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SB1110 (Becker)
Stabilize services for families and child care providers through administrative reorganization.
Child Care Conditions: The Costs of Doing Business
Rising costs and increased regulations continue to place mounting pressure on nonprofit organizations. In California, stress on the system is especially driven by for profit competition, threats of defunding, and costs such as unemployment insurance, worker’s compensation, rent, utilities, healthcare, and litigation. This escalation has created a structural imbalance between an increased demand for services and operating costs that outpace revenue streams.
Anatomy of a Child Care Funding Dollar
A key strength of agencies contracted to provide child care services is the community-based nature of the service delivery. Rather than the state contracting with child care providers located across our vast state, these services are provided by staff who live in and intimately know that community, allowing for culturally and linguistically relevant services for providers and families.
Your Tax Dollars at Work: Journey of a TANF Dollar
For many families with young children, access to affordable child care is key to finding and maintaining employment. Quality early learning programs have immediate and long-term bene ts for children and their families working to get out of poverty. CalWORKs is California’s implementation of the Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, providing cash assistance and supportive services to eligible families with children.
Your Tax Dollars at Work: Journey of a Medi-Cal Dollar
Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, provides needed health care services for families with children, persons with disabilities, children in foster care, pregnant women and people with specific diseases.
Your Tax Dollars at Work: Journey of a Child Care Dollar
Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program funding goes to community-based agencies to help parents access child care while they work or attend school. Every dollar invested in California child care generates $4 or more in returns.
How Subsidized Early Care & Education Programs Work
View how the Administration for Children and Families and the State of California administers money to programs and their basic eligibility/qualifications.
How Subsidized Child Care can Support Early Identification and Intervention
This publication highlights the critical need for improved developmental screenings in California’s early care system, especially for children in subsidized care. With less than 25% of children receiving timely screenings, it advocates for leveraging childcare services to ensure early identification and intervention, mitigating long-term developmental delays.
Child Care & Early Childhood Education Timeline
View our Child Care & Early Childhood Education Timeline.