Family child care providers make working outside the home possible for millions of families in our state, and as early childhood educators we play a critical role in the development and education of children across California. Please take a moment to sign our petition to stand with California’s family child care providers, and share it with your friends and family on Facebook and Twitter.
Read more →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 […]
Read more →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 […]
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My name is Alicia Turner and I’m a family child care provider. I’m also a member of our union, Child Care Providers United (UDW-CCPU). Navigating California’s child care system and the Alternative Payment (AP) programs can be difficult. So many child care providers have been hard at work to pass a bill, AB 603, that will make things a lot easier for us. If passed, AB 603 would: • Finally give us direct deposit, so we could get paid faster and skip a trip to the bank • Make it mandatory for APs to notify us in writing if a […]
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Natalie Kitroeff, the LA Times, June 2 California’s Legislature has proposed making more low-income families eligible for subsidized child care. In budget hearings last week, the Assembly and the Senate voted to increase the income allowed to qualify for the benefit. Senate leader Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) and Assembly speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) will wrangle with Gov. Jerry Brown over several suggested tweaks to his revised proposal over the next two weeks, and face a June 15 deadline to send him a final budget. Brown did not have the increase in his revised budget plan, released in May. The […]
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