New: Please read our October 2024 Quarterly Report below.
Child Care Transition
The Early Childhood Development Act of 2020
The State of California is committed to building and strengthening an equitable, comprehensive, quality, and affordable child care and development system for the children and families in our state. In support of this goal, the Budget Act of Fiscal Year 2020-21 transfers the following child care and development programs to the California Department of Social Services (CDSS):
- Stages 2 and 3 of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Child Care Programs
- General Child Care and Development Programs (CCTR)
- Alternative payment programs (CAPP)
- Migrant alternative payment programs (CMAP)
- Migrant Child Care and Development Programs (CMIG)
- Family Child Care Home Education Networks (CFCC)
- Child Care and Development services for children with severe disabilities
- Child Care and Development facilities capital outlay
- The Early Learning and Care Workforce Development Grants Program
- The California Head Start State Collaboration Office funded by collaboration grants
- Child Care Resource and Referral
- Local Child Care and Development Planning Councils
- The California Child Care Initiative Project
- Other Child Care Quality Improvement Projects
- The Child and Adult Care Food Program
- The Child Development Management Information System and other related data systems as they pertain to the programs, services, and systems
These changes became effective July 1, 2021.
Quarterly Report to the Legislature
The Early Childhood Development Act requires CDSS to submit quarterly reports to the Legislature that describe how the Department is furthering the intent of this transition until 2024.
Family Child Care Provider Recommendations
CDSS partnered with the Child Care Law Center (CCLC) and Social Policy Research (SPR) Associates to conduct a series of child care and development workforce focus groups with Black, Latina, Chinese and Somali Family Child Care Providers. The providers operate small and large family child care homes and work in Los Angeles, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Imperial, San Diego and San Francisco counties. Their recommendations for improving child care and development programming are summarized below:
Child Care and Development Transition Plan