist with priorities for Federal Block Grant Child Development funding in Riverside County. In that capacity, the Consortium reviews funding and makes recommendations based on identified priorities.

Founded in 1982 and incorporated in 1987, the Consortium was initiated through funding made available by:

Consortium accomplishments are made possible because of community support at the city, county, state, and federal levels.