Child Care
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COVID-19 – extension of temporary emergency childcare services
This California Department of Education has provided updated guidance on the extension of temporary Emergency Childcare services. This guidance replaces Management Bulletin 20-14. Families currently enrolled in Emergency Childcare through California Alternative Payment Programs (CAPP) and California Migrant…
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Reimbursement of TrustLine registration for Emergency Child Care Bridge Program
The Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children is designed to reduce child care barriers for children and parenting youth in the foster care system. TrustLine is California’s registry of licensed-exempt childcare providers who have completed a…
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Child care portal
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) provides information regarding the Stage One child care immediate and continuous eligibility monthly data report and online summary screen. This child care portal contains current individual family data needed to enroll…
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Immediate and continuous child care questions and answers
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued questions and answers about Stage One immediate and continuous child care. Participants who have children under age 6 and are required to participate in Welfare to Work (WTW) for…
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COVID-19 child care family fees for 2020-21
The California Department of Education (CDE) has issued information regarding child care family fees for fiscal year 2020-21. All family fees were waived for July and August, 2020. Families should have received should have received a refund or…
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COVID-19 stage one child care provider subsidy
Child care providers who were open in July and submitted requests will receive a stipend check. This includes providers who submitted requests for children who were not in care because of COVID-19. Stipends are based on the number…
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COVID-19 child care guidance
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued guidance and temporary waivers regarding Stage One Child Care and the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children because of COVID-19. CalWORKs Stage One child care providers must…
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COVID-19 end of emergency child care and new enrollment priorities
The California Department of Education (CDE) has issued guidance regarding the end of emergency child care and child care enrollment priorities. Management Bulletin 20-06A, summarized here, is rescinded and replaced. Essential workers families, at-risk populations, and children with…
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COVID-19 extension of child care for families at risk
In All County Welfare Directors Letter May 4, 2020, summarized here, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) implemented extension of child care vouchers under the Foster Care Bridge program that would expire for 60 days because of…
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Updated child care income eligibility
The California Department of Education (CDE) has release updated income eligibility for state subsidized early learning and care programs. CDE has also released the ranking table to determine a family’s income ranking for purposes of enrollment priorities for…