What's Happening in California

Organizations/Coalitions

The California Child Development Corps. A new effort to develop a statewide organization of child care teachers and providers that would be able to advocate on behalf of the California child care workforce. Currently in planning stages, the goal is for the CA Corps to provide leadership opportunities for teachers and providers, advocate for worker benefits and ongoing CARES financing, and plan for the future needs of the child care workforce in California.

For more information contact Jennifer Kagiwada by email at jkagiwada@hotmail.com or call (510) 444-7136

Coleman Advocates. Works on a variety of levels to improve the working conditions and compensation for child care workers. They convene the Child Care Organizing Roundtable, a network of workers, labor leaders and community members and support salary increases, stipends, health care and other basic benefits for the child care workforce.

For more information contact (415) 239-0161

VOICE (Voices Organized to Improve Child Care and Early Education. A coalition of child care advocates, union representatives, child care worker organizations and other groups that have joined together to improve the quality of child care programs and jobs, as well as parents’ access to affordable child care.

For more information contact Netsy Firestein at 510-643-7088 or by email at lpwf@uclink.berkeley.edu

For up to date information on initiatives in the state of California, also visit the California Child Care Workforce Resource Center website, affiliated with CCW/AFTEF.

Salary Surveys & Research

California Child Care Workforce Reports.
Click on the links below to download survey information for the following counties

Family Care Reports		Center Reports
Alameda (PDF) Kern (PDF) Monterey (PDF) San Benito (PDF) Santa Clara (PDF) Santa Cruz (PDF) San Francisco (PDF) San Mateo (PDF)		Alameda (PDF) Kern (PDF) Monterey (PDF) San Benito (PDF) Santa Clara (PDF) Santa Cruz (PDF) San Francisco (PDF) San Mateo (PDF)

Child Care Retention Incentive Programs. Beginning in early 2001, First 5 California Children and Families Commission (First 5 California) provided matching funds to local First 5 commissions to support programs aimed at improving retention rates and increase training and professional development among early care and education (ECE) staff. First 5 California contracted with Policy Analysis for California Education(PACE), at UC Berkeley, to assess these child-care retention incentive (CRI) programs. Click the links below to review the participant data on child-care staff and family child-care providers from the 42 counties that received matching funds collected by PACE.

Introduction (PDF)
County Descriptions A- Me (PDF)
County Descriptions Mo-Y (PDF)
County Tables A-G (PDF)
County Tables H-M (PDF)
County Tables N-Sa (PDF)
County Tables Si-Y (PDF)

For more information please visit the PACE website at http://pace.berkeley.edu/pace_eval_matching_funds.html.

CA Specific CCW/AFTEF Publications
Then & Now: Changes in Child Care Staffing, 1994-2000
The CARES Initiative in California: Pursuing Public Policy to Build a Skilled and Stable Child Care Workforce; 1997-2000

For up to date information on initiatives in the state of California, also visit the California Child Care Workforce Resource Center website, affiliated with CCW/AFTEF.

Unionization

AFSCME, SEIU and AFT represents early care and education professionals in their unions.

For up to date information on initiatives in the state of California, also visit the California Child Care Workforce Resource Center website, affiliated with CCW/AFTEF.

Wage Incentives

CARES (Compensation and Recognition Enhance Stability). Over 40 counties in California are developing and implementing compensation programs based on the CARES model. These initiatives are intended to help build and reward a skilled and stable child care workforce by providing monetary rewards to child care center teachers and family child care providers based on their education levels and continued commitment to their professional development. Most county programs are open to licensed center staff and licensed family child care and align their stipend tiers with the education levels defined by the California Child Development Permit Matrix.

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For up to date information on initiatives in the state of California, also visit the California Child Care Workforce Resource Center website, affiliated with CCW/AFTEF.

Alameda Child Development Corps. A program to reward staff who continue their professional training and remain in the child care field. As a member, you will be rewarded with a stipend based on your level of education and special skills. If you want to remain a member and receive a stipend in following years, you will need to take classes, attend a Corps meeting, and work to improve the quality of your ECE environment. Click on the link for more information.

For more information contact the Alameda County Child Development Corps at 510-875-2400

For up to date information on initiatives in the state of California, also visit the California Child Care Workforce Resource Center website, affiliated with CCW/AFTEF.

San Luis Obispo Project REWARD. A stipend program for child care professionals, created through funding from the First Five - Children and Families Commission of San Luis Obispo County and the California Children and Families Commission in an effort to retain quality child care providers

For more information contact Lissa Lalonde, Project REWARD Project Manager at 805-782-7281 or by email at reward@slocoe.org

For up to date information on initiatives in the state of California, also visit the California Child Care Workforce Resource Center website, affiliated with CCW/AFTEF.