On Friday May 13, Governor Newsom released the May revision of State's budget plans for 2022-23.
This was a win for child care! The governor detailed positive additions such as:
- Extending the waiver on family fees for another year
- Continuing to reimburse child care providers based on enrollment, rather than attendance
- Allocating $200 million in additional funding to child care infrastructure
Despite this investment, there is so much more to be done for child care & early childhood education with the State's historic $97.5 billion surplus. We urge the governor to:
- Allocate $1 billion to increase Early Care & Education (ECE) provider subsidy reimbursement rates, and to
- Provide health care and retirement for our ECE providers
- This investment is critical. Low pay and lack of benefits is a key contributor to the supply crisis that plagues child care availability in our state.
Tell Governor Newsom and your state representatives our state budget needs to support child care and our early childhood educators.
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Thanks to Children's Council for their summary of the Governor's Budget! |
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Message & Photo credit: Children's Council of SF. Children’s Council supports in advocating for critical legislation, such as increased educator wages, reimbursements to child care providers, benefits, and child care supply, to strengthen our child care system. |
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The portal, which will be available until November 2022, is now open for families with children who do not file taxes and who have still not received the child tax credit.
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Extension of Assembly Bill 82 Stipend Expenditure Period
ATTN: California Department of Education (CDE) contractors regarding the stipends that were allocated pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 82.
On February 23, 2021, Governor Newsom signed AB 82, which allocated $244 million to provide a flat-rate one-time stipend amount of $525 per child enrolled in subsidized childcare or a CSPP program. The original guidance provided to contractors stated that the original deadline to expend the fund was June 30, 2022. To provide an opportunity for CSPP contractors to fully expend these funds, the CDE is extending the expenditure period. CSPP contractors who received an allocation related to the $525 per-child stipend, must expend funds by December 31, 2022.
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Early Ed Teacher Development (EETD) Grant
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The EETD grant is due to the CDE via online submission on Snap Survey by May 27, 2022 at 5 p.m.
The FAQs, and all accompanying documents can be accessed on the RFA web page link below:
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If you have questions regarding the EETD grant, please send an email to UPKWorkforceRFA@cde.ca.gov. |
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Covid-19 & Public Health Resources |
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COVID-19 related waivers
All Child Care Licensing Program COVID-19 related waivers specified in the link below are continued through the expiration date set forth by CDSS, or June 30, 2022, whichever occurs first (unless extended by the Governor).
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Every home in the U.S. is now eligible for an additional 3rd round of test kits. An order includes a total of 8 tests, shipped in two separate packages that contain 4 tests each. Testing, along with vaccinations and masking, help to reduce the chance of spreading of COVID-19 and its variants.
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The Community Care Licensing Division, Child Care Program would like to expand awareness regarding the shortage and provide the following resources to help safely navigate the situation.
Please visit the following links and share this information with other providers, families, and with anyone you think may benefit from this information:
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Parents or caregivers, who are having difficulty obtaining infant formula for their child at home, should reach out to their child’s pediatrician about safe and appropriate feeding alternatives.
To learn more about what measures are being taken to address the shortage please visit:
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The Epiphany Center - Childcare Teacher (Part-Time or Full-Time)
*We recognize there are many available ECE positions during any given month and we do our best to share the vacancies shared with us.
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Are you an Early Care Educator in San Francisco?
¿Es usted un educador de cuidado infantil en San Francisco?
您是舊金山的早期護理教育工作者嗎？
ECESF is a grassroots organization bringing San Francisco early care educators together across diverse ECE community and public sites. We are peers supporting each other, making sure we all know what's happening, and ensuring that new programs implemented to help us and the important work we do really do make a difference. If you are passionate about child care and education and know that a well-paid, stable workforce and great working conditions are essential to deliver great services, you won’t want to miss out on the discussions happening in our ECESF community including:
- Educator focus groups
- Core leadership meetings
- Teacher-only advocacy meetings
- Special events & community discussions
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Support our work to create a well-compensated and valued ECE workforce by making a financial contribution. Your gift is fully tax-deductible. |
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ECESF receives funding from the Office of Early Care and Education to provide field building and peer supports to early care educators, as well as generous donations and in-kind contributions to build our advocacy and community work from individual early care educators, and allies, community organizations and agencies. Support our work. Donate! |
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