January 25, 2008

SACRAMENTO –Los Angeles Valley College won one of the annual Board of Governors (BOG) Exemplary Program Award for their exceptional programs in the area of career and technical education, announced California Community Colleges Chancellor Diane Woodruff.

“The theme of this year’s award is ‘Innovative Bridges in Career Technical Education,’” explained Chancellor Woodruff of the BOG award established in 1991 to recognize outstanding community college programs. “This year’s exemplary awards represent programs that meet a vital community need in the area of career technical education, have high student success rates, and can be modeled in other community colleges,” she said.

Founded in 2004, Los Angeles Valley College’s Early Childhood Workforce Development Program responds to the critical need for childcare in California. Both nationally and locally there are a large number of parents needing childcare; in the Los Angeles area alone, there are over 122,450 children in families where both parents are working, and yet there are only 7,593 slots in licensed day care facilities available. Between 2004 and 2007, LAVC trained and contributed over 500 workers to the early childhood development industry for infant and toddler care.

The college received a $4,000 award from the Foundation for California Community Colleges. The award is sponsored by the Foundation for California Community Colleges, and recipients are chosen by a committee made up of representatives from the state administrator groups, students and faculty.