Tag: Child Care
April 12, 2018
Campaign underway in California to elect a 'children's governor'
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation-initiated campaign hopes the next governor will focus on children beginning at birth, and implement child-friendly programs within the first 100 days.
Louis Freedberg
March 25, 2018
Measures to fund child care reach the ballot in two California counties
New taxes would subsidize child care for low- and middle-income families.
Carolyn Jones
February 22, 2018
Single state agency needed to coordinate California's 'patchwork' of early childhood education programs, new report urges
Establishing one lead agency will help coordinate the state's often confusing array of child care and preschool programs, researchers say in a new report examining California's early childhood education system.
Ashley Hopkinson
January 25, 2018
Early Head Start partners with local child care providers to serve more infants, toddlers in Los Angeles County
A federal-to-local grant program, Early Head Start Child Care Partnerships, will provide child care and family support services to 122 children in 'high needs' areas of Los Angeles County.
Ashley Hopkinson
January 10, 2018
Brown's proposed budget draws praise, disappointment from early education advocates
The proposed budget increases child care provider reimbursement rates and adds additional preschool slots.
Ashley Hopkinson
December 24, 2017
High cost of living and low wages drive up child poverty rate in California
California has one of the highest poverty rates in the country, report finds.
Ashley Hopkinson
November 28, 2017
New California law expands low-income parents’ access to subsidized child care
A new state law clarifies that parents enrolled in English as a second language or GED classes can state that as a qualifying reason for state subsidized child care. Previously, some families were deemed ineligible.
Ashley Hopkinson
September 26, 2017
Parents say high cost is a major barrier to obtaining child care
In a new report, The National Center for Education Statistics found that parents struggling to find child care cited cost as the biggest hurdle.
Ashley Hopkinson
June 18, 2017
California to raise income limits to allow more children to qualify for subsidized child care
California has not increased its income eligibility limit for subsidized child care since the 2007-08 fiscal year.
Ashley Hopkinson
May 16, 2017
Gov. Brown's revised budget plan draws mixed response from early education advocates
While early education advocates say they appreciate Gov. Jerry Brown keeping last year’s promise to increase preschool funding, they lamented that the May budget revision didn’t include additional money and changes that would allow more low-income families to qualify for subsidized child care.
Ashley Hopkinson
March 2, 2017
California policymakers must pay more attention to infants and toddlers, advocates say
Children Now, a child care advocacy organization based in Oakland, released a new report outlining policy guidelines for state and local leaders to improve outcomes for California's infants and toddlers, particularly those born to low-income families.
Ashley Hopkinson
February 15, 2017
EdSource poll: Child care and preschool costs force parents to make difficult tradeoffs
Nearly half of families with young children say a parent left the job market to address child care needs.
Louis Freedberg
February 1, 2017
Assembly speaker launches commission to tackle early education issues
The commission aims to address the lack of access and the high cost of quality child care, among other issues.
Ashley Hopkinson
January 17, 2017
Early education advocates raise concerns about governor's budget
Early education advocates say a delay in new preschool slots and a freeze on child care reimbursement rates in the governor's 2017-18 budget will slow progress in supporting young children and hurt working families.