EdSource | July 5, 2018 | by Ashley Hopkinson A majority of child care workers in California are paid so little they qualify for public assistance programs, according to a new reporton the early education workforce. Fifty-eight percent of child care workers in California are on one or more public assistance programs, such as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, a federally funded program that helps pay for food, housing and other expenses, the report by UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment found. This is according to the most recent data by the American Community Survey and Current Population […]

Thanks to the work of UDW-CCPU members, AB 603 passed the state legislature and was signed into law on October 12. This bill will save us time and money for family child care providers, allowing us to focus on creating the best early childhood education experience possible for the children in our care. AB 603 makes three big changes to the Alternative Payment (AP) programs that family childcare providers rely on. This bill will: Finally give all providers direct deposit, making payments available sooner and trips to the bank unnecessary Require APs to notify providers in writing if a child […]