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Love Connection Podcast
New Release! Episode 8 of The Love Connection: Season 2, “It’s More Than Changing Diapers.” In this episode we hear from Angelica, a Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) care provider who discusses how she found her true calling in early childhood development, what it means to care for children, and the pride she feels helping children develop and ensuring their comfort and safety. Listen now on Spotify.
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The new TrustLine website has launched!!
We've completely redesigned the website to be informative with video resources, printable checklists, health and safety codes for employment and nanny agencies and ancillary child care centers, parenting tips, and resources for child care providers. Get step-by-step guidance on how to apply to TrustLine, complete with helpful videos and tip sheets, in both English and Spanish, with a whole new look!
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Response to the Budget Act of 2024
“We are relieved that the final budget avoided catastrophic cuts to children and family supports. The lack of childcare or destruction of this infrastructure costs all of us. Child care is an economic issue that makes our state and economy competitive and families strong. Child care funding needs to be growing, and not just maintained at current levels.”
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2023 California Resource and Referral Impact Project Report
The 2023 California Resource and Referral (R&R) Impact Project Report is now available! The R&R Impact Project quantifies the importance of R&Rs within their communities by highlighting the range of activities and services they deliver and assessing the positive outcomes experienced by parents and providers.
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Free Resources to Launch or Grow Your Child Care!
The Child Care Initiative Project (CCIP) offers free training and resources to help you start or grow your home-based child care. Sign up for CCIP emails and connect with your local R&R today!
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2021 California Child Care Portfolio Released!
The 13th biennial California Child Care Portfolio has been released! This presents a unique portrait of child care supply, demand, and cost statewide and county-by-county, as well as information on employment, poverty, and family budgets.
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Do you need help finding child care?
MyChildCarePlan.org is a search and support website designed to help California’s families find the child care they need. The site offers a customizable child care search tool and live support from local specialists to help parents to find the right child care for them. With MyChildCarePlan.org, parents can access reliable child care information they can trust.
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Full-time care for an infant in California costs more than a year of in-state college tuition
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An average family in California will spend nearly one-third of their income on child care for two children
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In the past decade, California has lost 30% of its supply of licensed family child care homes
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California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Launches MyChildCarePlan.org to Help Families Find Child Care
The California Child Care Resource & Referral Network, a non-profit organization helping to make reliable child care more affordable and accessible for families in California, has launched MyChildCarePlan.org, a new website specifically developed to provide California's parents with the information they need to make the best possible child care choices for their families.
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The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at University of California, Berkeley, has released their report on the CA Workforce study on early educator compensation.
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