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-'TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS �`5E'.. Contra
FROM: PHIL BATCHELOR, COUNTY ADMINISTRATORs Costa
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May 1 1996 *y
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LEGISLATION: AB 2556 (ALPERT) - DESIGNATES THE STATE D RTMENT
SUBJECT: OF EDUCATION AS THE SINGLE STATE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR
ADMINISTERING ALL FEDERAL CHILD CARE FUNDS AND STATE MATCHING
FUNDS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
ADOPT a position in SUPPORT of AB 2556 by Assemblywoman Deirdre Alpert which, as
amended April 11, 1996, would designate the State Department of Education as the single
State agency responsible for administering all Federal child care funds as well as those
State matching funds which are required for those Federal funds.
BACKGROUND:
Under current law, both the State Department of Social Services and the Superintendent
of Public Instruction are responsible for administering various State and Federal child care
programs.
Assemblywoman Alpert has introduced AB 2556 in an effort to "...create a coordinated
child care and development system with State and Federal funds that will meet the needs
of families striving for economic self-sufficiency while enhancing the physical, social, and
cognitive development of their children."
This is to be accomplished by creating an Economic Self-Sufficiency Child Care and
Development Fund which is to be administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The bill lists the specific child care and development programs which are intended to be
made a part of this coordinated program.
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ATTESTED May 7, 1996
Contact: PHIL CHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
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The Superintendent of Public Instruction is directed to submit to the Legislature by June
30, 1997 a preliminary plan for this coordinated program which:
❑ Ensures that families entitled to child care services under Federal Title IVA
are served.
❑ Describes the services that families will receive.
❑ Ensures continuity of care.
❑ Ensures that the development of children is enhanced.
❑ Describes the federal approvals that are to be sought to implement the
program.
A final plan is to be submitted to the Legislature within 30 days after the decisions on all
requested federal waivers have been received.
The Child Care Task Force, at its meeting on April 24, 1996, voted unanimously to urge
the Board of Supervisors to support AB 2556 and send letters to Assemblywoman Alpert
and this County's legislative delegation indicating that support.
In taking this position, the Child Care Task Force noted the following:
"This measure would consolidate State and Federally funded child care and development
services in California and require specific plans for improving the overall quality of care.
AB 2556 would ensure that child development programs under contract with the California
Department of Education are fully utilized and expanded to provide services to families on
welfare or at risk of welfare dependency. The bill would also ensure that children receive
care that enhances their development. It requires the Department of Education to develop
plans that:
1. Ensure quality of services in contracted centers and family child care network
programs.
2. Provide an incentive for quality in care purchased in the private market. This
approach is critical to addressing the problem of low quality that prevails in many
child care programs in California."
In view of the position taken by the Child Care Task Force, it is recommended that the
Board of Supervisors indicate its support for AB 2556.
cc: County Administrator
Social Service Director
Acting Community Services Director
The Honorable Deirdre Alpert
Assemblywoman, 78th District
Room 2141, State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
Les Spahnn; Heim, Noack, Kelly & Spahnn
1121 L Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95814
Child Care Task Force (Via CAO)
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AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 11, 1996
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE-1995-96 REGULAR SESSION
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l ASSEMBLY BILL No. 2556
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Introduced by Assembly Member Alpert
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February 21, 1996
An act to add Seetiett g .5 to Chapter 9 (commencing
with Section 9000). to Part 6ofthe Education Code, and to add
Sections 11008.5, 11281, 11323.25, 11451.75, and 11500.5 to the
Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to child care.
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jf LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2556, as amended, Alpert. Child care programs: single
agency .
Existing law provides for child care and development
services under specified programs administered by the.State
Department of Social Services and the Superintendent of
Public Instruction and funded by both federal and state funds.
This bill would require he creation of coordinated child
care and development system under the administration of the
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p Su erintendent ofPublic Instruction. The bill would establish .
the Economic Self-sufficiency Child Care and Development
Fund intended to be funded b an annual a ro ria tion from
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existing specified federally funded programs and from any
portion ofa federal block grant which requires a portion of the
grant be used for child care. The bill would require the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a
preliminaryplan for the Economic Self-sufficiency Child Care
and Development Program by June 30, 1997 and 'would
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require .the Director . of Social Services and the
Superintendent of Public Instruction I to seek federal
approvals so-that the specified-goals of the program can be
implemented. This bill would require the Superintendent of
Public Instruction to form an advising group as specified to .
aide In developing the preliminary plan, and a final plan, as -�
specified '
pregr-aff i-, r-eeltit-f es
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Vote majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. 2
State-mandated local program: no. 2
The people of the State of California do enact as follows: t;- 2
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3 83x50..5 The �fe"t of See 1. c��� 2 .
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5 fe�ee to study tie ef- :to. ffiake 3'
6 ...ate : r,,,,.,. _.� sa_eti 3-
7 ever eA ehild ear-e Within erre etgeney. 3;
8 ` SECTI"ONI. The Legislature finds and declares all of _ #;j T
9 the following.• 3`
10 (a) Child care and development services, that meet T
11 the needs of children and their parents, and that are : 3E
- 12 stable, affordable, and ofgood quality, are essential to the 3'
13 state's education mission. and for achieving welfare 3�
14 reform. y 3c
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I the 1 (b) Early childhood programs have a long-term
Federal 2 impact in reducing juvenile and criminal justice costs.
can be 3 . (c) Several major studies ha ve found that quality child
lent of 4. careand _development.programs substantially enhance
'fled to 5 children 's physical and cognitive development, thereby
)Jan, as 6 improving their °chances for educational success and
t' 7 future gainful employment. These programs promote the
8 , state's fundamental education mission.
9 f(d) Stable child care and development arrangements
tgeney
10 enable parents to work, or seek work, or acquire
Stat
e 11 education "and training prerequisite to gainful
4 the
12 employment; and to,.enable parents to be secure that
State .13. their children are being well cared for. These programs
14 promote the state's goal of enabling families to transition
15 from welfare dependency to employment. In addition,
16 quality child care .and development programs, by
& 17 enabling parents, to work and by enhancing their
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malee 18 children's prospects,of acquiring valuable skills,promote.
19 the states short- and long-term economic developmentft .
a 20 (e).. The absence ofgood quality, affordable, and stable .
,e: yes. 21 child care and development programs impedes families
22 in their struggle for. economic self-sufficiency and
23 increases the ranks of the state's population of families
allows: ' 24 dependent'on state cash assistance programs.
25 (f) A principal goal of the states system of child care
26 and development, ; administered by the State
27 Department ofEducation, is to support the state's welfare
ftftd 28 reform efforts by serving families on Aid to Families with
fl-t task 29 Dependent Children, families in transition from welfare
ffietk� 30 to work, and families at-risk of welfare dependency.
iietien 31 (g) Ongoing collaboration between the . State
32 Department of Education and the State Department of
?s all of 33 Social Services, child care and development services
34 con tracting agen cies, and county welfare departments, is
meet 35 needed in order to certify eligibility of families for
rat are 36 subsidized ..child care and development services,
I to the37 maximize federal resources, coordinate services,-identify
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velfare 38' and plan to meet local needs, and build local capacity to
E t 39 meet those needs.
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4 -1 9000. This chapter shall be known and�may be cited
2 as the Economic. Self-sufficiency Child Care and t
3 Development Act.
4 9001. The purpose of the Economic Self-sufficiency
5 Child Care and Development Program is to create a
6.. coordinated. child -care and development system with } i
7 state and federal funds that will meet the-needs offamilies s
8. striving for economic self-sufficiency while enhancing
9 the physical, social, and cognitive development of their +
10 children. j
11 9002. The Economic Self-sufficiency Child_ .Care and
12 Development Fund is hereby created in the State
13 Treasury. It is the intent of the Legislature that the fund
14 be funded by an annual appropriation from the following
15 sources:
16 (a) Upon the granting of;federal approvals and the.
17 'enactment of any necessary implementing legislation,
18 the state matching funds and the federal funds for the
19 programs specified in subdivision (b) ofSection .9005..
20 (b) That portion of any federal block grant. which Is `'
21 required to be.used by the sta to for child care.
22 (c) Moneys` in the Economic Self-sufficiency Child
23 Care and Development Fund shall only be expended for
24 purposes of the Economic Self-sufficiency Child Care and
25 . Development Program.
26 9003. The Economic Self-sufficiency Child Care and
27 . Development Program shall be administered by the
28 Superintendent of Public Instruction
-29 -9004. The Economic Self-sufficiency Child Care and
30 Development Program shall be coordinated with the
31 Child Care and Development Services :Act to' ensure
32 continuity of services to families and children. .. The
33 program shall fully utilize the present system of child care
3
34 programs throughout the state, including. contracted
35programs through public schools,. community colleges,
36 and nonprofit community based child care agencies,and
37 the alternative pa ym en t program for private child care
38 ' and de ve)opm en t services.
39 9005. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction
40 and the Director-of Social Services shall jointly work to
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)e cited 1 ,obtain federal approvals as required by Section 11008.5,
~e and 2 11281, 11323.25, 11451.75, and 11500.5, of the Welfare and
3 Institutions Code. In . addition, the Superintendent of
4 Public Instruction and the Director of Social Services
ciency 5 shall seek any federal approvals necessary to include the
reate a I 6 At Risk Child Care Program in Article 155 (commencing
.n with 7 with Section 8350) of Chapter 2 in the Economic
`amilies ) 8 Self-sufficien c Child Care an d De velo m en t Program,,
Dancing y p g
�f their 9 and for funds for that program to be transferred to the
10 Economic Self-sufficiency Child Care and Development
i 11 Fund.
re and
12 . (b) The following. .programs. are intended . to be
State13 consolidated under the Economic Self.-sufficiency Child
�e fund 14 Care and Development Program, and it intended that
Ilowing ]5 the federal funds and the state matching funds for these
end the 16 programs be transferred to the Economic Self-sufficiency
17 Child Care an d De velopm en t Fun d.•
slation, 18 (1) Aid to Families with Dependent Children Income
for the 19 Disregard Program as provided for in Section 402
X005.. 20 (a) (8) (A) (iii) (42 U.S.C. 602(a) (8) (A) (iii)).
Which is 21 (2) The Greater Avenues for Independence Program .
Child 22 as provided for in Article 3.2 (commencing with Section
ded for 23 11320) of Chapter 2 ofPart 3 ofDivision 9 of the Welfare
24 and Institutions Code. .
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,, . 25 (3) The Non-Gain Education and Training Program,
26 as required pursuant to .Miller v. Carlson, 768 F. Supp.
ire and 27 1330.
by the 28 (4) The Supplement Child Care Programpro videdfor
29 in Section 11451.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
ire and 30 (5) .The Transitional Child Care Program provided for
ith the 31 in Article 8 (commencing with Section 1500) of Chapter
ensure 32 2 of Part 3 of Division 9. of the Welfare and Institutions
n. They 33 Code.
rid care 34 (6) . The Alternative Assistance'Program provided for
tracted 35 in Section 11280 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
91leges, 36 (7) The At Risk Child Care Program provided for in
%es, and 37 -Article 15.5 (commencing with Section 8350) of
Id care 38 Chapter 2.
39 . 9006. (a) The .Superintendent of Public Instruction
ruction ,` ^ 40 shall submit to the Legislature on or before June 30, 1997,
vork to
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1 a preliminary.plan for the Economic Self-sufficiency
2 Child Care and Development Program. The plan shall:
3 (I) Ensure that families entitled to child care services
4 under Federal Title IVA are served.
5 (2) Describe the services that families will receive.
6 "(3) Ensure con tin uity, of care. ,
7 (4) Ensure that the , development of children is
8 enhanced.
9 (,5) Describe the federal approvals the
10 'Superintendent ofPublic Instruction and the Director of t
11 Social: Services will seek to, implement the program,
12 , including the . transfer . and consolidation, - of funds
13. pursuant to Section 9005, and the expected timeframe for
14 negotiations with the federal government and final
. 15 decisions by the federal government.`
16 ' (b) : The Superintendent of Public. Instruction, ` in '
17 developing the plan pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (d),
18 shall form an advising .group which shall - include
19 representatives from the Health and Welfare Agency, the
20 Governors Office,' county welfare departments, child
21. care resource and referral agencies, Ilocal child care
22 planning bodies, experts in stateand 'federal child
23 development policy, and other interested parties
24 selected by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
25 (c) The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the
26 'Director of Social Services shall submit the request for
27 .federal approvals to implement the plan developed
28 pursuant to subdivision (a) on or before June 30; 1997
29 (d) A final plan for the Economic Self-suff ciency.
30 Child Care and Development Program shall .be
31 developed by the Superintendent ofPublic Instruction in
32.. ' conjunction with the negotiations with the federal
33 go vernm en t for appro vals. Within 30 days of th 'decisions f� }
34 on all the requested federal ` approvals, the
35 Superintendent of Public Instruction shall submit. to the
36 Legislature. , a detailed plan for the Economic
37 Self-sufficiency Child Care and Development Program,
. 38 which . shall include a request for any necessary
39 implementinglegislation. The final plan shall include,.but
40 is not hmlted to: 4
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(1). The methods for implementing the goals stated in
,ff ciency
,zn shall- 2 subdi vision (a) and in Section 9004.
services 3 (2) A method for assessing the quality of services in
4 contracted centers, family child care home systems, and
'cei ve. 5 alternative child care private programs.
6 (3) Recommendations based on local assessments of
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7 needs in the degree to which California must build its
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8 childcare capacityin order to meet the state's proximate
's the 9 and foreseeable welfare reform.goals.
rector of 10 (4) The respective roles of the Superintendent of
�rograrrl, 11 Public Instruction and the Director of Social.Services.
)f funds 12 (<5) Legislation, if .any, needed to implement the
rame for 13. Economic Self-sufficiency Child Care and Development
nd f nal 14 Program.,
15 SEC. 3. Section 11008.5 is added to the Welfare and
;tion, In ' 16 Institutions Code, to read.- .
and (d), 17 11008.5 (a) The director, jointly with the
include 18 Superintendent ofPublic Instruction, consistent with the
?ncy, the 19 plan to be developed under Section 9006oftheEducation
its, child >> 0 20 Code, shall seek any federal approvals necessary to
did care 21 permit the. state to eliminate the disregard of earned
al child 22 income used for .the care of a dependent child, as
parties 23 provided for in Section 402 (a) (8) (A) (iii) (42 U.S.C
,cfion. E 24 602(a) (8) (A) (iii)), and instead, to provide that- the
and the )� ` 25 federal, state, and county funds that otherwise would be
Iuest for 26 used in implementing this income disregard would be
.?veloped 27 transferred to the Economic Self-sufficiency Child Care
9 1997. 28 and Development Fund.
ff ciency 29 (b) Itis the intent of the Legislature that this provision
shall be 30 will be implemented through annual estimates by the
uction in 31 director of the amount offunds required to be expended
federal 32 due to increases in aid grant levels under the Aid to
lecisions ?) " E 33 . Families with Dependent Children program due to the
els the . 34 child care income disregard referred to in subdivision
tit to the f 35 (a). .
'canomic 136 SEC. 4. Section 11281 is added to the Welfare and
'rogram, 37 Institutions Code, to read.•
7ecessary : . 38 11281. The director,jointly with the Superintendent
lade, but 39 ofPublic Instruction, consistent with the plan required to
40 be developed under Section 9006 of the Education Code,
If
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1. shall seek any federal approvals necessaryy topermit the
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state- to eliminate the provision of child care services
3. :under.this article and, instead, to provide that all federal;
4 state, and county funds.,that otherwise would be used in
5 the provision of these services would be transferred to the
. 6 Economic_ Self-sufficiency Child Care and Development ►,
7 Fund. . '
8 SEC 5: Section 11323.25 is added to the Welfare and
9 .Institutions Code, to read.
10 11323.25: The director, jointly with the
11 Superintendent ofPublic instruction;consistent with the
12 plan.required to be developed under Section 9006 of the
.13 Education Code, shall seek any federal approvals
14 necessary to permit the state to eliminate the provision-
15.
rovision15 of child care services, both under this article, as well as to
16 -nonparticipants under this article in accordance with the
17program required under the case ofMiller v. Carlson, 768
18 F. Supp. 1330, and, instead, to provide that all federal,
19 state, and county funds that otherwise would be used in
20 thepro vision oftheseservices would be transferred to the
21 Economic Self-sufficiency Child Care and Development
. 22 Fund.
t 23 SEC. .6. Section 11451.75 is added to the Welfare.and
i 24 Institutions Code to read..
25 11451.75. The director, jointly with the
26 Superintendent ofPublic Instruction, consistent with the
27 plan required to be developed under Section 9006 of the
28 Education Code, shall , seek any federal' approvals
29 necessary to permit the state to eliminate the provision
30 of child care services under Section 11451.7,"and, instead.'
31. to provide that all federal, state, and county'lunds that '
32 would otherwise be used in the pro vision of these services
33 would be transferred to the Economic Self-sufficiency
34 Child Care and Development Fund.
35 SEC. 7. Section 11500.5 is added to the Welfare and
36 Institutions Code, to.read:
37 11500.5. The director, jointly with the
'38 Superintendent ofPublic Instruction, consistent with the
39 plan required to be developed under Section 9006 of the
40 Education Code, shall seek any federal ' approvals
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-rmit the 1 necessary to permit the state 'to eliminate the provision
services 2 of child care services under Section 11451.7, and, instead,
(federal, 3 to provide that all federal, state, and county funds that
used in 4 otherwise would be used in the,provision of these services
ed to the 5 would be transferred to the Economic Self-sufficiency
lopment 6 Child Care and Development Fund.
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