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Resources for child development contractors, families and the child care community.
 

After School Education and Safety Program
Provides funds to schools and districts that collaborate with community partners to provide safe and educationally enriching alternatives for children and youths during nonschool hours.

California Head Start State Collaboration Office
Information including the Bridges newsletter and other publications developed by the office.

Administrative Errors in Alternative Payment and CalWORKs Child Care Programs for 2007
(DOC; 641KB; 14pp.)
This report, required by Provision 7 of Item 6110-001-0890 of the Annual Budget Act of 2006, summarizes administrative errors in alternative payment and CalWORKs child care programs for fiscal year 2006-07.

CalWORKs and Alternative Payment Child Care Programs Error Rate Study Report for 2004 (DOC; 560KB; 50pp.)
This report, mandated by Chapter 229, Statutes of 2004, Senate Bill 1104, summarizes the findings from a statewide sample review of CalWORKs Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, and Alternative Payment programs family data files.

Centralized Eligibility List (CEL)

Child Care Data
Data tables compiled from the Annual Aggregate Report (CD 800).

Preschool Learning Foundations
The California Preschool Learning Foundations have been approved by Jack O'Connell, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and are currently available.

Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations
The Child Development Division will provide ongoing updates over the next few months as the Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations are finalized.

Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Program Guidelines
This publication presents information about how to provide high-quality early care and education, including recommendations for program policies and day-to-day practices that will improve program services to all infants and toddlers.

Local Child Care and Development Planning Councils (LPC)
The mission of county located LPCs is to plan for child care services based on the needs of families in the local community.

No Child Left Behind
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, the revised Elementary and Secondary Education Act, are new requirements and incentives designed to increase student and school performance.

The law sets deadlines for states to expand the scope and frequency of student testing, revamp their accountability systems and guarantee that every teacher is qualified in their subject area. NCLB requires states to make demonstrable annual progress in raising the percentage of students proficient in reading and math, and in narrowing the test-score gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students.

Nutrition Services
Learn more about how the Child and Adult Care Food Program can be integrated into a public and private child care center, day care home, adult day care center, or homeless shelter.

Prekindergarten Learning and Development Guidelines
A user-friendly resource that can help administrators, teachers, and policy makers identify elements necessary for providing quality programming for children prior to their entry into kindergarten.

State Plan for the Federal Child Care and Development Fund
This plan describes how Child Care and Development Funds (CCDF) allocated by the federal government to California are deployed to meet the child care needs of qualified families.

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