Transcript BAE 2001 - Alameda County, California

State and Federal
Legislative and Policy Updates
Alameda County
Early Care and
Education Planning
Council
July 18, 2014
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State Budget
Outcomes
Federal Update
Signed on June 20th
 $156.4 billion in total state spending
 Reduce debt by up to $10.7 billion in 14-15
 $1.6 billion transfer to rainy day fund
 Small increases for child care and CalWORKs
 Higher state corrections
spending trend continues
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 $264
million increase for early care and
education
 Increases 4 year old access to preschool: for
low and moderate income families.
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13,000 slots total ($102 million)
 7,500 preschools slots beginning 2014-2015 AND
4,000 more slots to be added on June 15, 2015 ($70
million)
 1,000 General Child Care and 500 Alternative
Payment ($17 million) slots
 Eliminates fees for part day preschool ($15 million)
 Funds
Quality Improvement for Preschool and
Transitional Kindergarten
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$50 million for QRIS block grants
$25 million in one time professional development for
preschool and TK teachers
$10 million in one time loans for facility expansion
$7.5 million for Community Care Licensing for 71.5
positions—10% rate increase
 Provider
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Rate Increase
SRR (CDE programs) 5% increase ($49 million)
 $34.38 per child per day to $36.11 per child per day
(still less than the going rate for doggy day care)
RMR (Vouchers)-($19 million)
 Increases rates from the 2005 survey to the 2009
survey MINUS 13%
 Many counties will not get increases
 Budget
restores 13,000 out of 110,000 lost
since 2007-2008
 $264 million vs. $429 million Assembly, $625
million Women’s Caucus, and $713 Senate
budget proposals
 Does not update income eligibility limits or
provide increases to provider rates that would
stabilize programs
 Early
Start restored to pre-2009 levels; $7.9
million in budget
 Increases CalWORKs grant by 5% ($46 million
in 14-15/$184 million in 15-16)
 Goal:
to provide high-quality early learning
opportunities to all children so that they enter
kindergarten ready
 Plan:
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Provide access to high-quality infant/toddler
care through Early Head Start-child care
partnerships;
Expanding voluntary evidence-based home
visiting;
Developing a new partnership with states to
provide voluntary, high-quality, full-day
preschool for all 4-year-olds from families at or
below 200% of the federal poverty line.
 $650M
to expand number and quality of
early learning experiences for infants
and toddlers
 Great resources available at
http://www.ccfc.ca.gov/programs/prog
rams_ehsccp.html
 Deadline:
August 20, 2014
 Register on grants.gov
and sam.gov
 Strong
Start for America’s Children Act of 2013
 10-year federal-state partnership to expand and
improve early learning opportunities for children
across the birth-to-age-five continuum
 Will re-authorize Child
Care and Development
Block Grant
 Co-sponsored by all CA
House representatives
 $500M
for Preschool Development Grants +
$250M through the Opportunity, Growth, and
Security Initiative
 Goal: will help states, local education agencies,
and local governments build the fundamental
components of a high-quality preschool system
or expand proven early learning programs.
 To
be eligible for funding, prospective
grantees must:
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describe how they will expand access to children
from low- to moderate-income families;
ensure an adequate supply of high-quality
preschool slots and qualified teachers;
monitor for continuous improvement;
partner with local education agencies and other
providers;
sustain high-quality services after the grant
period.