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"content": "\u003cp>The doorbell at Yolanda Thomas’ house in Pittsburg set off a flurry of sound: a barking dog, the high-pitched voices of children and Thomas’ hurried footsteps as she made her way to the door and opened it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She flashed a big smile, her face framed by long braids. She wore black workout pants and a purple T-shirt with “Child Care” written on the front, the two Cs intersecting like the Chanel logo.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Elena Montoya, lead researcher, CSCCE\"]'Until we're really willing to acknowledge that the system is funded through these really low wages that these mostly women of color make in our state, and until we're willing to address that, programs are going to continue to struggle to hire people.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signs on the front door explained COVID-19 safety protocols for washing hands and wearing masks. Inside, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/English/pub394L.pdf\">a list of parents’ rights (PDF)\u003c/a> from the California Department of Social Services hung next to a giant collage of kid photos. Binders overflowing with lesson plans sat on a shelf next to a portable crib.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas, 46, is one of nearly 25,000 family child care providers in the state who operate licensed day cares and preschools out of their homes. \u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/report/early-educator-compensation/\">Home child care providers earn the least in a low-paying industry\u003c/a>, according to an August report from UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. They are also less likely to have health coverage than workers at child care centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11935478\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A Black woman wearing a purple t-shirt that says \"Child care\" stands outside.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yolanda Thomas stands outside her Pittsburg home, where she runs a day care, on Dec. 14, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Women of color make up 71% of home care providers, according to a 2020 CSCCE workforce survey published in January, with 37% identifying as Latina, 12% as Black, 12% as Asian and 6% as multiethnic. More than half are over the age of 50, and few have retirement savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are equity implications to a lot of this data,” said Elena Montoya, a lead researcher at CSCCE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, \u003ca href=\"https://americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/California.pdf?_ga=2.61482028.1485413797.1664937135-2040335669.1663610119\">60% of Californians lived somewhere in which the number of spots in licensed child care facilities did not meet the demand (PDF)\u003c/a>, according to the Center for American Progress. While the sector added 4,900 jobs in October, CSCCE, citing data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported that \u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/brief/child-care-sector-jobs-bls-analysis/\">child care employment is 8.4% below what it was in February 2020\u003c/a>.[aside postID=\"news_11928042,news_11929082\" label=\"Related Posts\"]“Until we’re really willing to acknowledge that the system is funded through these really low wages that these mostly women of color make in our state, and until we’re willing to address that, programs are going to continue to struggle to hire people,” Montoya said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The median annual salary range for small family child care providers like Thomas, who is Black, is between $16,200 to $30,000, according to CSCCE. Thomas, who has more than two decades of experience, said she usually earns around $38,000 per year. She earned almost $59,000 in 2021, because she received a one-time revitalization grant from a community investment fund along with other pandemic-related grants from First 5 Contra Costa and the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a field of service,” she said. “And if you’re not ready to be a servant, then you should not be in this field because everything you do and everything you think about is for someone else’s benefit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935475\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11935475\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a purple t-shirt and black face mask sits with three children at a desk as they do arts and crafts in a building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yolanda Thomas works on an art project with the children at her day care at her home in Pittsburg on Dec. 14, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thomas serves meals to kids, picks them up from school and helps with homework — the type of full-service care that many families with two working parents need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a mirror of what the children receive at home,” said Thomas, who currently cares for seven children between the ages 8 months and 10 years old. “Me and the parents work hand in hand, whatever they’re going through. We have one family that’s going through divorce, so I make sure to let the child know that they’re okay, that if they ever have a question they can ask me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That deep connection with families is why some child care providers prefer to work out of their homes instead of in larger child care centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s more intimate to me,” said Freada Woody, owner and director of Gigi’s Precious Hearts Daycare in Antioch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woody’s home is also part house and part school. The living room has a large brown couch and a TV. Between them stretches a long table surrounded by colorful plastic chairs for children. The dining room has a wall of cubbies filled with toys and books, and a decorative sign displaying the “Playroom Rules.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woody, 64, currently watches four children ranging in ages from 10 months to 10 years old. Before the pandemic, she consistently cared for eight kids, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She wakes up at 5 a.m. because a lot of the parents she works with have long commutes so the kids get dropped off as early as 6:30 a.m., she said. When the kids arrive, Woody plays calming music. During breakfast, they review school work. After breakfast, Woody drops the older kids off at school and has one-on-one time with her youngest child until noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then I get the other two and I do homework with them,” said Woody, who is Black. “We eat lunch, we talk about our days. We read every day. We do a lot of crafts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woody says after the kids get picked up around 6:30 p.m., “we clean and disinfect this whole house. It takes us about an hour and a half to clean. But I have my son and I have my niece. That helps me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the almost 25,000 home-based providers who own their businesses, 13,200 paid teacher assistants work in home-based child care across the state. An additional 7,000 teacher assistants — often partners and relatives who share a home with a primary provider — are unpaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas relies on her husband, Brian Thomas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11935482\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a gray hoodie holds a child facing a window in a building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Thomas, Yolanda's husband, holds one of the children at the day care at their home in Pittsburg on Dec. 14, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He’ll do grocery runs. He’ll transport, he’ll go pick up,” said Thomas, who chose to be a home-based provider, in part so she could be at home with her children. “But he’s behind the scenes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Woody became licensed, she watched kids for her family and friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They paid me for gas or material because I always did arts,” she said. “I taught the girls how to cook and braid their hair. I taught all the kids how to tie their shoes, but that was just natural stuff that you do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until a neighbor reported Woody for having an unlicensed day care that she even knew that a license was required to care for more than one child she wasn’t related to. When licensing officials came to Woody’s home to check on the neighbor’s complaint, they asked Woody if she wanted to become licensed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She did, and 14 years later, Woody is licensed to care for up to eight kids. She said she regularly attends professional development training and participates in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.qualitychildcarematters.org/\">Quality Matters program\u003c/a>, an initiative of First 5 Contra Costa to improve child care quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the CSCCE report, the annual median income for teachers at child care centers statewide is $39,500. In the Bay Area, that rises to $45,800. That’s $7,000 more than Thomas typically earns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think because we are at home, a lot of legislators, big wigs, parents — just people that don’t know the field — they think because we’re at home, it’s easy, but being at home makes it harder,” Thomas said. “Every day it’s like [family child care providers] have to fight to try to get noticed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935477\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11935477\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"An overhead view of a woman wearing a purple t-shirt and black face mask siting with three children at a desk as they do arts and crafts in a building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yolanda Thomas works on an art project with the children at the day care she runs from her home in Pittsburg on Dec. 14, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The more an early childhood education role is paid, the fewer women of color there are in that role. Women of color make up 65% of center-based teachers, but that number dips to 45% for center directors who tend to make the most money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of CSCCE’s recommendations for policymakers is to make compensation for child care providers equal to that of transitional kindergarten teachers, including paid planning time and increased pay for additional degrees and specializations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montoya said that compensation should be based on what it costs caregivers to provide quality care, not on market rates or on what parents are able to afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Parents just can’t do more and the programs are doing all they can to meet their expenses and pay their workforce,” said Montoya. “It’s a very labor-heavy field.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of inflation, Woody is buying smaller plants for gardening lessons. Thomas has changed how she cuts fruit in hopes that three apples can stretch as far as four used to. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signs on the front door explained COVID-19 safety protocols for washing hands and wearing masks. Inside, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/entres/forms/English/pub394L.pdf\">a list of parents’ rights (PDF)\u003c/a> from the California Department of Social Services hung next to a giant collage of kid photos. Binders overflowing with lesson plans sat on a shelf next to a portable crib.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas, 46, is one of nearly 25,000 family child care providers in the state who operate licensed day cares and preschools out of their homes. \u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/report/early-educator-compensation/\">Home child care providers earn the least in a low-paying industry\u003c/a>, according to an August report from UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. They are also less likely to have health coverage than workers at child care centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11935478\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A Black woman wearing a purple t-shirt that says \"Child care\" stands outside.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yolanda Thomas stands outside her Pittsburg home, where she runs a day care, on Dec. 14, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Women of color make up 71% of home care providers, according to a 2020 CSCCE workforce survey published in January, with 37% identifying as Latina, 12% as Black, 12% as Asian and 6% as multiethnic. More than half are over the age of 50, and few have retirement savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are equity implications to a lot of this data,” said Elena Montoya, a lead researcher at CSCCE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, \u003ca href=\"https://americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/California.pdf?_ga=2.61482028.1485413797.1664937135-2040335669.1663610119\">60% of Californians lived somewhere in which the number of spots in licensed child care facilities did not meet the demand (PDF)\u003c/a>, according to the Center for American Progress. While the sector added 4,900 jobs in October, CSCCE, citing data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported that \u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/brief/child-care-sector-jobs-bls-analysis/\">child care employment is 8.4% below what it was in February 2020\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Until we’re really willing to acknowledge that the system is funded through these really low wages that these mostly women of color make in our state, and until we’re willing to address that, programs are going to continue to struggle to hire people,” Montoya said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The median annual salary range for small family child care providers like Thomas, who is Black, is between $16,200 to $30,000, according to CSCCE. Thomas, who has more than two decades of experience, said she usually earns around $38,000 per year. She earned almost $59,000 in 2021, because she received a one-time revitalization grant from a community investment fund along with other pandemic-related grants from First 5 Contra Costa and the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a field of service,” she said. “And if you’re not ready to be a servant, then you should not be in this field because everything you do and everything you think about is for someone else’s benefit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935475\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11935475\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wearing a purple t-shirt and black face mask sits with three children at a desk as they do arts and crafts in a building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61650_006_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yolanda Thomas works on an art project with the children at her day care at her home in Pittsburg on Dec. 14, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thomas serves meals to kids, picks them up from school and helps with homework — the type of full-service care that many families with two working parents need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a mirror of what the children receive at home,” said Thomas, who currently cares for seven children between the ages 8 months and 10 years old. “Me and the parents work hand in hand, whatever they’re going through. We have one family that’s going through divorce, so I make sure to let the child know that they’re okay, that if they ever have a question they can ask me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That deep connection with families is why some child care providers prefer to work out of their homes instead of in larger child care centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s more intimate to me,” said Freada Woody, owner and director of Gigi’s Precious Hearts Daycare in Antioch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woody’s home is also part house and part school. The living room has a large brown couch and a TV. Between them stretches a long table surrounded by colorful plastic chairs for children. The dining room has a wall of cubbies filled with toys and books, and a decorative sign displaying the “Playroom Rules.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woody, 64, currently watches four children ranging in ages from 10 months to 10 years old. Before the pandemic, she consistently cared for eight kids, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She wakes up at 5 a.m. because a lot of the parents she works with have long commutes so the kids get dropped off as early as 6:30 a.m., she said. When the kids arrive, Woody plays calming music. During breakfast, they review school work. After breakfast, Woody drops the older kids off at school and has one-on-one time with her youngest child until noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then I get the other two and I do homework with them,” said Woody, who is Black. “We eat lunch, we talk about our days. We read every day. We do a lot of crafts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woody says after the kids get picked up around 6:30 p.m., “we clean and disinfect this whole house. It takes us about an hour and a half to clean. But I have my son and I have my niece. That helps me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the almost 25,000 home-based providers who own their businesses, 13,200 paid teacher assistants work in home-based child care across the state. An additional 7,000 teacher assistants — often partners and relatives who share a home with a primary provider — are unpaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas relies on her husband, Brian Thomas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11935482\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a gray hoodie holds a child facing a window in a building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61658_013_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Thomas, Yolanda's husband, holds one of the children at the day care at their home in Pittsburg on Dec. 14, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He’ll do grocery runs. He’ll transport, he’ll go pick up,” said Thomas, who chose to be a home-based provider, in part so she could be at home with her children. “But he’s behind the scenes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Woody became licensed, she watched kids for her family and friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They paid me for gas or material because I always did arts,” she said. “I taught the girls how to cook and braid their hair. I taught all the kids how to tie their shoes, but that was just natural stuff that you do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until a neighbor reported Woody for having an unlicensed day care that she even knew that a license was required to care for more than one child she wasn’t related to. When licensing officials came to Woody’s home to check on the neighbor’s complaint, they asked Woody if she wanted to become licensed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She did, and 14 years later, Woody is licensed to care for up to eight kids. She said she regularly attends professional development training and participates in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.qualitychildcarematters.org/\">Quality Matters program\u003c/a>, an initiative of First 5 Contra Costa to improve child care quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the CSCCE report, the annual median income for teachers at child care centers statewide is $39,500. In the Bay Area, that rises to $45,800. That’s $7,000 more than Thomas typically earns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think because we are at home, a lot of legislators, big wigs, parents — just people that don’t know the field — they think because we’re at home, it’s easy, but being at home makes it harder,” Thomas said. “Every day it’s like [family child care providers] have to fight to try to get noticed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935477\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11935477\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"An overhead view of a woman wearing a purple t-shirt and black face mask siting with three children at a desk as they do arts and crafts in a building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61659_012_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yolanda Thomas works on an art project with the children at the day care she runs from her home in Pittsburg on Dec. 14, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The more an early childhood education role is paid, the fewer women of color there are in that role. Women of color make up 65% of center-based teachers, but that number dips to 45% for center directors who tend to make the most money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of CSCCE’s recommendations for policymakers is to make compensation for child care providers equal to that of transitional kindergarten teachers, including paid planning time and increased pay for additional degrees and specializations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montoya said that compensation should be based on what it costs caregivers to provide quality care, not on market rates or on what parents are able to afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Parents just can’t do more and the programs are doing all they can to meet their expenses and pay their workforce,” said Montoya. “It’s a very labor-heavy field.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of inflation, Woody is buying smaller plants for gardening lessons. Thomas has changed how she cuts fruit in hopes that three apples can stretch as far as four used to. 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Services for children and families are typically spread across multiple state agencies, forcing parents to go from one office to another to apply for services, frequently redocumenting the same income and other eligibility information. The new law (\u003ca href=\"https://earlyedgecalifornia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SB-1047-Factsheet_Childcare-for-Infants-and-Toddlers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SB 1047, by state Senator Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara\u003c/a>) cuts the paperwork and eases the enrollment process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On October 11, the state also launched a new search website at \u003ca href=\"http://Mychildcareplan.org\">Mychildcareplan.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the current early childhood education landscape in San Francisco, and how is it changing?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED’s Natalia Navarro, Ingrid Mezquita, executive director of the new Department of Early Childhood in San Francisco, described the current early care and education system in San Francisco as very decentralized, mirroring most other state and national systems. “They have different tuition rates. They have different funding availability, whether it’s from the state or the feds,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new department is aiming to unify these resources and services. “Families [will] have access to the information that they need, not only around what’s available in their neighborhood or in the area that they’re looking for, but also what financing is available for their child care,” she said. This will allow families to see whether they are eligible for federal, state or local funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How will this new department work to ensure equity in the kinds of families that it serves?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Our focus is always going to be families who are in greatest need,” Mezquita said. “We want to make sure that the services and supports are meaningful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mezquita said their goal is to reduce or eliminate racial disparities. “We’re in this unique position where not only are we going to be funding child care, but we’re also looking at children in a holistic way,” she said. She said this will include looking at comprehensive services and ensuring there are no gaps or missing links to support children and their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>When are you expecting expanded services to be available to families?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“We were just approved as a new department, so we’re building that infrastructure,” said Mezquita. “We’ve already expanded eligibility for families who are making up to 110% of area median income, meaning that if you’re making roughly around $120,000 or below, you may be eligible for child care financing through our department.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How will families benefit from the merging of two separate departments?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mezquita said the information will soon be in a centralized place, and the department will be able to provide families information in multiple languages, “not only for their child care, but also for their child’s well-being,” she added. “San Francisco has an array of services and supports for families. And one of the most difficult thing has been being able to find them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When can San Francisco families access the information?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mezquita said she’s hoping it will be accessible in the next few months. “We already have a portal, which is where families can find child care: \u003ca href=\"https://www.earlylearningsf.org/#/Dashboard\">Early Learning San Francisco\u003c/a>. You can easily find child care in your area. You can see what you’re eligible for in case you’re eligible for any financial assistance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I access the California State Preschool Program?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If your family is seeking access to the California State Preschool Program, you’re automatically eligible for the early education program if you’re already enrolled in Medi-Cal, CalFresh, WIC or Head Start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once your child is enrolled, the new law guarantees two years of care and education. Previously, families were granted only 12 months of service and had to reapply for an extension.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where can I find affordable, quality child care elsewhere in California?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A new state-funded website helps match families struggling to find affordable, quality care with providers. \u003ca href=\"https://mychildcareplan.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mychildcareplan.org \u003c/a>launched on October 11, and lists every licensed provider in California and their safety record, including their history of inspections and any citations they may have received; their vacancies; the type of care they provide; and the language(s) spoken at their center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new website consolidates information from each of the state’s 58 local child care resource and referral agencies, connecting families to child care, financial aid and other services. It also aims to better serve parents and caregivers who may work in one county but live in another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can enter your ZIP code, you could enter the city, and then it does radial search depending on … your filters,” said Linda Asato of the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network. “You’re no longer just bound by the information at that one agency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The website is free and does not charge a subscription fee for parents or providers. It can be used in English, Spanish, traditional Chinese and Vietnamese.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>And at the state level, two recent developments aim to streamline the search and enrollment process: A few weeks ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that will cut layers of red tape for families applying for subsidized child care and preschool. Services for children and families are typically spread across multiple state agencies, forcing parents to go from one office to another to apply for services, frequently redocumenting the same income and other eligibility information. The new law (\u003ca href=\"https://earlyedgecalifornia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SB-1047-Factsheet_Childcare-for-Infants-and-Toddlers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SB 1047, by state Senator Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara\u003c/a>) cuts the paperwork and eases the enrollment process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On October 11, the state also launched a new search website at \u003ca href=\"http://Mychildcareplan.org\">Mychildcareplan.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the current early childhood education landscape in San Francisco, and how is it changing?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED’s Natalia Navarro, Ingrid Mezquita, executive director of the new Department of Early Childhood in San Francisco, described the current early care and education system in San Francisco as very decentralized, mirroring most other state and national systems. “They have different tuition rates. They have different funding availability, whether it’s from the state or the feds,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A severe teacher shortage has forced dozens of preschools\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in California to shut down some of their classrooms since the start of the school year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The funding for these subsidized classrooms is available, and plenty of children from lower-income families are waiting to enroll. But there aren’t enough teachers — a situation that could get worse as the state begins to pour billions of dollars into transitional kindergarten, threatening to destabilize the early education workforce.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We have over 25 classrooms that we can put kids in, but we don’t have employees,” said Donna Sneeringer, chief strategy officer at the Child Care Resource Center, which serves children in Head Start programs in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. When she began comparing notes with other child care agencies in Southern California, the number grew to 100.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her findings prompted a statewide survey of government-contracted early education programs last month. According to the survey, which had about a 20% response rate, there are a total of almost 1,300 unfilled teacher positions. That means, overall, these programs serving the state’s children from lower-income families could be missing 4,000 to 5,000 teachers, according to Christopher Maricle, executive director of Head Start California, which conducted the survey along with the advocacy group EveryChild California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The staggering numbers didn’t surprise him. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Low wages were driving away early childhood educators, who are overwhelmingly women of color, long before the pandemic began. But \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/news-article/childcare-professionals-endured-higher-rates-of-depression-stress-and-asthma-during-the-pandemic-us-study-reveals/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">the physical, mental and financial stress they endured during the public health crisis\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and the recession, accelerated their Great Resignation. Some teachers moved to more affordable locations, while others chose early retirement or left for better-paying jobs in other industries.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some are also shifting to public schools, where they stand to double their salaries as widening access to transitional kindergarten opens new job opportunities for them — and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893791/why-californias-universal-transitional-kindergarten-plan-poses-a-threat-to-some-early-childhood-ed-providers\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">threatens to destabilize\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the already fragile child care industry.\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s the perfect, horrible storm,” said Maricle, who thinks the expansion of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">TK starting this school year in California \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">exacerbated the staffing problem. “You’ve got inflation, you’ve got a rising minimum wage that makes it more attractive for people who are in Head Start to make similar wages at McDonald’s. Then there was the pandemic, which made it harder to enroll families, and the stress of doing the work really increased for the staff.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“All of those pressures together are just putting enormous stress on the system.”[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Iris Marin-Lima, site manager, Old Gallinas Children's Center\"]'It was really a huge struggle. (I felt) like sometimes crying because really you didn't want to (cancel class) and there was not any other option.'[/pullquote]\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">TK was established in California a decade ago to provide an extra year of schooling for kids who narrowly miss the cutoff to go to kindergarten. Last year, California lawmakers transformed the state’s early learning system by committing $2.7 billion toward expanding the program to all 4-year-olds. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a victory for advocates, who asserted that a universal program will lift children’s early development and lead to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.crocus.georgetown.edu/#_ga=2.34377573.530940750.1663795469-1280683115.1663795469\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">long-term success\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, such as a greater likelihood of graduating high school and attending college. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the 2025-26 school year, universal TK could cover more than 300,000 children. To ensure that they get the attention they need, state law requires significantly lowering the student-to-teacher ratio. In previous years, a teacher could lead a TK classroom of up to 31 students. But starting this school year, the ratio dramatically lowered to one teacher for every 12 students.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The demand will require \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/ca-transitional-kindergarten-workforce-brief\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">upward of 15,500 new teachers and 19,500 teacher aides\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by full implementation, according to estimates by the Learning Policy Institute in Palo Alto. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tens of thousands of teachers at home- or community-based preschools who already have a college degree and experience working with 4-year-olds \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/data-snapshot/double-or-nothing-potential-tk-wages-for-californias-early-educators/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">could be qualified to teach TK\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In the Bay Area, a preschool teacher making an average salary of $51,500 could earn nearly $85,000 teaching TK, according to the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The state agency in charge of licensing professional educators is working to adopt a credentialing program to teach TK through third grade, and California is investing more than $2.5 billion to train new teachers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s fantastic to see, finally, doors are opening for early childhood educators that are beginning to lead to professional wages,” said Scott Moore, CEO of Kidango, the largest provider of subsidized preschools in the Bay Area. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He said that although his nonprofit has been able to raise teacher salaries from a minimum wage of $11 per hour six years ago to $20 per hour now — and soon, he hopes, a living wage of $26 per hour — it won’t be able to compete with school districts that can provide pensions, retirement and better health care benefits. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“These are things that teachers deserve and need. So while we know that it means we’ve got to lose some teachers, and that’s hard, we know it’s best for them,” he said. “It makes us work harder to increase our wages and benefits even more.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Early Childhood Education and Care' tag='early-childhood-education-and-care']\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He believes more competitive salaries will attract new workers and create a pipeline of teachers starting in early childhood education and advancing to higher grade levels.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the meantime, child care providers are offering retention bonuses, pay raises, mental health support and other incentives to try to keep the teachers they have. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At Old Gallinas Children’s Center in San Rafael, providers closed three classrooms to avoid staff burnout. The school strictly requires one teacher for every eight children. When the omicron variant was spreading in the spring and teachers were calling in sick, managers scrambled to meet that ratio. When they couldn’t, they called parents, sometimes at the last minute, to cancel class.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It was really a huge struggle. (I felt) like sometimes crying because really you didn’t want to do it and there was not any other option,” said the school’s site manager, Iris Marin-Lima. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the pandemic, the nonprofit that operates Old Gallinas and other Head Start sites in Marin County served more than 1,000 kids, a majority of them from immigrant households and beginning to learn English. Today, just under 500 are enrolled, according to Chandra Alexandre, CEO of Community Action Marin. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although the county has a reputation of being one of the nation’s wealthiest, census figures show 6% of residents live in poverty.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many providers blend federal and state funding to better pay teachers and offer year-round, full-day preschool to accommodate working families. Moore, the CEO of Kidango in Fremont, said higher state reimbursement rates for serving 3-year-olds, dual language learners and children with special needs has allowed him to increase wages.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Local governments are also stepping up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In San Francisco, more than 2,000 teachers and assistant teachers are getting a bump in their paychecks this month as the city institutes a $28-per-hour minimum wage by relying on funds from a commercial real estate tax that was passed by voters. In Alameda County, voters passed a sales tax measure in March 2020 to boost child care workers’ wages, but the money is being held in an account pending a legal challenge by a taxpayers’ association.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, the National Head Start Association is lobbying Congress to increase compensation for teachers by at least $2.5 billion per year. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">TK was established in California a decade ago to provide an extra year of schooling for kids who narrowly miss the cutoff to go to kindergarten. Last year, California lawmakers transformed the state’s early learning system by committing $2.7 billion toward expanding the program to all 4-year-olds. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a victory for advocates, who asserted that a universal program will lift children’s early development and lead to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.crocus.georgetown.edu/#_ga=2.34377573.530940750.1663795469-1280683115.1663795469\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">long-term success\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, such as a greater likelihood of graduating high school and attending college. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the 2025-26 school year, universal TK could cover more than 300,000 children. To ensure that they get the attention they need, state law requires significantly lowering the student-to-teacher ratio. In previous years, a teacher could lead a TK classroom of up to 31 students. But starting this school year, the ratio dramatically lowered to one teacher for every 12 students.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The demand will require \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/ca-transitional-kindergarten-workforce-brief\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">upward of 15,500 new teachers and 19,500 teacher aides\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by full implementation, according to estimates by the Learning Policy Institute in Palo Alto. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tens of thousands of teachers at home- or community-based preschools who already have a college degree and experience working with 4-year-olds \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/data-snapshot/double-or-nothing-potential-tk-wages-for-californias-early-educators/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">could be qualified to teach TK\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In the Bay Area, a preschool teacher making an average salary of $51,500 could earn nearly $85,000 teaching TK, according to the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at UC Berkeley.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The state agency in charge of licensing professional educators is working to adopt a credentialing program to teach TK through third grade, and California is investing more than $2.5 billion to train new teachers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s fantastic to see, finally, doors are opening for early childhood educators that are beginning to lead to professional wages,” said Scott Moore, CEO of Kidango, the largest provider of subsidized preschools in the Bay Area. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He said that although his nonprofit has been able to raise teacher salaries from a minimum wage of $11 per hour six years ago to $20 per hour now — and soon, he hopes, a living wage of $26 per hour — it won’t be able to compete with school districts that can provide pensions, retirement and better health care benefits. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“These are things that teachers deserve and need. So while we know that it means we’ve got to lose some teachers, and that’s hard, we know it’s best for them,” he said. “It makes us work harder to increase our wages and benefits even more.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He believes more competitive salaries will attract new workers and create a pipeline of teachers starting in early childhood education and advancing to higher grade levels.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the meantime, child care providers are offering retention bonuses, pay raises, mental health support and other incentives to try to keep the teachers they have. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At Old Gallinas Children’s Center in San Rafael, providers closed three classrooms to avoid staff burnout. The school strictly requires one teacher for every eight children. When the omicron variant was spreading in the spring and teachers were calling in sick, managers scrambled to meet that ratio. When they couldn’t, they called parents, sometimes at the last minute, to cancel class.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It was really a huge struggle. (I felt) like sometimes crying because really you didn’t want to do it and there was not any other option,” said the school’s site manager, Iris Marin-Lima. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the pandemic, the nonprofit that operates Old Gallinas and other Head Start sites in Marin County served more than 1,000 kids, a majority of them from immigrant households and beginning to learn English. Today, just under 500 are enrolled, according to Chandra Alexandre, CEO of Community Action Marin. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although the county has a reputation of being one of the nation’s wealthiest, census figures show 6% of residents live in poverty.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many providers blend federal and state funding to better pay teachers and offer year-round, full-day preschool to accommodate working families. Moore, the CEO of Kidango in Fremont, said higher state reimbursement rates for serving 3-year-olds, dual language learners and children with special needs has allowed him to increase wages.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Local governments are also stepping up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In San Francisco, more than 2,000 teachers and assistant teachers are getting a bump in their paychecks this month as the city institutes a $28-per-hour minimum wage by relying on funds from a commercial real estate tax that was passed by voters. In Alameda County, voters passed a sales tax measure in March 2020 to boost child care workers’ wages, but the money is being held in an account pending a legal challenge by a taxpayers’ association.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, the National Head Start Association is lobbying Congress to increase compensation for teachers by at least $2.5 billion per year. In a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://nhsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022.05-Workforce-Brief.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">survey of 900 Head Start grant recipients\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> nationwide, 90% said they closed classrooms, either temporarily or permanently, due to lack of staff, and 57% said low pay was the top reason for teachers’ departures.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maricle said Head Start salaries have not kept pace with the program’s increasingly rigorous requirements for teachers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“What we need is for Congress to continue the conversation it had during COVID, which revealed the importance of early childhood care to the entire economy, and pay the people who get bachelor’s degrees and special training in early brain development … those people should be paid professional wages,” he said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor's note: A previous version of this story omitted the full last name of Old Gallinas Children Center’s site manager, as well as an attribution for data about the number of Head Start children served in Marin County.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>During the pandemic, California’s lower-income families that are required to pay a fee to receive subsidized child care got a waiver from paying. That waiver is set to expire next year, worrying parents who have struggled to afford it in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB92\">vetoed a bill\u003c/a> last month that would have made the waiver permanent. Parents say the waiver, which will end in June 2023, allowed them to pay other expenses or get caught up on delinquent bills. Now they will have to stop paying down debt, saving for emergencies and enrolling their children in extra activities like dance lessons to pay the fees instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In South Los Angeles, Marisol Rosales has already started to save money for the coming bill. Before their fees were waived last year, the family paid $400 a month for child care for their four children. After paying for rent, necessities and child care there was no money left, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are expecting people that make a little bit of money to pay more money on top of expenses and cost of living and everything else,” Rosales said. “The whole point of why we have the subsidy is because our income is within the limits. So it doesn’t make sense to ask someone to pay another bill that could go toward something else.”[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Chris Hoene, executive director, California Budget and Policy Center\"]‘If you are an individual with lower income and you are trying to access subsidized child care, the fees are a barrier. And if you can afford the fees, then the next barrier is finding a provider.’[/pullquote]California helps lower-income families afford child care through several programs. For most families, the programs are free, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/calworks-child-care/program-eligibility\">others must pay a share of their subsidized child care costs\u003c/a> — what the state refers to as a “family fee.” Families pay the fee directly to their child care provider or to the contractor who manages their subsidized child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, to qualify for state-subsidized child care, a family must earn 85% or less of the state median household income. Those who earn less than 40% of that amount pay nothing for child care. Families earning between 40% and 85% of the state median income pay \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/CDSS_Famfeeschedule_SubChildCare_FY2022-23.pdf\">child care fees on a sliding scale\u003c/a> that could be as much as 10% of their household income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, a family earning $50,000 a year would pay $175 a month in family fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pandemic put a spotlight on the child care challenges facing families with the lowest incomes, who got hit hardest by COVID-19. Many worked service jobs that were frozen or eliminated, or worked essential jobs they were required to do in person. Their circumstances drove state officials to waive the fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Social Services, which oversees the state’s subsidized child care program, declined a request for an interview and only responded to questions via email. Spokesperson Scott Murray wrote that more than 26,000 families in various child care assistance programs “may have benefited from family fee waivers in the 2021-22 fiscal year.” He said the agency estimates about $88 million in fees will be waived in this fiscal year, which runs through June 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928091\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11928091\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/09222022_MarisolRosales_CM_PU_15-CM-copy.jpg\" alt=\"A Latina woman helps her two small kids out of the car, one of the kids is kissing her on the cheek as the other gets out.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/09222022_MarisolRosales_CM_PU_15-CM-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/09222022_MarisolRosales_CM_PU_15-CM-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/09222022_MarisolRosales_CM_PU_15-CM-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/09222022_MarisolRosales_CM_PU_15-CM-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/09222022_MarisolRosales_CM_PU_15-CM-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marisol Rosales and her children go out for dinner in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2022. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The family fees were first established in 1998, Murray wrote, and are based on a federal requirement for programs funded by the Child Care and Development Fund, a federal grant program that funds child care nationwide. The \u003ca href=\"https://childcareta.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/public/family_co-payment_brief_0.pdf#:~:text=While%20the%20definition%20did%20not%20change%2C%20the%20Administration,access%20section%20of%20the%20CCDF%20Final%203%20Rule.\">law allows states to set their own fees\u003c/a> and determine the sliding scale for families, but it also outlines how fees “must be affordable and not be a barrier to families receiving assistance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A legislative analysis of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB92\">the bill that would have permanently waived the fees\u003c/a> found that eliminating the fees for some families and decreasing the fees for others would cost $136 million a year. A 2021 study by the \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/california-families-pay-high-price-for-subsidized-child-care/\">California Budget and Policy Center\u003c/a> found that the state collects about $68 million annually in child care fees from families with low and moderate incomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July of 2020 the state started \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/mb2019a.asp\">waiving the fees\u003c/a> for some families and eventually agreed to offer waivers to all families for the rest of that fiscal year as part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.calhr.ca.gov/Documents/2021.04.20%20COVID%20Relief%20Agreement.pdf\">its agreement with the Child Care Providers United union\u003c/a>. In 2021, the state and the union again agreed that waivers would continue through June of 2022. This summer the state budgeted $136 million to \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Fiscal-and-Financial-Information/Local-Assistance-Estimates/2022/2022-May-Revision-CCD-Tab.pdf\">extend the waivers\u003c/a> for all families one more year, through June 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The benefits of the waiver have been felt by families across the state, said Mary Ignatius, a statewide organizer at Parent Voices, a grassroots organization focused on child care accessibility and affordability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the rising costs of just about everything and inflation, and the fact that the child tax credit expired at the federal level, these dollars came at a time of critical importance,” Ignatius said. “Families have been reducing debt, eliminating predatory credit cards, raising credit scores, going back to school full-time … paying down utility bills that were in delinquency, just paying rent and putting their kids in extracurricular activities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, by San Bernardino Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes, would have \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB92\">ended fees\u003c/a> for all families that earn below 75% of the state median income and created a sliding scale for those who earn between 75% and 85%. The fees would amount to no more than 1% of a family’s income.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Mary Ignatius, statewide organizer, Parent Voices\"]‘Scraping together money for these fees instead of spending it on food, on housing, on activities for their children, for bills, for paying down debt — that’s financial pressure. What the state is experiencing pales in comparison.’[/pullquote]Newsom said the bill’s cost was prohibitive, writing in \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AB-92-VETO-message.pdf?emrc=fee16d\">his veto message for this bill\u003c/a> and several others that state revenue is expected to decrease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates were critical, saying Newsom does not understand the struggle of families that need child care to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom started his tenure as governor with promises to help families with child care costs and access. Since then, his administration has budgeted for more subsidized child care slots and has led an expansion of transitional kindergarten. Despite this, advocates say the state is still not doing enough for child care providers and struggling families with young children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has been some progress made on child care, but the significant reform and expansion that the governor actually promised and signaled in his first budget address hasn’t been there,” said Chris Hoene, executive director of the California Budget and Policy Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the biggest issues that have gone unattended are the lack of child care workers and the low pay rate for those workers. Without these workers, parents struggle to find care, even if they are approved for a subsidy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are an individual with lower income and you are trying to access subsidized child care, the fees are a barrier,” Hoene said. “And if you can afford the fees, then the next barrier is finding a provider.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill Newsom vetoed was popular in the Legislature, where it passed with no dissenting votes, and had strong support from parent and child care advocates. \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB92\">No opposition was filed against the bill\u003c/a>, according to the Assembly analysis. That’s why Reyes and advocates plan to use the next eight months to try again through the budget process or another bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Rosales, the child care fee waiver has given her and her husband a chance to catch up financially. With that $400 a month savings, she got caught up on utility bills and paid off a student loan. Most exciting for her: paying for football for her sons and folklorico dance lessons for her daughters and herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learning the traditional Mexican dance was a childhood dream her family could never afford. But this month Rosales dropped the class for herself to start saving money for child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m already stressing out about the $400 payment that is coming back next year and already trying to cut back on expenses,” she said. “It’s very upsetting. After football season I’m not going to enroll my boys in anything else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ignatius, of Parent Voices, said eliminating the fees is critical for the survival of families already living paycheck to paycheck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Real cost pressures are what families are facing every single day,” she said. “Scraping together money for these fees instead of spending it on food, on housing, on activities for their children, for bills, for paying down debt — that’s financial pressure. What the state is experiencing pales in comparison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928090\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11928090\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy.jpg\" alt=\"A Latina woman in her 30s looks at the camera while standing in front of a white house.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Micaela Mota received a $277 subsidized child care fee waiver from the state. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>California helps lower-income families afford child care through several programs. For most families, the programs are free, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/calworks-child-care/program-eligibility\">others must pay a share of their subsidized child care costs\u003c/a> — what the state refers to as a “family fee.” Families pay the fee directly to their child care provider or to the contractor who manages their subsidized child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, to qualify for state-subsidized child care, a family must earn 85% or less of the state median household income. Those who earn less than 40% of that amount pay nothing for child care. Families earning between 40% and 85% of the state median income pay \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/CDSS_Famfeeschedule_SubChildCare_FY2022-23.pdf\">child care fees on a sliding scale\u003c/a> that could be as much as 10% of their household income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, a family earning $50,000 a year would pay $175 a month in family fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pandemic put a spotlight on the child care challenges facing families with the lowest incomes, who got hit hardest by COVID-19. Many worked service jobs that were frozen or eliminated, or worked essential jobs they were required to do in person. Their circumstances drove state officials to waive the fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Social Services, which oversees the state’s subsidized child care program, declined a request for an interview and only responded to questions via email. Spokesperson Scott Murray wrote that more than 26,000 families in various child care assistance programs “may have benefited from family fee waivers in the 2021-22 fiscal year.” He said the agency estimates about $88 million in fees will be waived in this fiscal year, which runs through June 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928091\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11928091\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/09222022_MarisolRosales_CM_PU_15-CM-copy.jpg\" alt=\"A Latina woman helps her two small kids out of the car, one of the kids is kissing her on the cheek as the other gets out.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/09222022_MarisolRosales_CM_PU_15-CM-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/09222022_MarisolRosales_CM_PU_15-CM-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/09222022_MarisolRosales_CM_PU_15-CM-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/09222022_MarisolRosales_CM_PU_15-CM-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/09222022_MarisolRosales_CM_PU_15-CM-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marisol Rosales and her children go out for dinner in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2022. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The family fees were first established in 1998, Murray wrote, and are based on a federal requirement for programs funded by the Child Care and Development Fund, a federal grant program that funds child care nationwide. The \u003ca href=\"https://childcareta.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/public/family_co-payment_brief_0.pdf#:~:text=While%20the%20definition%20did%20not%20change%2C%20the%20Administration,access%20section%20of%20the%20CCDF%20Final%203%20Rule.\">law allows states to set their own fees\u003c/a> and determine the sliding scale for families, but it also outlines how fees “must be affordable and not be a barrier to families receiving assistance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A legislative analysis of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB92\">the bill that would have permanently waived the fees\u003c/a> found that eliminating the fees for some families and decreasing the fees for others would cost $136 million a year. A 2021 study by the \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/california-families-pay-high-price-for-subsidized-child-care/\">California Budget and Policy Center\u003c/a> found that the state collects about $68 million annually in child care fees from families with low and moderate incomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July of 2020 the state started \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/mb2019a.asp\">waiving the fees\u003c/a> for some families and eventually agreed to offer waivers to all families for the rest of that fiscal year as part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.calhr.ca.gov/Documents/2021.04.20%20COVID%20Relief%20Agreement.pdf\">its agreement with the Child Care Providers United union\u003c/a>. In 2021, the state and the union again agreed that waivers would continue through June of 2022. This summer the state budgeted $136 million to \u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Additional-Resources/Fiscal-and-Financial-Information/Local-Assistance-Estimates/2022/2022-May-Revision-CCD-Tab.pdf\">extend the waivers\u003c/a> for all families one more year, through June 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The benefits of the waiver have been felt by families across the state, said Mary Ignatius, a statewide organizer at Parent Voices, a grassroots organization focused on child care accessibility and affordability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the rising costs of just about everything and inflation, and the fact that the child tax credit expired at the federal level, these dollars came at a time of critical importance,” Ignatius said. “Families have been reducing debt, eliminating predatory credit cards, raising credit scores, going back to school full-time … paying down utility bills that were in delinquency, just paying rent and putting their kids in extracurricular activities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, by San Bernardino Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes, would have \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB92\">ended fees\u003c/a> for all families that earn below 75% of the state median income and created a sliding scale for those who earn between 75% and 85%. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Newsom said the bill’s cost was prohibitive, writing in \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AB-92-VETO-message.pdf?emrc=fee16d\">his veto message for this bill\u003c/a> and several others that state revenue is expected to decrease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates were critical, saying Newsom does not understand the struggle of families that need child care to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom started his tenure as governor with promises to help families with child care costs and access. Since then, his administration has budgeted for more subsidized child care slots and has led an expansion of transitional kindergarten. Despite this, advocates say the state is still not doing enough for child care providers and struggling families with young children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has been some progress made on child care, but the significant reform and expansion that the governor actually promised and signaled in his first budget address hasn’t been there,” said Chris Hoene, executive director of the California Budget and Policy Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the biggest issues that have gone unattended are the lack of child care workers and the low pay rate for those workers. Without these workers, parents struggle to find care, even if they are approved for a subsidy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are an individual with lower income and you are trying to access subsidized child care, the fees are a barrier,” Hoene said. “And if you can afford the fees, then the next barrier is finding a provider.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill Newsom vetoed was popular in the Legislature, where it passed with no dissenting votes, and had strong support from parent and child care advocates. \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB92\">No opposition was filed against the bill\u003c/a>, according to the Assembly analysis. That’s why Reyes and advocates plan to use the next eight months to try again through the budget process or another bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Rosales, the child care fee waiver has given her and her husband a chance to catch up financially. With that $400 a month savings, she got caught up on utility bills and paid off a student loan. Most exciting for her: paying for football for her sons and folklorico dance lessons for her daughters and herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learning the traditional Mexican dance was a childhood dream her family could never afford. But this month Rosales dropped the class for herself to start saving money for child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m already stressing out about the $400 payment that is coming back next year and already trying to cut back on expenses,” she said. “It’s very upsetting. After football season I’m not going to enroll my boys in anything else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ignatius, of Parent Voices, said eliminating the fees is critical for the survival of families already living paycheck to paycheck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Real cost pressures are what families are facing every single day,” she said. “Scraping together money for these fees instead of spending it on food, on housing, on activities for their children, for bills, for paying down debt — that’s financial pressure. What the state is experiencing pales in comparison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928090\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11928090\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy.jpg\" alt=\"A Latina woman in her 30s looks at the camera while standing in front of a white house.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/20220926_CalMatters_Micaela_Mota_ML_0119-CM-copy-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Micaela Mota received a $277 subsidized child care fee waiver from the state. With the waiver set to expire next year, she doesn’t know how she’ll make ends meet. \u003ccite>(Marissa Leshnov/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Richmond mom Micaela Mota has used her $277 in monthly fee savings to pay student loans and PG&E bills and to enroll her son in baseball and swim lessons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Before that it was, ‘Do I pay PG&E or do I pay for child care?’ and if I don’t pay for child care, how am I able to work?” she said. “It’s this or that in order to move forward to succeed in life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A school psychologist, she said the fee waiver helped her finish her intern year and her graduate degree. She was also able to stop driving for Uber on Friday and Saturday nights and spent that time with her son instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The governor could have been more graceful in what he could provide for us,” Mota said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Millions of children are at operations that are completely unlicensed.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doug Forbes and his late wife Elena Matyas didn’t know this when they dropped their daughter Roxie off at the Summerkids camp in Altadena one morning in June of 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than an hour later they were racing toward the same hospital in Pasadena where Roxie was born. Their daughter had drowned in the camp pool. She was 6 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only as the couple sought answers about her final minutes of life did they discover the lack of oversight for children’s day camps in California. They filed an \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ForbesVSummerkidsLawsuit.pdf\">ongoing lawsuit against the camp for wrongful death\u003c/a> and began advocating for state officials to mandate regulations. 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Many also offer before and after care to accommodate parents’ work schedules.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-regulations-proposed\">Regulations proposed\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>At the end of May, the state Assembly passed \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1737\">Assembly Bill 1737\u003c/a> to create some oversight for day camps — legislation carried by Pasadena Democratic Assemblymember Chris Holden in response to what happened to Roxie. Its fate is now in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California can’t have a group of “children who are susceptible to great bodily injury and potential death,” Holden said. “It would be totally irresponsible for us to continue operating this way as a state knowing what we know and the great harm that has happened to children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is one of about a dozen states that do not regulate day camps, according to Holden’s office. Most states, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/3601/\">New York\u003c/a>, have regulations in place and some cities require camp operators to attend \u003ca href=\"https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/about/healthcode/health-code-article48.pdf\">city-run orientations\u003c/a> and follow extensive rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holden’s bill would require all day camps to register with the state Department of Social Services, conduct background checks for all staff and require staff be trained as “mandated reporters,” people legally required to report suspicions of abuse. It would also require non-government camps with certain activities like ziplining, archery, river rafting and riflery to submit their operational and emergency plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Assemblymember Chris Holden\"]‘It’s very complicated trying to find who will be the regulator of this. Everybody says this needs to happen but no one wants to take hold of it.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the bill, the Department of Social Services would also conduct random, unannounced inspections of all children’s camps annually. The bill exempts government-run camps from most requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, the proposal places oversight responsibility with the California Department of Social Services, which oversees child care throughout California. Originally, oversight of day camps was going to fall under the Department of Public Health but that was changed last week. Holden said neither agency wants to take this on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both agencies refused requests for interviews. In email responses, both departments said they don’t oversee day camps because day camps are not defined in state statute. State law only defines “\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&division=13.&title=&part=2.4.&chapter=&article=\">organized camps\u003c/a>,” which are overnight camps where kids stay five nights or more. These fall under the purview of the state Department of Public Health, which leaves oversight to local counties. The state does not require the counties to report anything about the camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Originally, Holden’s bill included licensing, regular inspections and a designated health supervisor. Those requirements were removed from the bill after lobbying by camp advocates and organizations representing county officials, as well as after meetings with the state departments of Public Health and Social Services. Now, the bill includes registration, random inspections, background checks for all staff and, depending on the type of activities a camp offers, the submission of operational and emergency plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very complicated trying to find who will be the regulator of this,” Holden said. “Everybody says this needs to happen but no one wants to take hold of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holden said he intends to try to strengthen the law in future years if this bill is enacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Roxie drowned, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RoxieForbes_SheriffsIncident-Report.pdf\">reports show that the lifeguards who were poolside didn’t see her\u003c/a> until another camp counselor outside the pool area yelled at them that Roxie was floating face down in the shallow end of the pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family’s lawsuit alleges that the camp was negligent and that the camp’s lifeguards were not trained properly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We both jumped in the car that morning with her, went to camp, kissed her on the lips, said ‘Goodbye, I love you sweetheart.’ And boom, she’s gone,” Forbes said. “A six-year-old was left in a pool in need of help and nobody helped her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ForbsVSummerkids_ResponsefromCamp.pdf\">response to the lawsuit\u003c/a>, the camp argues that none of the actions that day were “performed with the requisite malice, oppression, or fraud” for the camp to pay punitive damages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there are no regulations for day camps the state has extensive regulations for child care facilities. At times, the distinction between the two types of businesses is not clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Roxie’s death, the Department of Social Services received two unrelated complaints that the Summerkids camp was operating as an unlicensed child care facility. The agency inspected the camp, determined it was operating an illegal child care program and cited the owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"More on child care\" tag=\"child-care\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state attorney general’s office \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/DSSvSummerkidsLawsuit.pdf\">filed a lawsuit against the camp\u003c/a> on behalf of Social Services. It alleges the camp fits the definition of a child care and does not fall under any of the regulatory exclusions, which include health care facilities, cooperative agreements between parents, and public recreation programs. Neither Social Services nor the attorney general’s office would comment on the case, which is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the lawsuit, \u003ca href=\"https://www.summerkids.net/forms\">Summerkids\u003c/a> is still operating and opened this week for summer camp. The Department of Social Services had asked a judge to shut it down as part of the ongoing lawsuit, but said its request was rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Summerkids camp owners are declining interviews because of the pending litigation, said attorney Steve Madison, who is representing the owners in the attorney general’s lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Summerkids very much denies that it was negligent in any way or caused the tragic death of Roxie,” said Madison, who is also a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofpasadena.net/district6/bio/\">member of the Pasadena city council\u003c/a>. He added that the camp maintains it “paid for the appropriate CPR training” for staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the camp is not a day care facility and never has been. Madison said day care sites are usually indoors and required to have a certain number of kids per square footage and are staffed by certified teachers. Summerkids is held outdoors and is staffed by college kids and alumni campers, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are numerous day camps in California that are not licensed as day care facilities under the statute that the AG has sued on,” Madison said. “They seem to be saying now that to be a recreational day camp you have to become this square peg in a round hole and apply to be a licensed day care facility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law defines child care as providing “nonmedical care to children under 18 years of age in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on less than a 24-hour basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Social Service would not provide a more detailed description of the differences and whether differences have to do with the age of the children, the activities, the hours of the program or how parents view camps for their children. However, in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/child-care-licensing/resources-for-parents\">video on the agency’s website\u003c/a> about understanding licensed and unlicensed care, a narrator explains that one of the exempt groups from child care licensing is “public and non-profit programs designed to provide recreation on a part-time basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Assemblymember Chris Holden\"]‘It would be totally irresponsible for us to continue operating this way as a state knowing what we know and the great harm that has happened to children.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cathy Barankin, executive director of the California Collaboration for Youth, said she believes there is a vast difference between child care and day camps. Her organization represents the American Camp Association, Girl and Boy Scouts, and the Western Association of Independent Camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barankin said child care facilities operate during the school year, focus on child development and taking care of kids while parents are working, and are conducted mainly indoors by teachers. Day camps, she said, usually happen when kids are out of school, emphasize outdoor activities and are led by camp counselors who are usually college students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Stillson, president of the Western Association of Independent Camps and a camp operator in Los Angeles County, said the differences are also based on the activities of the camp and the duration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, there is not much clarity from the oversight bodies,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within weeks of Roxie’s death, her parents started the \u003ca href=\"https://www.meowmeowfoundation.org/\">Meow Meow Foundation\u003c/a>, named after Roxie’s favorite stuffed animal. The mission: to increase awareness about drowning prevention and improve day camp safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foundation recently pulled its support from Holden’s bill because it no longer requires licensing and regular inspections, and allows for the American Camp Association to potentially be involved in how day camps report to the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the second time the foundation and the family have withdrawn support for similar proposed regulations — the same thing happened two years ago after a bill was watered down and shelved by its author.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forbes encourages parents to be wary of camps and ask questions. Roxie was born with a rare autoimmune disorder that kept her parents vigilant about her safety. So, he said, when they selected Summerkids, they asked a lot of questions about the protocols and workings of the camp — assuming state licensing and oversight was required.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-critics-of-proposed-day-camp-regulations\">Critics of proposed day camp regulations\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Some camp operators say they welcome safety regulations but are opposed to the current proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to be regulated to make sure as an industry that we are able to provide the safest programs for children,” said Stillson, executive director of Valley Trails Summer day camp in Castaic and Tarzana. “Right now anyone who wants to set up a camp and call themselves a camp can do it, and no one is out there to tell them they can’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even so, Stillson vehemently opposes the bill. He believes the Department of Social Services is not the right agency to oversee day camps, that the bill is too broad and that it should include city- and government-run camps, which serve thousands of children each summer, and that the state should recognize accreditation by the American Camp Association\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Collaboration for Youth also opposes the bill, saying it is too broad and onerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Day camps should be narrowly defined and overseen, not open to every single program that services children in the entire state,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Stillson and Barankin say camps belong under the purview of Public Health, which already oversees and inspects “organized camps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"President Mike Stillson, Western Association of Independent Camps\"]‘Right now anyone who wants to set up a camp and call themselves a camp can do it, and no one is out there to tell them they can’t.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forbes is still watching the bill closely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His wife, Elena Matyas will not see the work the foundation has been doing lead to meaningful change. In March, she died after a second bout with breast cancer, Forbes said — adding that he believes his wife was more susceptible to a recurrence because of her intense grief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now he lives alone in the home the couple had once been renovating with their daughter in mind. Roxie would be 10 this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live with ghosts. The silence is deafening,” said Forbes, as the family pool glistened unused beyond double glass sliding doors off the dining room. “What I do every day is a constant reminder of despair, but I have to do this work and I don’t want to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three days after Roxie died, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health inspected the pool at the camp and found nine violations. It shut the pool down until those violations were fixed. Counties do oversee public pools but do not regulate day camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If (they) would have gone out to inspect Summerkids’ pool before the camp season started, my daughter may be alive right now,” Forbes said. “We must manage each day knowing our little girl’s death could and should have been prevented.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madison, Summerkids’ attorney, said that the camp tried to get a county permit after Roxie died, but it is exempt from licensing because it is not considered an organized camp. That may change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to create an ordinance that would regulate both day and overnight camps. At the end of June, the board is expected to approve the detailed regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties are Forbes’ new focus, given the obstacles to strict statewide legislation. He’s got a list of California counties and he’s working his way through it, starting with the most populous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The camp world is the wild, wild west,” Forbes said. “They want the kids to let loose, but there are consequences.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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These experiences — including violence, abuse or neglect — have been connected to chronic illnesses later in life, and to death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=mindshift_59313 label='Children's Anxiety Screening']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are very cute and adorable so people don’t see any needs besides feeding and clothing them at this age,” said Lishaun Francis, director of behavioral health for Children Now. “Because they can’t speak about their needs, they can’t say, ‘This is making me sad,’ or, ‘This is not a healthy attachment relationship.’ They can’t express themselves so we take for granted what they need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children Now, along with more than 400 organizations, sent a letter to Newsom asking for $250 million over four years to fund organizations that provide mental health support for mainly lower-income infants and toddlers and their families. Advocates say providing support services early helps prevent children from experiencing adverse events, and if they have gone through trauma already it can help them heal and process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The money also would support training for child care providers and other caregivers to ensure they have the skills to help prevent traumatic experiences. 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"content": "\u003cp>For Tonya Muhammad, who runs the Lil Critters family day care in Hawthorne, spring of 2020 was, in a word, “horrible.” The early rush on cleaning supplies meant that she and her husband had to criss-cross Los Angeles to find disinfectant, sourcing bottles of Lysol from a dental supply company and aloe vera from a local nursery to make homemade hand sanitizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that wasn’t the worst of it. Muhammad’s assistant left, fearing for the health of her grandmother, whom she lived with. That was in March of 2020, and Muhammad hasn’t been able to find a replacement since, despite posting the job on Indeed and Facebook Jobs and at a nearby community college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve even paid for fingerprints for a couple [of applicants] and then there’s just no follow-up,” said Muhammad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the watchful eyes of a second adult, she’s had to reduce the number of kids she looks after from 14 to 6, and has gone from being a 24-hour day care to operating from 6 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. She estimates that her income from the day care has fallen by more than half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lost about 27,800 child care workers between February and April of 2020 — or roughly a third of its workforce — according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. From then through September of 2021, about 19,600 have come back. 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And that system has failed miserably, says Elena Montoya, a senior research and policy associate at UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The current [labor] shortage is a result of placing the burden of paying for child care on parents, rather than acknowledging that child care is a public good,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://infogram.com/sept-incl-childcare-workforce-size-1hxr4zxgz08oo6y\" title=\"sept incl childcare workforce size\" width=\"800\" height=\"745\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pandemic was the last thing child care providers needed. Day care centers weren’t sure what the COVID-19 rules would be for them and were struggling to secure protective gear, said Cecilia Rojas, resource and referral manager at Crystal Stairs, a Los Angeles-based organization that helps families find child care. Some child care workers quit to take care of their own school-aged children, who were suddenly stuck at home. Others left because they were worried about being exposed to the virus. Parents pulled their kids out of day care, leading to budget shortfalls and closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal and state relief funds did help keep child care facilities open. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/user-74/naeyc_survey_statedatawithquotes_sep2021.pdf\">survey\u003c/a> of early childhood educators conducted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children in early summer found that nearly half of the 1,200 respondents in California said they would have had to close were it not for the aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the federal funds, said Montoya, “as important and terrific as they are, they really are a short-term stopgap to avoid the total collapse of the system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California made a large\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/07/09/california-roars-back-governor-newsom-signs-historic-education-package-to-reimagine-public-schools/\"> investment in transitional kindergarten\u003c/a> in July, committing $2.7 billion to expand free transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds across the state by the school year that starts in 2025. Proponents consider that a game changer; some \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893791/why-californias-universal-transitional-kindergarten-plan-poses-a-threat-to-some-early-childhood-ed-providers\">child care operators fear it could undercut their business model\u003c/a> as they lose 4-year-olds whose tuition helps cover the higher cost of caring for infants.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Elena Montoya, a senior research and policy associate\"]'The current [labor] shortage is a result of placing the burden of paying for child care on parents, rather than acknowledging that child care is a public good.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, lots of child care facilities can’t fill their job openings. “Programs are actually having to close for the day or for the week, and it’s not because they don’t have children to serve,” said Nina Buthee, executive director of EveryChild California, an organization that supports early childhood educators. It’s because they’re short-staffed, she said. Buthee says it’s the first time she’s heard of that happening in the 20 years she’s been working on child care issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://infogram.com/childcare-work-pay-by-age-ca-1h7k230xw1w9g2x\" title=\"sept incl childcare workforce size\" width=\"800\" height=\"445\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Child care workers earn lower wages than pre-K teachers, who in turn make less than kindergarten teachers, according to data from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at Berkeley. There are several factors driving the pay gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One is that kindergarten teachers are required to have bachelor’s degrees, whereas child care providers typically are not. But there are less quantifiable factors, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve undervalued and underpaid caregiving” said Kristin Schumacher, a senior policy analyst at the California Budget and Policy Center, “for as long as it’s been a career choice, and this has sexist and racist roots that can be traced back to slavery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lower pay for child care workers also creates a racial pay disparity among early childhood educators, says Montoya, since Black and Latino women are more likely to work with infants and toddlers than their white peers, who are more likely to be preschool or kindergarten teachers. Researchers at the Berkeley center calculated that nationally, Black early educators are paid on average $0.78 less per hour than their white counterparts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wages are so low that many child care workers have side gigs or second jobs to make ends meet. Muhammad, the owner of Lil Critters, wrote a book about child care and works as a consultant, advising other providers. She now makes about half of her income from those other endeavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tonia McMillian, who owns a family child care business in Bellflower and was active in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2019/10/childcare-workers/\">the effort to unionize child care workers\u003c/a>, also teaches CPR classes and runs a catering business. At one point, she said, she was paying her staff minimum wage but only making $4.15 per hour herself, after covering all the costs of running the business. “Something [is] wrong with that picture,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The low wages also mean that child care workers end up on public assistance. In 2018, the Berkeley center found that \u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-Index-California.pdf\">58% of child care workers families’ in California are on one or more public assistance programs\u003c/a>, like CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One way or the other, there’s public money going to child care workers, says Gemma DiMatteo, research director for California Child Care Resource and Referral Network. “It’s through these social support services, or you could just fund the child care and make sure that the staff is getting paid adequately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://infogram.com/childcare-v-all-workers-wages-1ho16vomv9j384n\" title=\"sept incl childcare workforce size\" width=\"800\" height=\"631\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One factor holding down child care providers’ low wages: the state reimbursement rate for care for lower- and moderate-income families. The state uses two rates, depending on the subsidy program. One, known as the regional market rate, is used to subsidize care for parents who have lower incomes and are working or seeking employment. That rate isn’t based on what it costs to provide high-quality child care and pay staff well — it’s based on a state study of what child care providers in different regions charge families. But the market rate isn’t necessarily representative of how much child care providers actually need; it reflects what they think they can reasonably charge parents who are already, in many cases, \u003ca href=\"https://www.epi.org/publication/breaking-the-silence-on-early-child-care-and-education-costs-a-values-based-budget-for-children-parents-and-teachers-in-california/\">paying more than they can afford\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regional market rate also is often out-of-date. The state conducts the market analysis every couple of years; right now, California is reimbursing some child care providers based on numbers from 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muhammad said that for her, even that 15% increase from the home-based child care providers union won't make a meaningful difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Child care has been underfunded for so long, said Buthee of EveryChild California, that rate increases need to be huge to make a difference. Making the system whole in California would cost about a billion dollars, she continued. “When you look at the budget, it’s like, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, that’s too much money,’” she said, but “that’s just how much it costs to catch up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894532\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1554px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-11.21.01-AM-e1635791098779.png\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11894532 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-11.21.01-AM-e1635791098779.png\" alt=\"A 'mud kitchen' for children at Tonya Muhammad's day care.\" width=\"1554\" height=\"1032\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 'mud kitchen' for children at Tonya Muhammad's day care in Hawthorne on Oct. 28, 2021. \u003ccite>(Zaydee Sanchez/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Harmit Pabla, who owns Genius Kids, a child care center in Sacramento County that serves more than 100 kids, has had six of his staff of 16 leave over the last year. Three left for reasons directly related to the pandemic and three found different jobs, including at Amazon and Walmart distribution centers. Those companies offered slightly better benefits, said Pabla. As large corporations, they have more buying power to negotiate lower rates with insurance companies. “We can’t compete with the big boys,” Pabla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s getting inquiries from parents about openings, but he said he’s not accepting more children because he can’t find staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across California, 77% of early childhood educators surveyed \u003ca href=\"https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/user-74/naeyc_survey_statedatawithquotes_sep2021.pdf\">identify wages as the main recruitment challenge\u003c/a>. But unlike other industries, where business owners can cover increasing wages by raising prices, lots of child care owners know their customers — parents — can’t afford to pay more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While kids are heading back to in-person school and the coronavirus delta variant appears to be in decline, California’s child care system is not in the clear. The survey by the National Association for the Education of Young Children found that 47% of respondents in California were considering leaving their program or closing their home child care location within the next year.[aside postID=news_11892267,news_11892891,news_11893791 label='Related Posts']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may be especially true for workers who had just gotten their start before the virus made the job more risky and complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Will we lose those excited new educators who could have gone on to become really seasoned, amazing contributors to the field?” asked Krista Olson, a research and policy associate at the Berkeley Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McMillian, who is 62, hopes to retire from child care soon. “It’s extremely hard to walk away, especially if you don’t have a nest egg,” she said. She’s started working as a child care consultant, and just signed a lease on space to open a sports bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muhammad is planning her exit, too. Once she winds down her child care business, she’ll be relying on her other gigs: her consulting, a child care course and book she wrote, a hotline she runs to answer providers’ questions, speaking gigs and more. It will take some time to make sure those projects bring in enough steady income. “I wish it was yesterday,” she said, “but I’m giving myself a year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For Tonya Muhammad, who runs the Lil Critters family day care in Hawthorne, spring of 2020 was, in a word, “horrible.” The early rush on cleaning supplies meant that she and her husband had to criss-cross Los Angeles to find disinfectant, sourcing bottles of Lysol from a dental supply company and aloe vera from a local nursery to make homemade hand sanitizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that wasn’t the worst of it. Muhammad’s assistant left, fearing for the health of her grandmother, whom she lived with. That was in March of 2020, and Muhammad hasn’t been able to find a replacement since, despite posting the job on Indeed and Facebook Jobs and at a nearby community college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve even paid for fingerprints for a couple [of applicants] and then there’s just no follow-up,” said Muhammad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the watchful eyes of a second adult, she’s had to reduce the number of kids she looks after from 14 to 6, and has gone from being a 24-hour day care to operating from 6 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. She estimates that her income from the day care has fallen by more than half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lost about 27,800 child care workers between February and April of 2020 — or roughly a third of its workforce — according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. From then through September of 2021, about 19,600 have come back. Still, the workforce is about 10% smaller than it was prepandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before the pandemic, however, there wasn’t enough child care available in California to meet families’ needs. Labor issues that long bubbled below the surface are now driving acute staffing shortages: low pay, long hours and limited benefits. That makes it hard to earn a living in an industry that supports the rest of the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Child care providers find themselves stretching across a gap between what parents are able to afford and the wages they need to offer to attract and retain staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state of California plays a role here: It reimburses some child care providers who care for lower- and moderate-income families, at rates advocates argue have long been too low. In June, a new union representing home child care providers who work with families receiving state subsidies \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/child-care-providers-united-reach-first-labor-contract-california-providers\">won workers a 15% raise from the state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, most Californian child care is provided through the private market. And that system has failed miserably, says Elena Montoya, a senior research and policy associate at UC Berkeley’s Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The current [labor] shortage is a result of placing the burden of paying for child care on parents, rather than acknowledging that child care is a public good,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://infogram.com/sept-incl-childcare-workforce-size-1hxr4zxgz08oo6y\" title=\"sept incl childcare workforce size\" width=\"800\" height=\"745\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pandemic was the last thing child care providers needed. Day care centers weren’t sure what the COVID-19 rules would be for them and were struggling to secure protective gear, said Cecilia Rojas, resource and referral manager at Crystal Stairs, a Los Angeles-based organization that helps families find child care. Some child care workers quit to take care of their own school-aged children, who were suddenly stuck at home. Others left because they were worried about being exposed to the virus. Parents pulled their kids out of day care, leading to budget shortfalls and closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal and state relief funds did help keep child care facilities open. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/user-74/naeyc_survey_statedatawithquotes_sep2021.pdf\">survey\u003c/a> of early childhood educators conducted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children in early summer found that nearly half of the 1,200 respondents in California said they would have had to close were it not for the aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the federal funds, said Montoya, “as important and terrific as they are, they really are a short-term stopgap to avoid the total collapse of the system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California made a large\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/07/09/california-roars-back-governor-newsom-signs-historic-education-package-to-reimagine-public-schools/\"> investment in transitional kindergarten\u003c/a> in July, committing $2.7 billion to expand free transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds across the state by the school year that starts in 2025. Proponents consider that a game changer; some \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893791/why-californias-universal-transitional-kindergarten-plan-poses-a-threat-to-some-early-childhood-ed-providers\">child care operators fear it could undercut their business model\u003c/a> as they lose 4-year-olds whose tuition helps cover the higher cost of caring for infants.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, lots of child care facilities can’t fill their job openings. “Programs are actually having to close for the day or for the week, and it’s not because they don’t have children to serve,” said Nina Buthee, executive director of EveryChild California, an organization that supports early childhood educators. It’s because they’re short-staffed, she said. Buthee says it’s the first time she’s heard of that happening in the 20 years she’s been working on child care issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://infogram.com/childcare-work-pay-by-age-ca-1h7k230xw1w9g2x\" title=\"sept incl childcare workforce size\" width=\"800\" height=\"445\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Child care workers earn lower wages than pre-K teachers, who in turn make less than kindergarten teachers, according to data from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at Berkeley. There are several factors driving the pay gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One is that kindergarten teachers are required to have bachelor’s degrees, whereas child care providers typically are not. But there are less quantifiable factors, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve undervalued and underpaid caregiving” said Kristin Schumacher, a senior policy analyst at the California Budget and Policy Center, “for as long as it’s been a career choice, and this has sexist and racist roots that can be traced back to slavery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lower pay for child care workers also creates a racial pay disparity among early childhood educators, says Montoya, since Black and Latino women are more likely to work with infants and toddlers than their white peers, who are more likely to be preschool or kindergarten teachers. Researchers at the Berkeley center calculated that nationally, Black early educators are paid on average $0.78 less per hour than their white counterparts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wages are so low that many child care workers have side gigs or second jobs to make ends meet. Muhammad, the owner of Lil Critters, wrote a book about child care and works as a consultant, advising other providers. She now makes about half of her income from those other endeavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tonia McMillian, who owns a family child care business in Bellflower and was active in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2019/10/childcare-workers/\">the effort to unionize child care workers\u003c/a>, also teaches CPR classes and runs a catering business. At one point, she said, she was paying her staff minimum wage but only making $4.15 per hour herself, after covering all the costs of running the business. “Something [is] wrong with that picture,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The low wages also mean that child care workers end up on public assistance. In 2018, the Berkeley center found that \u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-Index-California.pdf\">58% of child care workers families’ in California are on one or more public assistance programs\u003c/a>, like CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One way or the other, there’s public money going to child care workers, says Gemma DiMatteo, research director for California Child Care Resource and Referral Network. “It’s through these social support services, or you could just fund the child care and make sure that the staff is getting paid adequately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://infogram.com/childcare-v-all-workers-wages-1ho16vomv9j384n\" title=\"sept incl childcare workforce size\" width=\"800\" height=\"631\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One factor holding down child care providers’ low wages: the state reimbursement rate for care for lower- and moderate-income families. The state uses two rates, depending on the subsidy program. One, known as the regional market rate, is used to subsidize care for parents who have lower incomes and are working or seeking employment. That rate isn’t based on what it costs to provide high-quality child care and pay staff well — it’s based on a state study of what child care providers in different regions charge families. But the market rate isn’t necessarily representative of how much child care providers actually need; it reflects what they think they can reasonably charge parents who are already, in many cases, \u003ca href=\"https://www.epi.org/publication/breaking-the-silence-on-early-child-care-and-education-costs-a-values-based-budget-for-children-parents-and-teachers-in-california/\">paying more than they can afford\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regional market rate also is often out-of-date. The state conducts the market analysis every couple of years; right now, California is reimbursing some child care providers based on numbers from 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muhammad said that for her, even that 15% increase from the home-based child care providers union won't make a meaningful difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Child care has been underfunded for so long, said Buthee of EveryChild California, that rate increases need to be huge to make a difference. Making the system whole in California would cost about a billion dollars, she continued. “When you look at the budget, it’s like, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, that’s too much money,’” she said, but “that’s just how much it costs to catch up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894532\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1554px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-11.21.01-AM-e1635791098779.png\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11894532 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-11.21.01-AM-e1635791098779.png\" alt=\"A 'mud kitchen' for children at Tonya Muhammad's day care.\" width=\"1554\" height=\"1032\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 'mud kitchen' for children at Tonya Muhammad's day care in Hawthorne on Oct. 28, 2021. \u003ccite>(Zaydee Sanchez/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Harmit Pabla, who owns Genius Kids, a child care center in Sacramento County that serves more than 100 kids, has had six of his staff of 16 leave over the last year. Three left for reasons directly related to the pandemic and three found different jobs, including at Amazon and Walmart distribution centers. Those companies offered slightly better benefits, said Pabla. As large corporations, they have more buying power to negotiate lower rates with insurance companies. “We can’t compete with the big boys,” Pabla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s getting inquiries from parents about openings, but he said he’s not accepting more children because he can’t find staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across California, 77% of early childhood educators surveyed \u003ca href=\"https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/user-74/naeyc_survey_statedatawithquotes_sep2021.pdf\">identify wages as the main recruitment challenge\u003c/a>. But unlike other industries, where business owners can cover increasing wages by raising prices, lots of child care owners know their customers — parents — can’t afford to pay more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While kids are heading back to in-person school and the coronavirus delta variant appears to be in decline, California’s child care system is not in the clear. The survey by the National Association for the Education of Young Children found that 47% of respondents in California were considering leaving their program or closing their home child care location within the next year.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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We had a system coming into the pandemic where we didn’t have enough child care available for families. It’s incredibly expensive for families, but that still doesn’t actually cover the full cost of what it takes to provide early care and education services. We’re relying on a market and the market doesn’t work. So what that means is the system gets subsidized on the backs of the people doing the work — with incredibly low wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The True Cost of Child Care\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Your center has done some research into the true cost of child care for very young children. Could you walk us through what those estimates showed?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lea Austin:\u003c/strong> If we were covering the full cost of early care and education in California on the low end, that’s about $30 billion a year for child care and early learning. 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