Early childhood education and childcare: alternative payment programs.
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Two Thirds
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No
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill aims to improve the use of existing funds for California’s subsidized childcare programs. It requires the Department of Social Services to identify and redirect unspent or projected unexpended moneys from various childcare programs to a new fund, the Alternative Payment Program Enrollment Fund. This fund will then be used to enroll more eligible families in alternative payment programs, prioritizing contractors with capacity and ensuring continuity of care for children already in the system.
Key provisions
- Requires the Department of Social Services to quarterly identify unspent childcare funds.
- Creates the Alternative Payment Program Enrollment Fund to hold these funds.
- Directs the department to redirect and deposit identified funds into the new enrollment fund.
- Continually appropriates all moneys in the enrollment fund to the department.
- Prioritizes contractors with demonstrated capacity, families on waitlists, and continuity of care.
- Requires notification to local childcare planning councils of fund transfers.
- Prohibits administrative delays that would prevent timely use of funds.
- Specifies that funds used to meet minimum funding obligations under the California Constitution are exempt from this process.
Who is affected
- Childcare providers
- Families eligible for subsidized childcare
- California Department of Social Services
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Primary sponsor
Ávila Farías
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