Further, as families’ child care needs are met by county welfare departments and later by other local child care and development contractors, it is the intent of the Legislature that families experience no break in their child care services due to a transition between the three stages of child care services.

Current CalWORKs recipients are eligible for all child care services under this chapter as long as they continue to receive aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3, or any successor program. Family size and income, for purposes of calculating family fees, shall be determined pursuant to Section 10271.

stage.

contract with public or private child care providers to provide any or all of the services during the first stage. If the county welfare department elects to contract with any child care provider that is also under contract with the department, these contracts shall be consistent with state law.

operating pursuant to this chapter shall, within two business days of being notified of a revocation or a temporary suspension order for a licensed child day care facility, do both of the following:

operating pursuant to this section to provide the written notice required by this subdivision in the primary language of the parent, to the extent feasible.

size and income for purposes of determining eligibility and calculating the family fee shall be determined pursuant to Sections 10271 and 10271.5. A family leaving cash aid under the CalWORKs program shall receive up to two years of child care, if otherwise eligible, as needed to continue the family’s employment. The provision of the two-year time limit is not intended to limit eligibility for child care under Section 10372.5.

existing contract of, a current alternative payment program.

Nothing shall prohibit an administrator of an alternative payment program or agency administering CalWORKs Stage One or Stage Two programs, serving children 0 to 12 years of age, inclusive, from utilizing funds for administrative and support services to provide families at risk of homelessness or escaping domestic abuse a referral pathway to secure stable childcare placement. These services may be provided to the extent possible, in coordination with, and not supplanting, services provided by county human services agencies, and may be provided in partnership with homeless service agencies, domestic violence agencies, or other supportive housing.

be administered by programs contracting with the department. Parents’ eligibility for childcare and development services will be governed by Section 10271 and regulations adopted by the department.

childcare assistance in the same fashion as other low-income working families. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that families no longer rely on county welfare departments to obtain childcare subsidies beyond the time they are receiving other services from the welfare department.

those services to families receiving, or within one year of having received, Aid to Families with Dependent Children prior to the enactment of this section.

Child care during the third stage may be funded with moneys dedicated to current and former recipients of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3, or any successor program, including the federal funds appropriated to alternative payment program contractors in the 1996–97 fiscal year using the Budget Act’s Section 28 process as described in subdivision (b). Nothing shall prevent child care services provided under stage three from being funded with moneys from other federal or state sources. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude current and former recipients of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3, or any successor program, from receiving child care services pursuant to other provisions of this chapter.

It is the intent of the Legislature that the department work with Head Start and state preschool programs to generate extended-day and evening care for recipients of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3, or any successor program, through recruiting and training parents to be licensed and license-exempt care providers and shall facilitate connections between Head Start and state preschool contractors and child care certificate administrators, including counties and other alternative payment programs, so that funds available for Sections 10371, 10372, and 10372.5 cover the cost of this care.

It is the intent of the Legislature that each county receive funding for child care services provided in stage two that is at least equivalent to the amount of funding received in the 1996–97 fiscal year for income disregard pursuant to Section 11451.6 and supplemental child care pursuant to Section 11451.7.

market rate ceilings shall be established at the greater of either of the following:

(A) The 75th percentile of the 2016 regional market rate survey for that region.

(B) The regional market rate ceiling that existed in that region on December 31, 2017.

shall not exceed 70 percent of the family childcare home rate established pursuant to subdivision (b).

payments. The department may contract with another entity to distribute this funding to childcare providers.

of subdivision (b) or paragraph (2) of subdivision (c). The department shall specify the timeline and format in which this information shall be submitted, and information shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(A) Address, including ZIP Code.

(B) Race and ethnicity.

(C) Gender.

(D) Whether the provider is open and available to provide childcare services or closed due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

(E) What types of federal relief funds have been received from the state.

(F) Use of federal relief funds received.

(G) Documentation

that the provider met certifications as required by federal law.

childcare services, including license-exempt providers. If care is provided in the home of the recipient, payment may be made to the parent as the employer, and the parent shall be informed of their concomitant legal and financial reporting requirements. To allow time for the development of the administrative systems necessary to issue direct payments to providers, for a period not to exceed six months, a county or an alternative payment agency contracting with the department may reimburse the cost of childcare services through a direct payment to a recipient of aid rather than to the childcare provider.

(A) A family has an unscheduled but documented need of five hours or more per occurrence, such as the parent’s need to work on a regularly scheduled day off, that exceeds the certified need for childcare.

(B) A family has a documented need of five hours or more per day that exceeds no more than 14 days per month. Reimbursements to a childcare provider based on the daily rate over one month’s time shall not exceed the childcare provider’s equivalent full-time monthly rate or applicable monthly ceiling.

licensure.

that parents will have the information needed to seek child care of high quality. High-quality child care shall include both licensed and license-exempt care.

Notwithstanding any other confidentiality requirement, the government or private agency administering subsidized child care services shall share information necessary for the administration of the child care programs pursuant to this chapter and the CalWORKs program pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3, for the time period for which the person receives child care.