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State
Program History
Case Studies
Types of Care
100
This program is currently funded at $7.2 billion and serve more than 904,00 low-income children
What is Head Start?
100
These programs provide an array of welfare-to-work services
What is CalWORKS?
100
This person works in each early care and education classroom.
What is a teacher?
100
This is a formally organized entity that supports licensed family child care providers by offering training and technical assistance and monitoring of quality standards.
What are Family Child Care Home Education Networks (FCCHEN)?
200
In 1991 this federal act passed. It was then that California began issuing federal center-based contract.
What is the Federal Child Care and Development Block Grant (FCCDBG)?
200
This program consolidated five former child development programs for preschool-aged children: Part-Day State Preschool, Full-Day State Preschool, Prekindergarten and Family Literacy Part-Day, Prekindergarten and Family Literacy Full-Day, and General Child Care and Development Programs
What is California State Preschool Program (CSPP)?
200
This person has operational program responsibility at each site
What is a site supervisor?
200
These programs are open for varying lengths throughout the year, depending largely on the local harvest activities.
What is Migrant Child Care and Development (CMIG)?
300
This program focuses on improving early learning and development programs for young children by supporting state's efforts to increase the number of low income children in high-quality early learning programs.
What is Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC)?
300
This is a pilot project currently operated by the Kern County Office of Education and provides subsidized child care services to migrant families in six counties (Kern, Tulare, Kings, Madera, Merced, and Fresno).
What is the Migrant Alternative Payment Program (CMAP)
300
These programs were originally "satellite homes," connected to a Head Start center, which provided extended day services.
What are Family Child Care Home Education Networks (FCCHEN)?
300
A mother has had a job for a few months and the state has deemed her stabled. Her children are now eligible for these funds.
What is CalWORKS Child Care Stage 2?
300
This programs provides meals and snacks to children, parent education, referrals to health and social services for families, and staff development opportunities to employees.
What is CSPP? What is Head Start?
400
This program is blended with state and federal funds in three stages.
What is CalWORKS Child care?
400
A family is transferred into this program when they have exhausted their 24-month limit in another program. These families must continue to meet eligibility and need criteria to receive child care & development.
What is CalWORKS stage 3?
400
This program has provided a span of educational, social, medical, dental, nutrition, mental health services, and parent involvement activities to almost 27 million children in a span of 40 years.
What is Head Start?
400
A mother works a 3pm - 11pm shift and needs child care for her children. What program may meet this need?
What is Family Child Care Centers?
400
This early childhood program is available in public schools.
What is public preschool?
500
California's Child Development Division (CDD) administers a small federal collaboration project made available via yearly grants from...
What is the Office of Head Start?
500
This program is the result of a legislation that explored alternate delivery model for child care and development services and allowed payment for services to be handled by local agencies.
What is Alternative Payment Programs (APPs)?
500
This family has a very busy schedule during the harvest, but does not work during winter months. What program are their children eligible for?
What is Migrant Child Care and Development? (CMIG)
500
These six projects are for severely handicapped children.
What is the Bay Area Program for Children with Exceptional Needs?
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