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The state approved money in this year’s budget to help with startup costs for a 'childcare special district' in Riverside County.
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The U.S. Senate has until Friday night to approve a package of funding measures or else risk another government shutdown.
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The Governor’s proposal uses cannabis tax revenues to support child care infrastructure affected by the January 2025 fires.
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Last year, homelessness declined overall in the region, but not for families with children. And service providers say even that was an undercount.
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Transitional kindergarten is forcing a change in the way elementary schools operate in California.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will now recommend vaccines against only 11 diseases.
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The Child Care and Development Fund sends money to states to help make child care more affordable for low-income families.
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The law also mandates coverage to include same-sex couples and single parents.
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As family housing resources shrink in L.A., one family has left what they know in California behind to start a life in the Midwest, where housing costs are vastly lower.
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Some teachers are making the switch from private preschools to transitional kindergarten. Others come from upper grades. Many are needed.
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Nearly a year after the fires, childcare providers say they need more help from the state to rebuild.
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Officials say the number of unhoused people in families with children countywide was down compared to the year before. But they say there's more to the story.
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Educators and advocates for kids and families have pushed for increased access to early childhood programs for years, but the reception to the transitional kindergarten proposal is mixed.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom envisions a public school early education system that’s open to all 4-year-olds in the state by the 2024-25 school year.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to use part of the state’s $75.7 billion budget surplus to create an early education program for every four-year-old in the state.
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