Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

UPDATE ON THE CHILD CARE MASTER PLAN

Aug 19, 2002

SB 390 (Escutia) would require the California Department of Education
to
develop a child care master plan by January 1, 2003 with strategies to
ensure access to child care for all children as well as recruitment and
retention of well-trained child care providers. The plan will also
estimate the full cost of high quality child care and how to cover this
cost.

SB 390 is now in the Assembly Appropriations Committee and was approved
by
the Senate last year. The Child Care Law Center and the California
Child
Care Resource and Referral Agency provide information about the bill
and
sample letters of support at California Voices 4 Children,
http://shadeaux.vosn.net/~children/ikonboard/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=3d5
aacf77838ffff;act=ST;f=7;t=37 (information)
http://shadeaux.vosn.net/~children/ikonboard/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=3d5
aacf77838ffff;act=ST;f=7;t=36 (sample letter)
(Because these links are long, you may need to copy and paste the
entire
link into your browser)