New improvements to the CalWORKs Stage 1 child care program will ensure that families get immediate and consistent child care services. The budget provides $56.4 million this year and $70.5 million ongoing, to give an extra 3,724 children in the CalWORKs program 12 months of immediate, full-time child care.
Policy Updates
Affordable Child Care Family Fees Act (Gómez Reyes)
AB 92 heals the harm of an unjust child care family fees system that creates racist outcomes by temporarily waiving family fees through October 2022, followed by an equitable sliding scale.
Racial Justice
As the only legal center addressing issues in the child care field, we commit ourselves to the work of removing anti-Black and anti-Brown laws and policies that uphold the racist systems in child care and prevent equitable access to services and pay.
ECE Advocates’ Toolkit for Effective Messaging
This toolkit offers guidance to educate and inspire action in the early childhood education community through clear and targeted messaging
Child Care and the Black Lives Matter Movement
The last few weeks have been very intense – especially since George Floyd was killed by the police. This is a harsh reminder of the systemic and structural racism in our society.
