What's New

BEVAN DUFTY, self-proclaimed "child care warrior," speaks at our March Core Building event in San Francisco.

 

UPDATED Questions and Answers: California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act:
Information for Child Care Providers and Parents (2011) (PDF, 196k)

 

UPDATED Questions & Answers: Family Fees and Co-payments (2011) (PDF, 240k)

 

NEW United States Department of Justice Settlement Agreements Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (2011) (PDF, 215k)

 

UPDATED Questions & Answers: Liability Insurance for Family Child Care Providers (2011) (PDF, 240k)

UPDATED Questions & Answers: License-Exempt Child Care (2011) (PDF, 251k)

UPDATED and EXPANDED Child Care Subsidies in California (2010) (PDF, 1.2M)

 

 

The Child Care Law Center believes that all parents have the right to work without worrying about their children's wellbeing. Every day, we break down barriers to child care for low-income, working parents because without affordable, good child care they cannot support their families. Read More

Updates

April 3, 2012 Child Care Law Center supports AB 1872 (Alejo) to strengthen nutrition standards in family child care.

Click here for Staff Attorney Sabrina Adler's support letter.

 

March 1, 2012 Child Care Law Center testified before the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee regarding Governor Brown's budget proposal and its potentially devastating effects to child care.

Click here for Senior Staff Attorney Claire Ramsey's testimony.

 

February 3, 2012 Governor Jerry Brown released his January budget proposal on January 5. The proposal includes deep cuts, significant policy changes, and a major reorganization of child care.

Click here for the Child Care Law Center’s analysis.

 

January 1, 2012 New Car Seat Law: Effective January 1, 2012, children must be properly buckled in a car seat or booster, in the back seat of the vehicle, until they are at least 8 years old or 4’9” tall.

Click below for more details:

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Click here to view the California Vehicle Code.

 

October 19, 2011 Click here for our letter to the California Health Benefit Exchange Board emphasizing the importance of integrating child care and other human services with the new Health Portal, being created as part of health care reform.

 

July 1, 2011 The 2011-2012 budget contains several provisions that affect child care in California. Click here for the budget overview.