California State Budget, Legislature & The Capitol

Announcements From the Governor's Desk

ICYMI: Last week, Governor Newsom signed AB 1808 to allow for 24-months of eligibility for CalWORKs. This bill, championed by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, created parity for families needing help paying for child care regardless of which door they entered to access. AB 1808 will go into effect on January 1, 2025.

This past week, the Governor continued making progress on the hundreds of bills on his desk including, finally, Senate bills. Friday in particular was a busy day as the Governor's office chugged out a multitude of press releases on his decisions. The Governor took action on many of the bills TFC has been tracking - he signed AB 2317 (Nguyen), which would establish an anaphylactic policy for training daycare staff on how to respond to a child suffering an anaphylactic reaction, AB 1930 (Reyes), which would remove restrictions on Child Development Associate Teacher permit renewals, and SB 1415 (Glazer), which would allow counties to count government, private, and nonprofit assistance towards the 80% threshold for the CalWORKs permanent housing assistance program.

He also vetoed a number of bills including:

• AB 1961 (Wicks), which would have required the development of the End Hunger in California Master Plan. You can read his veto message here.
• AB 2263 (Friedman), which would have established the California Guaranteed Income Statewide Feasibility Study Act. You can read his veto message here.
• AB 2381 (Bonta), which would have reimbursed state preschool contractors based on enrollment instead of attendance. You can read his veto message here.
• AB 2446 (Ortega), which would have required Medical to cover diapers for children under 21 years old. You can read his veto message here.

One of the most notable press releases from last week included the Governor signing three bills into law that would allow communities to restrict oil drilling and help the state address polluting idle wells. AB 3233 (Addis), AB 1866 (Hart), and AB 2716 (Bryan) will restrict polluting oil & gas operations near schools, daycares, and across communities.

Speaking of oil and gas, last week the Assembly held a hearing on three of the bills authored in the second extraordinary session on gas prices: ABX2-1 (Hart), ABX2-3 (Gallagher), and ABX2-9 (Petrie-Norris). All three bills would lower transportation fuel prices during fuel shortages by increasing the supply of fuel reserves. The Assembly may vote on October 1st when the special session begins at 1:00 pm. You can read the second extraordinary session daily file here.

The Governor has until September 30th to act on the remaining bills. The actions that can be considered by the Governor are to sign, veto or or allow a bill to go into effect without his signature.

New LAO Report:

Child Care and State Preschool

Each year, the Legislative Analysts Office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. Their flapship report of this series, Overview of the Spending Plan, is presented along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2024-25 budget package. The LAO released "Child Care and State Preschool" on September 26th. Figure 1 from the report, showing the child care budget dollars in millions, is depicted below.

Overview: The spending plan provides $6.7 billion for child care Programs. As shown in in Figure 1, total child care program costs increased by $106 million (2 percent) relative to the revised 2023-24 levels. This increase includes an additional $73 million for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) child care programs and $156 million for non-CalWORKs child care programs, offset by a $123 million reduction for support activities.

Other highlights from the report include:

• Provides $5 billion for preschool programs. Of this amount, $2.8 billion is for transitional kindergarten, $2.2 billion is for state preschool, and $42 million is for other support activities.
• The budget package includes $229 million ($117 million General Fund and $111 million federal funds) for 11,000 new General Child Care slots beginning October 1, 2024. (The full-year ongoing costs of the slots is $305 million.) 
• The budget delays full implementation of the multiyear slot expansion plan to 2026-27. Trailer legislation indicates intent to add 44,000 slots in 2026-27 and 33,000 slots in 2027-28 to fully meet the goals of the expansion plan.
• Makes statutory changes related to alternative reimbursement rate structure, including requiring the state to establish reimbursement rates using an alternative methodology by July 1, 2025. If the new rates do not take effect by this date, DSS must provide the Legislature with a time line for transition. Additionally, the changes specify that the new reimbursement rates shall not be reduced from the rates previously in effect (including Cost of Care Plus).
• Reduces funding for Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program (IEEEP) by $150 million. A total of $100 million remains available for the program.
• Expands state preschool to 2 year-olds.

Important Dates, Deadlines,

Hearings, and Bills

Actions Taken on Bills:

• AB 1930 (Reyes) Teaching credentials: Child Development Associate Teacher Permit: renewal.
• Signed into law on 09/27
• AB 1961 (Wicks) Food access: strategic plan
• Vetoed on 09/27. Read the veto message here.
• AB 2263 (Friedman) The California Guaranteed Income Study and Funding Act. 
• Vetoed on 09/22. Read the veto message here
• AB 2381 (Bonta) California state preschool programs: reimbursement rates.
• Vetoed on 09/27. Read the veto message here.
• AB 2446 (Ortega) Medi-Cal: diapers.
• Vetoed on 09/27. Read the veto message here.
• AB 2317 (Nguyen) Child day care facilities: anaphylactic policy.
• Signed into law on 09/26
• SB 1415 (Glazer) CalWORKs. 
• Signed into law on 09/27

Bills Pending Action by September 30:

• AB 1907 (Pellerin) California Child and Family Service Review System: Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessment.
• Presented to the Governor on 9/12
• AB 2343 (Schiavo) CalWORKs: childcare programs. 
• Presented to the Governor on 9/05
• SB 242 (Skinner) California Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Empowerment (HOPE) for Children Trust Account Program.
• Presented to the Governor on 9/03
• SB 1112 (Menjivar) Childcare: alternative payment programs.
• Presented to the Governor on 9/10

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Upcoming Hearings:

• Assembly Floor Session (Second Extraordinary) - October 1st: 1:00 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 126

Dates & Deadlines:

• September 30 - Last day for Governor to sign or veto bills passed by the Legislature before Sept. 1
• October 2 - Bills enacted on or before this date take effect January 1, 2025
• November 5 - General Election
• December 2 - Convening of the 2025–26 Regular Session at 12 p.m. noon

Legislative Resources:

• See the full 2023-24 Legislative Calendar here.
• Visit TFC's legislation page to find a comprehensive list of bills of interest.
• Visit TFC's Budget Page for full budget bill details, as well as budget hearing video archive links.
• Visit TFC's dedicated page to find a full list of Senate and Assembly Committee chairs and contact information.
• Click here to view all the bills that the Assembly and Senate introduced this legislative year.

November 5th General Election Resources

Are you registered to vote? Click HERE to register before ballots are mailed next Monday!

Voting Deadlines

• October 7th - Ballots are mailed.
• October 8th - Early voting begins.
• October 21st - Are you registered to vote, want to change party affiliation or need to update the address where voting, click HERE to check and register.
• October 26th - Vote centers open for early in-person voting.
• October 29th - Recommended Vote-by-Mail Ballot Request Date
• November 5th - Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Last day to vote by mail

Secretary of State Website Resources

• November Statewide Elections (November 5th)
• County-Administered Elections
• Los Angeles - August 30th, 2024: LACERA Election
• Sacramento - September, 2024: Sacramento County Employees' Retirement (SCERS) Election
• Ballot Propositions

Other Resources

• Which lawmakers are running for office this November
• CalMatters Voting Guide

Full List of Candidates

• Results of the March Primary (NYT Times)

CA State Assembly Races to Watch

This November

District 7 (Sacramento County)

Incumbent Assemblymember Josh Hoover (Republican) and City Councilmember of Citrus Heights Porsche Middleton (Democrat) are running for this east Sacramento district that includes the cities of Citrus Heights, Folsom, Carmichael, and Rancho Cordova. This district includes the region’s highest income communities and commuter cities surrounding the former Mather Air Force Base. Assemblymember Josh Hoover narrowly won his seat in 2022 against longtime Democratic incumbent Ken Cooley. Hoover came out ahead of Middleton during the primary despite the region having slightly more Democratic voters than Republican. However, the November election may be tighter after the resurged Democratic energy resulting from Kamala Harris’ announcement as the Democratic presidential candidate.

See the district map and a more detailed breakdown of this race here.

District 26 (Santa Clara County)

Incumbent and outgoing Assemblymember Evan Low’s district director Patrick Ahrens (Democrat) and State Senator Dave Cortese’s legislative director and deputy chief of staff Tara Sreekrishnan (Democrat) are running for this South San Francisco Bay district that includes part of the city of San Jose and the cities of Cupertino, Santa Clara, and Sunnyvale. This urban and tech-heavy district has a large Asian-American population and both business and labor competing to have their interests represented in the Capitol. Large businesses such as Uber and PG&E backed Ahrens in the primary while state employee unions and charter schools funded Sreekrishnan. Both candidates currently serve in public local office with Ahrens serving as Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board and Sreekrishnan serving on the Santa Clara County Board of Education. As we noted in our coverage of the key Congressional races, incumbent Assemblymember Evan Low is making his run for Congressional District 16.

See the district map and a more detailed breakdown of this race here.

District 27 (Fresno County, Madera County, Merced County)

Incumbent Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria (Democrat) and auditor Joanna Garcia Rose (Republican) are running for this Central Valley district that includes the cities of Merced, Los Banos, and parts of Madera and Fresno. This agricultural district that runs along Highway 99 has conservative-leaning voters frustrated by current economic conditions and crime. Assemblymember Soria came second in the March primary behind Garcia Rose despite amassing more funds than her opponent by over $1 million.

See the district map and a more detailed breakdown of this race here.

District 40 (Los Angeles County)

Incumbent first-term Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo (Democrat) and retired deputy sheriff Patrick Lee Gipson (Republican) are running for this northern Los Angeles district that encompasses the city of Santa Clarita and its suburbs. This San Fernando Valley district is a tight battleground as the district has gone from a Republican stronghold to a whopping 47% of voters registered as Democratic. This is evidenced by the seat changing parties in each of the past three elections. 

See the district map and a more detailed breakdown of this race here.

District 47 (San Bernardino County, Riverside County)

Incumbent first-term Assemblymember Greg Wallis (Republican) and Palm Springs city councilmember Christy Holstege (Democrat) are competing for this high desert district including Joshua Tree National Park and parts of the cities of Indio, San Bernardino, and Riverside. This rural district with a large pocket of LGBTQ voters from around Palm Springs is seeing a rerun of its 2022 election when Assemblymember Wallis beat Holstege by 85 votes. The district’s congressional counterpart, Congressional District 41, is also facing a close race that we covered in the Monday Morning Update two weeks ago.

See the district map and a more detailed breakdown of this race here.

District 57 (Los Angeles County)

Business consultant and education commissioner Efren Martinez (Democrat) and community organizer Sade Elhawary (Democrat) are running for this southern Los Angeles district that includes the areas northwest of Huntington Park and northeast of Inglewood. Incumbent Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer is terming out of this seat representing a base of Black voters and a very large number of Latino voters. Martinez and Elhawary, both Latine, had a close race in the low-turnout primary.

See the district map and a more detailed breakdown of this race here.

District 75 (San Diego County)

Former San Diego city councilmember and radio talk show host Carl DeMaio (Republican) and Senate GOP leader Brian Jones’ district director Andrew Hayes (Republican) are running for this eastern San Diego-area district that includes the cities of Julian, Campo, and parts of El Cajon. It also included the eastern San Diego suburbs of Santee, Lakeside, and Poway. This conservative district is currently represented by Assemblymember Marie Waldron who is terming out. San Diegans may remember DeMaio from his run for mayor of San Diego in 2012 and his run for Congressional District 52nd in 2014 against incumbent Scott Peters. The San Diego County GOP suffered a controversy after the March primary when the party chair tried to switch their endorsement from Hayes to DeMaio following his large lead of 24 points over Hayes in the primary.

See the district map and a more detailed breakdown of this race here.

District 76 (San Diego County)

Domestic violence victims advocate Kristie Bruce-Lane (Republican) and research scientist Darshana Patel (Democrat) are running for this northeast San Diego district that includes the cities of Escondido, San Marcos, and the outskirts of Vista and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. This politically moderate district became more blue when current Assemblymember Brian Maienschein turned to the Democratic Party in 2019. GOP candidate Bruce-Lane ran against Maienschein in 2022 and narrowly lost by 3 points. Assemblymember Maeinschein is currently running for San Diego City Attorney.

See the district map and a more detailed breakdown of this race here.

Tune in next week when we feature a key district and its candidates from some of the races to watch!

This Week's Featured Proposition: Prop 33 and 34

Proposition 33

What is it?

Prop 33 would allow local governments to impose rent control. For the past 30 years, California has imposed limits via a law known as Costa-Hawkins on how much cities can limit the amount a landlord can raise the rent each year. Currently, landlords do not have rent control on single-family homes or apartments built after 1995.

Why is it on the ballot?

There were previous ballot measures in 2018 and 2020 seeking to overturn Costa-Hawkins that failed to pass. The closest that supporters of rent control have gotten was in 2019 when Governor Newsom signed AB 1942 which capped annual rent increases to 5 percent in California. The proponents of Prop 34 include: the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the California Democratic Party, Veterans' Voices, the CA Nurses Association, the CA Alliance for Retired Americans, Housing is a Human Right, Tenants Together, Consumer Watchdog, Housing NOW, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, and UNITE HERE Local 11.

Who is against it?

Opponents of Prop 33 say, "the measure could effectively overturn more than 100 state housing laws, including laws making it easier to build affordable housing, and fair housing and tenant eviction protections. It could also strip the Attorney General's ability to enforce certain current housing laws." Opponents of Prop 33 include: the CA Small Business Association, the CA Rental Housing Association, the CA Senior Alliance, the CA Council of Carpenters, the CA YIMBY, the California Chamber of Commerce, Senator Tony Atkins, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.

Proposition 34

What is it?

Prop 34 would require some medical care providers to spend 98% of drug sale revenue on “direct patient care.“ In reality, the only provider whom this proposition applies to is the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

Why is it on the ballot?

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, led by its president Michael Weinstein, has become a major player in funding state and local housing measures. This year’s Proposition 33 is one of the measures it has heavily funded. Proponents of Prop 34 want to keep the AIDS Healthcare Foundation funds away from politics. Proponents include: the California Apartment Association, the ALS Association, Assemblymember Evan Low, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and the California Chamber of Commerce.

Who is against it?

Opponents say that Prop 34 exists to prevent the AIDS Healthcare Foundation from promoting rent control. Currently, the opponents of Prop 34 are the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the Consumer Watchdog, the National Organization for Women, UNITE HERE Local 11, and the Coalition for Economic Survival.

We will be featuring a different proposition each week leading up to the November 5th election! Read the full list of ballot propositions here.

Upcoming Thriving Families CA Events

In-Person Preliminary Workshop Program- Now Available!

Click Here to view the preliminary workshop program for the In-Person Conference.

Virtual workshop program coming soon! 

Registration

Register Today For the Virtual Portion of the Conference!

Register Online HERE.

For the IN-PERSON option, an email was sent to your agency's ED/CEO, AP Contact and R&R Contact last week on July 1st from TFC and Network staff with more information on how to register. Once again, there will be a cap on in-person attendance. We want to give all of our member agencies a chance to send staff in-person, so each agency will get a set number of in-person registrations. If you are needing the registration link again, please let us know.

Exhibitor and Sponsor Information- Now Available!

There are a variety of ways to sponsor The Hybrid Conference or show your support. Whether you are interested in one of our many sponsorship opportunities, purchasing ad space in the Conference program or hosting an exhibit booth to showcase new products or launch promotions, there will be ample opportunity for your company to be recognized as a contributor to the early learning and child care field and for you to build visibility and connect with senior management and key decision makers.

See the Exhibitor and Sponsor Packet Here.

Did you know?

Child Care Q&A's

NOTE: If you have a question you would like answered or researched, please email.

Question: Will child care providers get another stipend in 2024?

Answer: Currently, the state is supporting a process to recapture all of the unspent ARPA and unspent SB 115 monies. That process to identify the monies that can be factored into another stipend to child care providers that had previously received a stipend. Once the stipend amount is determined, see the process below for distibution.

Within forty-five (45) days of receiving redistributed funds, APPs and direct-service contractors with Family Child Care Home Education Networks and sub-contracted centers will distribute stipends to providers. CDA will issue stipends directly to those providers who are reimbursed by counties for child care in CalWORKs Stage One and the Bridge Program. Stipends will be issued in Fiscal Year 2024-2025. These payments shall be payable to licensed family child care, license-exempt (e.g. family, friend, and neighbor) providers and center-based providers who cared for children enrolled in the following subsidized programs in April 2022 and completed the ARPA survey:

• CalWORKs Stages One, Two (C2AP), and Three (C3AP)
• California Alternative Payment Program (CAPP)
• California Migrant Alternative Payment Program (CMAP)
• Migrant Child Development Programs (CMIG)
• General Child Care and Development Programs (CCTR)
• Family Child Care Home Education Networks (CFCC)
• Child Care and Development Services for Children with Special Needs (CHAN)
• Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children (Bridge Program) 

For more information, see CCB 24-15E.

Question: What information should a child care provider ask for when enrolling in a child into care?

Answer (CA Child Care Law Center): Ask the adult who enrolls the child

• what the adult’s relationship is to the child
• whether anyone else has a legal relationship to the child
• whether the child has been the subject of any court proceedings
• what the child’s living arrangements are, i.e., whether the child lives with both parents, one parent, grandparent, step-parent, etc.
• name and contact information of the non-enrolling parent, regardless of whether the child has any contact with that parent.

Federal Update

We're shortening this section! Click here to read the FULL weekly federal update from the National Women's Law Center.

1.Federal Update & Take Action

On Wednesday, Congress averted a government shutdown. They quickly departed Washington, DC, to campaign until after the November elections and will return after the Veterans’ Day holiday. When they’re back, they will have very few legislative days before the new funding deadline of Friday, December 20th. It remains unclear if they will be able to agree to FY25 funding levels by the end of 2024 or will be forced to pass another Continuing Resolution (CR) stopgap into 2025 and push decisions to the newly elected Congress and administration. 

As a reminder, federal government funding must be renewed yearly by the end of September. Congress has failed to meet this deadline many times, but this doesn’t change the fact that punting funding acts as a cut to federal ECE programs since outdated funding doesn’t keep pace with inflation. Congress must pass FY25 appropriations as quickly as possible and retain the increased ECE funding in the Senate proposal.

As previously reported, the US Senate Appropriations Committee approved their FY25 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bills.

Sustained annual increases to federal investments in ECE are critical to tackling the child care crisis that is holding back families, businesses, and our economy. 

In contrast, the partisan House Appropriations Committee’s proposed plan for FY25 funding for LHHS includes a cut of $24.6 billion, or 11 percent, below the fiscal year 2024 level. S

As a reminder, FY25 funding bills will likely not be finalized until after the November election. It is still critical that we remind Congress to prioritize investments in ECE programs.

Calls to Action:

• Please urge your Members of Congress to prioritize maintaining the Senate increases as they negotiate annual spending bills. Funding to address our country's child care crisis is more urgent now than ever before.
• Please urge your Members of Congress to support the $16 billion proposal supported by President Biden and many congressional Democrats. 
• Tell your federal policymakers to fight for funding for child care (NWLC)
• CACFP Federal Advocacy Toolkit 2024 
• If you have questions, please contact: Becky Levin, AFSCME blevin@afscme.org; Samantha Marshall, CACFP Roundtable samantha@ccfproundtable.org; or Mary Beth Testa, Home Grown marybeth@mbstsolutions.com
• CHN budget and tax toolkit for local groups (2024) (Coalition on Human Needs)

2. White House Issue Brief - Child Care is Infrastructure: Evidence from Universal Pre-K

Key takeaways from Child Care is Infrastructure: Evidence from Universal Pre-K | CEA | The White House:

• The Biden-Harris administration has made historic public investments in the child care industry and proposed transformative federal investments in child care and Pre-K. This Issue Brief presents evidence that these investments are good for the overall economy.
• Introduction of Universal Pre-K across various states led to increased Pre-K enrollment and higher employment rates among mothers with young children in those areas on average.
• The increases in the employment of mothers of young children was not offset by decreases of other workers, resulting in more growth in the overall labor force in places that introduced Universal Pre-K than places that did not.
• Consistent with an increase in overall economic activity, places that introduced Universal Pre-K also had larger increases in new business applications and the number of establishments than places that did not.
• The analysis shows that these investments in child care benefit families, businesses, and the overall economy—underscoring the importance of the Biden-Harris administrations investments in child care infrastructure.

3. One-Page Factsheet - The Child Tax Credit Is Great – But It Won’t Solve the Child Care Crisis

From the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC):

The Child Tax Credit Is Great – But It Won’t Solve the Child Care Crisis

4. Webinar (10/2) - Nonpartisan Advocacy: How 501(c)(3)s Can Educate and Advocate During Election Season

Read more here

October 2, 2:00 PM ET

Register here.

5. Webinar (9/30) - A Look Back and A Path Forward: Sustaining Child Care Beyond Pandemic Relief Funds

September 30, 3:00pm ET

Register here

6. New Website & Resource - Latino Infant Initiative

From Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors (AP-OD), UnidosUS, and AVANCE:

Latino Infant Initiative - Latino Infant Initiative (latinoinfants.org)

7. Updated Analysis - The Gender Wage Gap Got Worse For the First Time in 20 Years

From the National Partnership for Women & Families:

The National Partnership for Women & Families is releasing two important updates to our wage gap research. Unfortunately, the gender wage gap significantly widened for the first time since 2003. In the fact sheet America’s Women and the Wage Gap, we dive into the details behind why women are only paid 75 cents for every dollar paid to men nationally, what the wage gap is in each state, and what can be done to close these gaps.

We also looked at how the wage gap impacted different communities of color in The Wage Gap #IRL (In Real Life) for Women of Color: Groceries, Child Care and Student Loans. The wage gap widened for almost every group of racially minoritized women, showing once again how deeply rooted and systemic the wage gap is.

8. Brief - Immigrant Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers Essential, Yet Invisible

From the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at UC Berkley:

The invaluable role immigrant caregivers—often grandmothers—play in supporting families is highlighted in this brief. Their culturally responsive, multilingual care strengthens family bonds, yet they remain largely unrecognized in policy decisions— despite being an important element of the mixed delivery system.

Most Viewed Bills of the Week:

1.S.4445 [118th] Right to IVF Act

2.H.R.8281 [118th] SAVE Act

3.H.R.7909 [118th] Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

4.H.R.82 [118th] Social Security Fairness Act of 2023

5.S.4361 [118th] Border Act of 2024

6.H.R.2 [118th] Secure the Border Act of 2023

7.S.596 [117th] Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2021

8.H.R.9494 [118th] Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025

9.H.R.5074 [118th] Kidney PATIENT Act of 2023

10.S.4638 [118th] National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025

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CDSS & CDE Information & Updates

Upcoming Webinars

Webinar Announcement: Early Education Division Webinar October 03, 2024 

The California Department of Education (CDE) Early Education Division (EED) would like to invite you to join us for an upcoming webinar on the 2024-25 state budget for early education, where we will provide an overview of the budget, changes in law, and cover interim guidance related to the budget, as well as answer questions that come in from the profession. This webinar is scheduled for Thursday, October 3, 2024, from 3 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time. 

Below is the log-in

information you will need to participate in the webinar.  

Date of Webinar: Thursday, October 03, 2024  

Time of Webinar: 3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.  

Topic: CDE Early Education

Division Webinar  

Please click the link below

to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81855243863    Passcode: 707411  

Information & Updates

RELEASED September 24, 2024: Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 24-15E: Guidance to counties and child care and development contractors of the redistribution of unspent AB 179, SB 115, and AB 110 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds

ATTENTION: ALL COUNTY WELFARE DIRECTORS, COUNTY CHILD CARE COORDINATORS AND CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTORS

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website:  Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 24-15E: ERRATUM TO IMPLEMENTATION OF REDISTRIBUTION OF UNSPENT STIPEND FUNDS FROM ASSEMBLY BILL (AB) 110 (CHAPTER 4, STATUTES OF 2023), SENATE BILL (SB) 115 (CHAPTER 2, STATUTES OF 2022), AND ASSEMBLY BILL (AB) 179 (CHAPTER 249, STATUTES OF 2022) FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS CARING FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING A STATE CHILD CARE SUBSIDY

The purpose of this erratum is to correct the guidance and direction to counties and child care and development contractors in CCB 24-15 regarding implementation of flat rate, per-child stipends to family child care providers and centers, pursuant to AB 179 and AB 110.

If you have any questions or need additional guidance regarding the information in this letter, contact the Child Care Policy and Development Bureau at ccpb@dss.ca.gov, or contact your assigned CCDD, PQI Branch Child Development Consultant.

RELEASED September 12, 2024: CCB 24-19: Travel and Mileage Reimbursement Guidance

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website: Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 24-19: 

The purpose of this Child Care Bulletin (CCB) is to provide child care contractors with updated information regarding:

1. Elimination of prohibition on state-funded and state-sponsored travel to states with discriminatory laws;

2. Travel and per diem rates; and

3. Updated mileage reimbursement rates

If you have questions or need additional guidance regarding the information in this letter, please contact the Child Development Fiscal Services inbox at ChildDevelopmentFiscal@dss.ca.gov.

Happening This Week, September 30 - October 4, 2024:

Tuesday, October 1st:

-TFC Weekly Member Connections Meeting @ 1:00pm. Email to register.

Wednesday, October 2nd: -Thriving Families CA Public Policy Meeting @ 2:00pm

Thursday, October 3rd: -Webinar Announcement: Early Education Division Webinar, 3:00pm-4:00pm. Click here to join.

Thriving Families California is committed to supporting our field with a coordinated calendar. Click here to see current calendar of events. If you have an event to add, email us and it will be added.

The Weekly Good

An uplifting way to start the week, for those of us who need a break from the chaos that is our lives.

During this time where we are all stressed, it would be great to celebrate the positive. Each week we will celebrate everyday heroes, inspiring movements and great things happening in our field.