The CocoKids Playbook

CocoKids is 50 years old! Celebrate our 50th year of serving the community with a special legacy video. This video takes you back 5 decades ago and brings to life the incredible journey of CocoKids: from its very humble and simple beginnings to its phenomenal growth, to where it is today, and our vision for the future. Our Host and Executive Director of Cocokids, John Jones, discusses what goes in...

Tune in to part two of episode 14, The Role of Black Providers in ECE. Don't miss Keisha Nzewi and Rachel Bymun as they continue their conversation on the importance of Black providers in ECE with our host John Jones.

Join John Jones, Executive Director of CocoKids, as he sits down with Keisha Nzewi, Co-Founder of Black ECE, and Rachel Bymun, Child Care Provider and advocate with 15 years of experience, to discuss the importance of Black providers in early childhood education.

Join us in today's episode as John Jones, Executive Director of CocoKids, sits down with Anna Powell, Associate Director for the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. Together, they explore the early care and education field, the educators who make up the workforce, and discuss the key challenges they face.

Join John Jones, Executive Director of CocoKids, as he sits down with Devorah Levine, Executive Director of the Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation. They discuss shifting funding for non-profit organizations and how that's impacted philanthropy.

Join John Jones, Executive Director of CocoKids, for a conversation with Erin Freschi, Director of Resource & Referral and the Learning Institute at CocoKids, and Tony Ayala, Professor of Child Development and Family Studies at Solano Community College. Together, they explore the state of ECE and the challenges facing the field.

Join CocoKids' Executive Director, John Jones, as he sits down with the Mayor of Concord, Laura Nakamura. They discuss various aspects of public policy and why the well-being of children has a direct impact on the overall state of a city.

In this episode, hear from our Child Health and Nutrition Director, Catherine Stafford, on the importance of providing a healthy meal to our children.

In this episode, John Jones, Executive Director of CocoKids, sits down with Janani Krishna, child care center owner and CocoKids Board Member, to explore the ins and outs of running a child care business and you won’t want to miss it!

Join John Jones, Executive Director of CocoKids, as he sits down with Joanne Funtila, CocoKids' Inclusion Specialist, to discuss what the Inclusion Warm Line program is and how to take advantage of this free resource.

Ever wonder what to look for in a child care provider? Don't miss this episode as John Jones, Executive Director of CocoKids, sits down with Megan Miccio, R&R Program Manager of CocoKids, to discuss what a trusted child care provider looks like and how to determine what quality looks like to you.

In today's episode, CocoKids Executive Director John Jones sits down with Michelle Mortenson, Director of CocoKids' Child Care Fund and Quality Assurance, to unpack what the Child Care Fund is, how it works, and why it matters for families.

Tune in as John Jones, Executive Director of CocoKids, sits down with Yolanda Thomas, Advocate and Child Care Provider, to discuss her work with CCPU and why it matters.

Tune in as John Jones, Executive Director of CocoKids, sits down with former Director of CocoKids Resource & Referral and Learning Institute, Margaret Wiegert Jacobs. Together they tackle the age-old debate - child care vs. learning at home and how to choose what's best for you.

Join us for Episode Two as our host, John Jones, speaks Executive Director to Executive Director with Ruth Fernandez from First Five Contra Costa. Hear straight from the experts why you should care about child care in your community!

Tune in for our debut episode! Executive Director of CocoKids, John Jones, sits down with Margaret Wiegert Jacobs, former Director of the Learning Institute at CocoKids, to explore the reasons why the cost of child care can be so expensive.