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TILE`1
INSTITUTION:
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AVAILABLE FROM
° EDRS PRICE.DESCRIPTORS
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
DOCUMENT RESUME
UD 022 140
Publicly Subsidized Child Care and DevelopmentPrograms in California. t
California State Dept. 'of Education, Sacramento.Office of Child Development.
18p.; Not available in paper copy due to .
institution's restrictions.Publications Sales, 'California State Department ofEducation, P.O. Box 271, Sacramento, CA..95802.($1.5a;California residents please add sales tax).
MF01 Plus Postage. PC'Not Available from EDRS.Development, Centers; *Community Services; *Day
Care; *Eligibility; Family Programs; *FinancialSupport; *Preschool Education; Public Policy; SpecialPrograms*California
This report describes the organization and functionof general cfiiid care and development programs, special programsandthe State Preschool Program adminitered by the California State-Department of Education. Also examined are the\funding sources,eligibility criteria for participation, and program requirements.' III .
ad=dition to child development programs,' general child care programsare said to include migrant and campus child development programs,school -age parenting and infant development programs, alternative
. payment programs', and resource and referral programs. Appendicesinclude a famiy fejt schedule for fiscal year 1981-82, and the field.
/ service regions wieffin the Office of Child Developmest. (JCD)
U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF- EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION
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'Publicly Subsidized Child Careand Development Programs
in California
Prepared by theOffice of Child Development
CALIFORNIA STATE DEPAR*ENT OF EDUCATIONWilson Riles, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sacramento, 1981
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1981
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Publications SalesCalifornia State.Departrnent of EducationP O Box27)Sacramento, CA _95802
The following pbblic.ations dealing with child care and development programs are available fromthe'Depar troenz of EducatiorK
AllflUdi Report or? Publicly Subsidized Child Care Services (1978) 2 50Child Care and Development Services Commissio-it Report (1978) 2 50Child Care Service Plan for r979-80 (19791 . 2 00Child Development Program Directory (1980) 4 00Child Development Guidelines (1979) 2 50Publicly Subsidized Child Care and Development Programs in California (1981) 1.50State Preschool Guidelines (1980) L50
Orders should be directed to
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'Sacramento, CA- 95802 (Phone 916445-1260)
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A complete list of publications available from the Department may be obtained by writing tothe address listed above.
Contents
Historical Background
Categories of Child Care and Development Programs
FundIngOf Child Care and Development Programs
,----K5lications for Child Care and Develonment Program Funds
Eligibility for Child Cage and Development Services
-,Child Care and Development Program Requirements
Responsibilities and Organization of the Office of ChildDevelopment . .
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Appendix A: Family Fee Schedule, Fiscal Year 1981-8/
Appendix B.:, The Six Field Service Regions Within the Officeof Child' Development
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PUBLICLY SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE AND DEVELOHENT PROGIN CALIFORNIA
The primary purpose of publicly subsidized c ld care and development'programs ih California jA to/assist ibw-income fami ius to obtain and main-tain employment. Through 'these programs families 'can als9 provide children
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with quality.early developmental experiences. Such programs are an eXten-siod, not replaceinnt', of the family function.
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The Department of Education is committed to providing quaj.ity childcare and.development through the-administration of the following:
r1. General thild care and development programs, utilizing both
child development centers and ramily day care homes anaincluding contracts with county departments of public socialservices' (welfare departmenti)
2. Migrant child development programs
3. Cappds childvdeveropment. programs
4. School-age parenting and infaet develoAent programs
5. Alternative payment programs
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7. Indochinese refugee child care prograir
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State Preschool Program,
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Commencing witheashistorical, perspective, th documLnt presents an.
-overview of the child 'care and development pfograms adnlinistered by theeState Department of Education.
Historical Background. ,
4 411pubsidize4 child care in California began in the Depression years when -
theilideral Works Project Administration Nursery School Program providedfood for children, and jobs for unemployed teachers. The beginning of theprograms as they exist'today, hOwever, started in 1943 with the passage ofthe.Lanham,Adt. This Act established a federally funded child care programfor mothers working in defense industries. In implementing the'ranham. Actin California,4thetegislature initiated a new.apkoach to child cart byplacing the administration of a statewide child care program under theState Department of Education. Although not specifica ly called foi in the
.bill, providing developmental experiences was aR ued .lying princlple of. the .
ptogran. After the war a child care center prcgram was continued understate funding.
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?at:Jan 62 Congress passed social services:amendments (Title IV-A) to
provide sup lerdental aid torfamiliesfwith dependent children (AFDC) forfamilies t at needed child care. T1,0 amendments made it Possible forlocal govelluilents to get three doflars in federal ma.tching funds for everylocal dollar spent1on child-care. In California these programs were administered by the State DepartMent.,:of Social Welfare and operated by countywolf re departmentS. Their secific purpose,was to provide child care formkthers withaow incomes wno were engaged in work or training activities. In1Y/2 these programs were subsequently assjgned to the.,Department.of Educa-tion for integration 'under the Comprehensive Child,Development Act.
In 196) the federal government extended sponsorship child servicesprograms to thobe With emphasis. on 'child development. Title I of the Elemen-tary and Secondary Education Act made money available to the states to financecompensatory education. In California a statewide compensatory educationpreschool program was established with the passage of Assembly Bill 1331 in1965 This.program, Called the State Pre;'chobl Program, wa§ very similar tothe federal Headstart Program. In Y965 the Legislature alSo officiallychanged the *legislative' intent 'for child care serVices'#rom_the "provisionof child care" to. the "prOvision of supervision and instruction" And qhanged 4
caret to "children's centen:' Thus,, the concept of "childdevelopment" was firmlyiestablished.,
.The California Legislature passed the Child Development Act (AssemblyBill 99) in t'9/2. This Act consolidat-ed under the auspices of the Superin-tendent'of Public Instruction all state-administered child developmentlpro-.grams, including those formerly administered bythe State Department ofSocial Welfare. Passage of the Child Development Ait completed the develop-ment of the concept that had its origin.in World War 117-a recognition of theneed for, child care'programs that.,welre more than custodial in nature, withdesignation of the Stale Department of Education -as the logical administrativeagency for these' programs.
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Services dffexed through the Office.-of Child Development are focused onchildren under fiv..eyeart Of age. Howel7er;'extended-day child care servicesare alsd provided. The categories of the-program administered by the CNiceof Child Development are general child car. e and development programs, special.programs, and the. Preschool Program.
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General .child care and development programs. The six major child care -
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Categories of'Child'Care,and Development Prograths,
,and development programs currently administered by the State Departmentof Education are general child dgvelopment programs (including contractswith county Welfare departments);,migrant child development programs;campus child development programs; school-age parenting and infant
.development programs; alternative payment programs; and resource andreferral programs:
1. General child development programs. General child'dvelopment pro- .
grams utilize a variety of facilities, including child developme4Ir
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centers, family day care homes, and combination4 of both Allthese programs offer similar services that include, but are not-limited to, basic supervision, educational, experiences, healthservices, parent education, staff development, nutrition, andlimited social services. Although some care is provided for in-,fants, most programs serve preschool-age and school-age
--T4eseprograms,,are.aperated by,a variety of private, nonprofit'',agencies and public agencies, such as community-based organizations,offices of county superintendents of schools, school districts,county welfare departMents, and cities. Some of these programsare funded in part by,federal.funds.
2. 'Ivagrant child development programS.Higrant child developmentprograms_serve children and infants while ;heir parents areemployed in fishing, agriculture, or agriculturally- related work.The centers are open for varying lengths of time during the yeardepending upon harvest activities in the area.
3. Campus child development programs. Campus ,child development pro-.grams are intended primarily to.Care for the children of students'op two-year and four-year ,ollege or campuses. Inaddition,they frequently serve as training sitds for studentsenrolled in 4.1d development programsNat the college or university.These programs are much like the genera' child development programsdescribed previously.
4. School-age parenting and infant development programs.' A number ofschool districts are funded to establish programs for the childrenof secondary school-age parents. Located on or 'near the high schoolcampuses, thesprograms provide child development services for theinfants and parent education and career developthent opportunitiesfor their school-age parents while the paarents finish their high ,
school program.
, 5. Alternative payment programs. Alternative payment programs offeran alternative to child care modalities that cdncentrate on center--
ti .based care. The pdrpose of these programs is to offer aharray ofday care arrangement's that may include in-hone ",care, family day carehomes, and child development centers. Payment to'the licensed careprovider selected by the family is made by$"the alternative paymentagency as a vendor payment to the provider.
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6. Resource and referral programs. Resource -and referral programsprovide information about available child care to parents andcoordinate community resources for parents and child-care providers.Resource and referral programs do not provide child care subsidies..
B. Special programs. In addition to the programs-just described, a number, .
of other programs have been designed to meet special needs. They include,the Indochinese refugee child'care programs, intergenerational child, :
care, the, 'preschool incentive grant, special Programs for handicappedchildren, and Om State Preschool Career Incentive Program (SPCIP):
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1. Indochinese refugee child qare programs
a. As a result of the Indochina Migration and 'Refugee Assistance. Act of 1975 'CPublie Law 94,24), the Office of Child Develop-ment, through an interagency agreement with the State Depart-
\2 ment of Social Services, funds agencies to serve Indochinesechildren Who meet eligibility requirements as defined in theState Department of Education's Child Development Guidelines.
b. .Pfograms for Indochinese childn must adhere to Al ?mineablefederal child hare regulations. Indochinese refugee childvcare'programs have the.,same requirements as general child devel-
, w . opment prograMs. This program type selves eligible childrenof Indochinese refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Anadditional qualification is rthe intent that Indochinese efibgee
children be fullzy integrated into a program that serves chil-dren from various ethnic backgrounds. Eligibility requirementsdiffer from the requirements for other child development programsin that 'the refugee must possess a Form 1-94 issued by the Immi-'gration and Naturaliztion Service. This form must indicate thatthe refugee either'has been paroled into the United States or hasbeen granted_ volunteer departure status.
2. fntergenerational child care
a. , Studies have shown that the life-styles of older people often.result in greatly diminished contact between the elderly andchildren and that older people often lack' opportunities formeaningful involvement in community activities: In recognitionof these findings, the Intergenerational Child Care Act of1979 was passed in California to bring older people together
- with children in a child care prograM fOrtheir-mutual benefit.
b. The Office of Child Development conducted a competitive appli-cation process open to private, nonprofit agencies and publicagencies or corporations. Funds were allocated to only twoagencies, one in San Francisco and one in Los Angeles, toestablish experislental intergenerational child care centerprojects.. These .two programp-will be considered pilot projectsto develop effective models for utilizing senior citizens inchild care programs and to disseminate and resources. /Initial.funding was $192,000 for both programs for`fiscal year1979-80. -
3. State Preschool Incentive' Grant Program
a. The intent of Public Law 94-142, th'e*Education for All Handi-capped Children'gct, was to ensure that all handicapped chil-dren have available to theM a free, appropriate -public educa-
tion and related servieea liesigned to meet their-unique needs;*ensure that the rights' of-lhanditapred children and their parentsor guardians are protected; assist states and localities toprovide for the education of allghandicapped children; and assessand ensure"Ehe effectiveness of efforts to educate handicappedchildren.
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b. Public Law 94-142 funds are provided to the State Departmentof Education, -Office of Special Education, under a grantaward system in response to and approval of an applicationsubmitted to the federal government. A portion of the StatePreschool Incentive Grant Program funds is subsequently' assignedto the Office of Child DeVelopment for allocation to nonpublicschool programs that are providing subsidized child develop-ment programs. As a, compliance check, the Office of ChildDevelopment must determine that preschool incentive grant fundsare used only as,a supplement to otherqunding sources. Chil-dren served are handicapped and range from infancy to four yearsand nine ,months of-age. .
4. Special programs for handicapped children
a. These programs were originally funded by ktle IV-A fundsadministered by county welfare departments. The advent of theChild Development Act of 11972 transferred all programs fdrmerlyadministered by the State Department af Social Welfare to theState bepartment of,Education.
b. For three years the funds were administered by the Office ofSpecial Education. The Office of Child Development is cur-rently conducting an ,intensive fiscal and programmatic reviewof these programs to determine total funding and expenditures,handicapping conditions of enrollees, ages ,served; programs .
provided, fees charged, staff qualifications, and otherpertI-nent inforMetion. Staff members in the Office of Special Edu-cation are assisting in this survey which will ipclude recom-mendations for future admiastration.
5. State Preschool Career. Incentive ,Program
a. The State Preschool Career Incentive Program is unique in thatit serves college students who are employed as aides or teachers(or both) in the State Preschool Program. It provides funds forpersons who want or need college credits for permits. or creden-tials for child development programs.
b. Reimbursement from the State Department of Education is made forthe exact amount of tuition charged for units completed by eachstudent as well as the cost of books. For participants enrolledin a four-year college, a maximum of'$350 per fiscal year is-paid; for participants in a community college, a maximum of $90per fiscal year is'paid.
C. State Preschool Program. The State Preschool Program is a part-day edu-cational program for prekindergarten c ldren aged three years to fouryears, nine months, from low-income fam lies. The program emphasizesparent education and parent involvemen and includes health, nutrition,social services, and staff development compdhents in addition to basicpreschool educational activities. The State Presch2o1 Program is ttate-funded and is administered by the Department of Educatidh in on% of two
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ways. Either the Office of Child Devagencies and' offices of county superiprogramS or the Consolidated Applicatprograms operated by school distriCts
elopmeht contracts with privatentendents of schools to proVideion Program Division administers
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Funding of Child. Care and Development Prograils
A combination of federal, state, and locally generated funds. currently,sUiiport child care and development programs. The federal funds available foichild development services come thraugh an interagency agreement with the StateDepartment of Social Service's,"the state's Title la agency. AppliCable regu-lations for each program ty,p"e are determined/by funding source. Financialsupport for child care ant progrhmt administer by the StateDepartment of Education forscal year 1980-81 amounted to $212.7 milAiopfrom a mix of state and federal funding: Funding information is summarizedin Table 1.
Assembly Bill 1288/77 required the State Department oaf Education to devel-op a new child care reimbursement system. The Average Daily Enrollment (a..e.)Child Care Reimbursement System was implemented in fiscal. year 1978-79. Reim-bursement under the a.d.e. system is based on the maintenance of &minimuma.d.e. level for each agency.
The costs of child care and development programs vary according to thedifferent needs of the families served and the economic conditions prevailingin the community. The state reimburses each agency for services provided atactual cost or at the statutorily set maximum reimbursement rate, whicheveris less. Personnel costs-, which tend to vary from community to community andfrom agency to agency, account for the largest single cost component in Childcare and development programs. Agencies are awarded contracts to provide'speCified child care and development services after a competitive applicationprocess has been conducted. This procesi is briefly described in the followingsection.
Applications for
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funds become available, applications for funds for childnt programs are opened to all-publictor private agencies,orested in operating a subsidized child development program.ntent in the form of a letter initiates the application 6
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When funding becomes axailable, applications are sent to Currently fundedagencies as well s to agencies that have submitted letters of intent or havecontacted the Offlice of Child Development. The application opportunity is alsopublicized in various newspapers and newsletters. Those agencieS nr groupssubmitting appliciations are eligible to participate in the compet ive.process.
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Funding of child Care and Development Programs Administered,
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General child car& and developmentprograms (including child develop,ment.centers and family day carehomes administered 65,1private andpublic agencies)2
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Alternative child care EEREAla'.
26.6 General fund
Cammus hild development .v3 rams'' 11.9
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development programs 7--. ', 3.7 ' General fund.410'
Migrant child .development programs' 4.9
General fundESEA, Title I.
Special programs for handicapped 0.6 General fund
Indochinese refugee child care programs 1.6 Federal
Intergenerational child care 0.2 . General fund'State Preschool Program
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12.1 General fund
Total . . $212.7
Source: The 1980 Budget Act, adjusted for inflation%per Senate Bill 863(Chapter798; Statutes of 1980)..
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Does not include allocations made as a result of,the passage.of Senate Bill863 (Chapter 798 of,the,Statutes of 1980) and does not include rent allowances`--of $344,944.
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"'Includes county - welfare departments,'school districts, and offices of countysdPerintendents ofschools as well as private agencies.
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Includes alternative payment and resource and referral programs. Senate, Bill863 (Chapter 798 of the Statutes of 1980) eliminated this distinct programcategory. Center -based programs and family child care homes were moved underthe gener'al child development. programs category, and alternative payment andresource andreferral programs became' distinct program categories. However,the Governor's Budget stillinidgets money for the four program typesas shown.It should Aso he noted that the budget amount shown includes $99,000 for"search and serve" in resource and referral .programg. ,
4Includes $8:0'milliOn campus child care tax bailout.
5Pending additional $1.5 million. ESEA, Title I, funds.
Another.$16.4 million is used elsewhere'iwthe Department of Educationtoprovide state preschool prOgrams in school districts.
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Applications received in the Office ofaChild Develophent undergo Inten-sive review: The application form ftsef is designed to give a comprehensivepicture of the app liLant agency', the i:entified needs, and local resources. A,syttem of eValuation has been establisUe that enables the reviewing staff torank the applications. Each appllcaat, subfts a detailed projected bydget.The highest scbrir applic.tions rc.eive .ciolicant interview.
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-A formal contractual agreement between the Office of Child-Developmehtand the selected agency isentered into shortly aft r selection, for fuwiing.-
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Eligibility for Child Care and Development Services
FamilteSlmay he found eligible for child care and development services
1. The receive income through AFDC, Supplemental Security Income, orthe State Supplemental Program.
Their gross'familv income in relation to family size meets--eligi-bilirs criteria ef,tabli;hed the fee schedule (see Appendix A).
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3.- The family was teferred by a legal, medical., or so-cial-service agencybecause of abuse or neglect or risk. of abuse or neglect.
The family must also be. found to need child development services becauseof one oft the following:
1. i.lack of employment
Sdarch for employment
3. Vocational training
4. Incapaity of plIrents
Need for protection frdm abuse or neglect
The typical family served is composed of' two children a one pa ent,whois employed in , -low- income job. All programs must maintain a sting list forenrollment, Waiting times, for enrollment average six months to, a year. Thetop prioritvfor enrollment, is given to children who are abused or neglectedor who are'at risk of abuse or neglect as determined by the zountyveafaredepartment or another. F.ocial service agency., Second Rrioxity, goes to childrenof one-parent or two-parent low-incom families in which one parent or bolhparents are workipg.
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During fisCal year 1980-81, a total of 49,937 full-time-equivalent chil-dren wtlil have ben served by the various child' care and development programs,and,19,300 children will have been served by the State Preschool Program. 4
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Child Care and Development Program Requir ebts-
Program guidelines and regulations spedify criteria, enroll-ment priority, and fees to be assessed bised on a family's,size and income.The state prescribes standardized attendance accounting anOeporting pro-cedures:
All child care and development programs administered by the Oepartment ofEducation provide A comprehensive range of developmental experiences for thechildren enrolled in theseprograms. In carrying out its responsibilitiesunder,the Child Development Act, the.Department requires each public and pri-vate agency with which it contracts tb Include the following:
1. Education development
2. Special needs
-a. Instruction for limited-English-speaking and non-English-
speaking childrenb. Multicult4ral awarenessc. s Care and development for handicapped children
3. Health services
4. Nutrition services
5. Social services
6. Parent edpcation.
7. Staff development
The primary function of the Office of Child Development is providingtechnical assistance in the various program areas. The administrative struc-ture of the office is described in the following section.
Responsibilities and 'Organization of the Office of Child Development
Child care and development programs are administered within the Depart-ment by the Office of Child Development. Among specific responsibilitiesassigned by the Education Code are:
1. Adoption of rules and regulations pursuant to the ,administration ofchild development services (Education Code sections 8260 and 8261provide, however, that all -regulations a plicable to the disbursalof Title XX funds shall be compatible wipth federal regulations.)
2. DeVelopment and coordination of resources, provision of technicalassistance, and program monitoring (Education Code Section 8260)
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,13. Delivery of child development services through contracts with '
local.agencies JEducation Code Section $262)
4. Licensure, under agreement with the Department of Social Services,a state agency, for community care licensing, of all facilitiesunder contract with the Department of Education for the pnVision
0. of child development services (Education Code Section 8262)
S. AppOrtionment'of state support for Child development programs(Education Code sections 8265, 8268, 8269.
The Office of Child Development isInanaged by the Di/rector, whq isresponsible to the Chief, Divikiorr of Child Development, and Nutiition-§ervices.'The Office is organized into the Field Services Section,, the ComplianceSection, and the Planning and Development Section. The organizationalstructure,of the Office of Child Development is presdnted in\yfture 1.
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The six field *service regiorip cover the state. Each regional team isheaded by an administrator whp reports directly to the Agsistant Director. Amap detailing he edgraphic boundaries of each region can be found in Appen-dixiB. The field service, regional teams are the primary contacts with eachof the provider agencies and are responsible for professional and managementassistance to-local agencies. They also provide assistance with programdevelopment'and resource identification directed to resolving local problemsand needs.
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. The' Compliance Sedtion is responsible for compliance reviews directed toensuring th'at loca' agencies are adhering'to all applicable rules and regula-tions and the requirements.of a contract. This section also receives andprocesses the monthly and quarterly fiscal reimbursement claims submitted byall agencieg and apportions to them the monies earned. All the filscal processesand functions, including the monitoring of state operations monies and theallocation of local assistance funds, are conducted by staff members in thissection. Finally, the Department of Social' Services, Facility Licensing Diiri-sion, delegates to the Office of Child Development, by means of an interagencyagreeMent, the responsibility for Isicening child. care facilities whereappropriate.. Staff members from this section conduct licensing reviews through-1out the state and issue licenges.
The,Planning and Development,' Section is responsible for the formulationof regulations, guidelines, and interagency agreeMents as well as the devel-opment of the Department of Education State Plan for Child Development Pro-grams in California. This seCiion'provides staff support for office manage-ment, for the field service teams, and for the Complianbe Section. The Plan-ning and Development Section staff members also develop the necessary frame-works within which all legislative and regulatory efforts are directed.
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1Part-time: Enrollment for Full-time: Enrollment for-fewer than 4.5 hours per day ' 4.5 or more hours per day
Eligibility for Child Day Care
A family whose gross monthly income at the time of application is more thdn the amount shown in thefollowing table is ineligible for subsidize child development services. TO far:Of-Late eligibility
determination, the 84 percent level of the state median income is underlined abov1.
3Hourly (roily fCe: 'Used byCounty Welfare Departments only
Any family receiviog child development services whose gross monthly family iheome Increa9Ps beyond theamount entered at the bottom of the column for the appropriate family size becomes ineligible for sub-sidized child development services.
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PARENT FEE SCVEDULE INSTRUCTIONS
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1. Slelect from columns 1 through 12 the'column appropriate for family size.
2. Locate monthly faMily income in that column.
1. If family income is lOwer than the first figure entered in the column, nofee is charged. Also, no fee is Oarged for families that are receivingAFT)C or SST/SSP or is a Situation in which child care ervices aredirecte&toward a goal of protection.
If family income is ecival to or more than the figure a the topof theincome column selected in'accordance with the family size, a fee isassessed which corresponds to the rate in the right-hand or left-handmargin.
5 To find the fep, separate with a ruler the upper and lower figures betweenwhich the income falls. For examPle, a family of four hasliin-come of $1.,050. That income is greater than $1,04-6 but is less than$1,073 Place a ruler between $1,046 and $1,073. 'The correct freeie read as-.23 or .45 depending upon whether thestchild is receivingfull-time or part-time care. For County welfare departments, the hourlyfee 'of .05 appears iri the right-hand margin.
6. This fee schedule ranges from 50 percent. to 115 percent ofthe statemedian income, as determined-by the Secretary of the Department ofHealth And Human Service's for the 1981 -R2 program year. However, onlyfannies whose incomes as of the date of splication are at or below 84percent of the state median incoMe may-becertificated for service. TheWe percent level forlamilies ranging, in Size from one to 12 membersis'shoWn on the front or-this -form at lind 27 (underlined) and at thebottom.
Families once admitted to service may continue until income exceeds 115percent of the state median income.- The bottom entry in each of the 12columns equals 115 percent of the state. median income.
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7. The fee assessed is a family ,fee. Families with multiple children incare pay only for the child who is cared for the greatest number of.hours.
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The Six Field Service, RegionsWithin the Office of ChildDevelopthent .
