California Child Care Reform Funding Now!
Please Take Action
P.E.A.C.E. supports of the California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAAEYC) to better the future for children and families. Please take action on the following (per CAAEYC):
We are asking the Governor to include the following as part of the January 2023–24 budget:
- Adopt child care reimbursement rate reforms and increases in provider compensation, including a shift from a market rate to a cost-based model through a robust contract agreement with the Child Care Providers Union and commensurate increases throughout the child care system. This includes an increase in current-year rates to at least the level set in the 2021 Market rate survey (30% increase), but applying that percentage equitably across all California providers; and
- Provide financial support to the full system of care — from birth through school age care — to support the mixed delivery child care system, inclusive of Family Child Care Providers, Head Start, California State Preschool and Community Based Centers, all of which offer full day and full year services that meet the diverse needs of families in every community in California.
Please read the letter and add your signature.
