The $1.3 million initiative, which will train and support families and caregivers, is funded through an 18-month grant.
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This fall at least 200,000 California students are expected to enroll in transitional kindergarten, which serves as a bridge between preschool and kindergarten. -
Family child care providers in the union will get $90 million in one-time payments to help stabilize the industry. -
The survey, done every month since 2021, found that the number of child care providers struggling economically is rising. -
A family shelter in Woodland Hills unveils a new Head Start center on site, one of only a few such shelters in the state. -
The estimated number of unsheltered children and teens under 18 in the county went up this year, and data suggests larger families especially are struggling. -
Childcare providers face high costs, low pay and a changing landscape as California adopts universal transitional kindergarten. -
In 2021, California launched an ambitious plan to make transitional kindergarten available by the 2025-26 school year, creating a brand new grade level. -
Starting in January, the state offered more-generous leave benefits. Claims in the first two quarters this year were up about 16%, compared to the same time period last year. -
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said that children without legal status cannot enroll in Head Start — effective immediately. But without implementation guidelines, providers say they're in a holding pattern. -
The ACLU and other groups have taken legal action to challenge the Trump administration's policy to bar children without legal status from Head Start programs. -
More dads in California are taking family leave, but still behind mothers. Here's what the data showMen made up 44% of claims for paid family leave to bond with a new child in fiscal year 2024, compared to only 18% in 2005. -
Child care providers and their union want the state to up the rates it pays them to care for children from low-income families.
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