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Message from the President & CEO
Child Care Providers,
As you know, the governor submitted his state budget proposal in January for the 2016/17 fiscal year. This marks the beginning of the budget season and, as we have seen in the past, what is proposed in January is usually different than what is enacted.
Major proposals for Child Care and Early Learning include: 1. Child Care
The overall proposal for child care provides annualizes the agreements to increase reimbursement rates for child care providers from the 2015-16 state budget and provides a modest Cost of Living Adjustment (.47%) and Growth Funding (.13%) in the budget year. It also makes preliminary adjustments for caseloads in the CalWORKs child care programs.
The budget also proposes trailer bill language which would direct the California Department of Education to develop a plan to transition contracted funding into vouchers over a five year time period to provide increased flexibility of subsidy services. Currently the state provides about 1/3 of its child care subsidies through center based contracts and 2/3 through voucher programs.
2. Early Education Block Grant
The Budget proposes a consolidation of resources in existing programs to create a $1.6
billion early education block grant for local education agencies. This would combine existing programs funded under Proposition 98 including the California State Preschool Program, Transitional Kindergarten and the Preschool Quality Rating Improvement Program. It is the intent of the Administration that the block grant will follow the core fiscal tenants of the Local Control Funding formula which include considerations of population and prioritization of low-income children. There is a “hold harmless” clause that would ensure that no (Local Education Agency) would see a decrease in funding. As always we are constantly working to advocate for all child care professionals in the early child care field. If you have any questions or comments in regards to the State Budget, contact us at 1-866-67-4KIDS or email us at [email protected].
Dr. Michael Olenick,
President & CEO
Executive Team: Board Members:
Michael Olenick
President & Chief Executive Off icer
Edward Hill - Chair Michelle Torres - Vice Chair Anthony Peña - Treasurer Jeriel Smith - Secretary
Ellen Cervantes Shirley Cameron
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Vice President of Human Resources
Denise Trinh
Chief Financial Officer
Martin R. Lopez Romalis Taylor
Adrian Stern - Member-at-Large Alyce Akers
John Bwarie
Joannie Busillo-Aguayo
Charles “C.J.” Allen Rita García
Jason Irwin
Shelia Jones
Aaron Rafelle Dilmit Singh Guillermina Gomez
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Inside this Edition
• Message from the President & CEO
• EITC
• 20th Annual Annabelle Godwin Play Day
• Early Head Start Child Care Partnership
• New Online Provider Portal
• 40th Anniversary
• Vroom
• Professional Development Trainings and workshops
• Toy Safety
• Button Battery Safety Tips
• Baked Broccoli Tots Recipe