Universal Preschool- What's the latest?

Since February, CQEL has sponsored and supported SB-976, the Universal Preschool Act, in coalition with childcare and family advocacy groups. The bill will bring massive support to children, families, and providers.

The case for revolutionizing child care in America

Parents of the world, unite! OK, so Dana Suskind's call to arms doesn't have quite that revolutionary zeal. But it comes close.

The F.D.A. authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech boosters for children ages 5 to 11.

More than eight million of the 28 million children in that age group in the United States have received two vaccine shots.

Two U.S. senators push a more modest proposal on child care

Amid the deepening child care crisis, two Democratic senators, Patty Murray of Washington and Tim Kaine of Virginia, are joining forces to push a scaled-back version of the ambitious child care program that was part of President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation, as HuffPost reported

How to restore California’s ailing child care system: Pay the teachers

Covid-19 brought California’s already-ailing child care system to its knees. If you work in child care or are a parent, you are intimately familiar with this reality.

Governor Newsom Proposes $18.1 Billion Inflation Relief Package

Package includes direct payments to help address costs of rising inflation and past-due water and utility bills, free public transit, money for health care workers, middle-class health care subsidies, and waiving child care fees for families  SACRAMENTO – As people throughout the country face inc

California’s Subsidized Child Care Providers Are Overdue for Pay Raise

How Are Subsidized Child Care Providers Paid in California? Subsidized child care providers are paid in one of two ways in California: 1) by accepting vouchers from families or 2) by contracting directly with the state.

Some California school districts launch transitional kindergarten without state help

The state mandates transitional kindergarten, but isn’t paying the tab for a small portion of wealthy school districts. Some are balking. In a major shift for early education, California is expanding its transitional kindergarten program to eventually include all 4-year-olds.

A public pre-K expansion doesn’t have to box out private care

xpanded exclusively in public school districts, pre-kindergarten has the potential to decimate the nation’s child care market, inadvertently depriving working families of access to infant and toddler care.

Biden says nearly 1.2 million women haven't returned to work because there's no affordable childcare

For nearly a year, businesses have been complaining that they can't find workers as labor shortages abound, and the labor market gets tighter and tighter.