News and Advocacy Activities
News and Advocacy Activities
This page is to celebrate your hard work and dedication to making positive changes for the ECE community. See what was accomplished each month on behalf of ECE Voices: The Educators' Advocacy Network.
November 2023
Thursday, November 2nd, from 9 am - 11 am
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September 2023
September 1, 2023, is the last day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills.
"If the bill has a fiscal impact or a state cost, it will be heard in either the Senate or Assembly Appropriations Committee. At this point, you should inform the committee members why you support or oppose the bill based on a fiscal argument. The finance committees are concerned about the fiscal impact and not policy considerations." https://www.senate.ca.gov/legislativeprocess
September 5-14, 2023, will be floor sessions only. Floor sessions are when the entire Assembly and Senate meet to discuss bills. September 14th is the last day for each house to pass bills. Upon adjournment on the 14th, the Legislature begins its recess.
September 15 - 30th is a great time to visit your local legislators and begin to develop a relationship with them. Invite them to your agency and have them see what you do for your community.
August 2023
August 14, 2023 Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess.
EveryChild California Bills will be heard on August 14th.
- AB 555 Carrillo CSPP: Reimbursement Amounts: Adjustment Factors
- Senate Appropriations, Suspense File
- Fact Sheet
- AB 596 Reyes Rate Reform
- Senate Appropriations, Suspense File
- Fact Sheet
- AB 1038 Rendon Family Childcare Home Education Network
- Senate Appropriations, Suspense File
- Fact Sheet
- SB 380 Limon Rate Reform
- Assembly Appropriations, Hearing 8/23/23
- Letter of Support & Fact Sheet
- Position Letter Portal and Instructions
Family Fee Schedule effective October 2023 available here: https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/child-care-and-development/fiscal-resources
Released August 7, 2023: Management Bulletin (MB) 23-06: Revised State Medium Income (SMI) Ceilings and Income Table for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24
https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/mb2306.asp
August 14, 2023
The following documents were released by the legislature on 8/14/23. Please take time to read through them and bookmark them. We expect the Assembly Budget Committee to have a hearing on 8/30/23, and the trailer bill language has to be completed three days before the hearing. As the language is released, this page will be updated, and support template letters will be available.
August 28, 2023
On August 28, 2023, the end-of-session budget trailer bills were released. This includes the provisions for ongoing rate reform and CCPU negotiations. Early Childcare and Education Trailer Bill SB 140 (11:56 pm, 8/28/2023) and AB 140 (9:41 pm, 8/28/2023).
The Education Trailer Bills Contain the Following Provisions:
Change in the Definition for Part-Time and Full-Time Care
- Effective no later than March 1, 2024, part-time means services certified for a child for fewer than 25 hours per week.
- Effective no later than March 1, 2024, full-time means services certified for a child for 25 or more hours per week.
Hold Harmless Provisions
- Starting July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025, contract reimbursement shall be based on the lesser of either of the following:
- One hundred percent of the contract maximum reimbursable amount.
- Net reimbursable program costs.
- Providers shall be paid based on the maximum certified hours of care for families regardless of attendance.
Cost of Care Plus Rate
Starting January 1, 2024, ending June 30, 2025. programs shall receive a monthly cost of care plus rate for all children enrolled in subsidized child care and state preschool programs.
- The per-child rate is separated by regions, with different rates applied to Central, Southern, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area regions. The add-on rates range from $98 to $211, depending on the provider type and region in which a provider is located.
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There is a 10% administrative percentage to facilitate the processing of these payments for APPs and FCCHENs.
One-Time Stipend
A one-time-only stipend will be issued to all providers, ranging from $500 to $3,000 based on provider type. Payment will be issued no later than November 30, 2023. There is a 5% administrative percentage to facilitate the processing of these one-time-only stipends for APPs and FCCHENs.
Single Child Care System Rate
Gives authority to CDE and CDSS to develop a single reimbursement rate structure based on cost of care for subsidized child care programs no later than July 1, 2024.
July 2023
Child Care Provider's Union (CCPU) Tentative ratification agreement information:
Highlights of the agreement:
- a pathway to implement payment based on the actual cost of providing care
- a subsidy rate increase per child
- $80 million per year for a historic first-of-its-kind retirement fund
- Continued funding for CCPU Health Care Reimbursement Fund and CCPU Training Fund
- a two-year extension to payment by enrollment, not attendance
- Lowered hours per week to qualify for full-time reimbursement allowing more kids to qualify for full-time rates and more!
Timeline:
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Voting for the bargaining agreement started Wednesday, July 19th, through July 31st at 4 pm. All CCPU members will receive a vote.
- UPDATE: CCPU members voted overwhelmingly to approve the new 2-year Collective Bargaining Agreement with the state.
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Once voted on and ratified, the agreement will go to the legislature as Trailer Bills in August 2023.
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After being voted on by the legislature in August, it will go to the Governor for his signature. After Governor Newsom signs, the agreement will go into effect.
July 27, 2023
Child Care & Development Division Updates
Noticias de la División de Cuidado y Desarrollo
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California is changing how it pays for child care!
Building on the 2022 Cost of Quality Study, the California Department of Social Services is working with Prenatal to Five Fiscal Strategies to design
and implement an alternative methodology process to:
- Better understand how much it costs providers to deliver high-quality early care and education and stay in business.
- Develop a tool to help estimate the true cost of care based on variables such as program size, geographic location, and ages of children served that can be used to inform rate setting.
We need to hear from you! Make your voice heard by participating in a Virtual Input Session and completing the CA Cost of Child Care Survey.
This is your opportunity to share what it truly costs to provide quality child care – not just what families can afford to pay. For more information, go
to: https://www.prenatal5fiscal.org/california
June 2023
ECE Voices Lead Advocates and Community Advocates joined the CCPU Advocacy Day at the California Capitol to voice the need for provider pay increases and creating a new methodology for reimbursements that will include the true cost of care.
Your ECE Voices Team
Marching for Provider Pay!