California Education Code ARTICLE 15.5 - Child Care for Recipients of the CalWORKs Program

• Section 8350.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to ensure that recipients of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of...
• Section 8350.5.
  Current CalWORKs recipients are eligible for all child care services under this article as long as they continue to receive aid under Chapter 2 (commencing...
• Section 8351.
  (a) The county welfare department shall manage the first stage during which a family shall receive a child care subsidy for any legal care chosen by...
• Section 8352.
  (a) As soon as appropriate, a county welfare department shall refer families needing child care services to the local child care resource and referral program...
• Section 8353.
  (a) The second stage of child care begins when the county determines that the recipient’s work or approved work activity is stable or when a recipient...
• Section 8354.
  (a) The third stage of child care begins when a funded space is available. CalWORKs recipients are eligible for the third stage of child care. Persons...
• Section 8355.
  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...
• Section 8356.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Department of Education work with Head Start and state preschool programs to generate extended-day and...
• Section 8356.1.
  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...
• Section 8357.
  (a) The cost of child care services provided under this article shall be governed by regional market rates. Recipients of child care services provided pursuant to...
• Section 8358.
  (a) By January 31, 1998, the State Department of Education and the State Department of Social Services shall design a form for license-exempt child care providers...
• Section 8358.5.
  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...
• Section 8359.
  (a) County welfare departments and alternative payment programs shall provide to the State Department of Education or the State Department of Social Services, whichever is appropriate,...
• Section 8359.1.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to provide sufficient funding through an appropriation in the annual Budget Act to fund...

Last modified: October 22, 2018