Child Care Resource Connection Alert

Governor’s Proposed state budget Includes deep cuts to child care

Proposed Cuts to Child Care for 2012/2013

• $516.8 million in State funding is proposed to be cut
• A reduction of income eligibility from 70% to 61.5% of the State Median Income.
  A reduction of the Regional Market Rate (RMR) Ceiling from the 85th percentile of 2005 to the 50th percentile of 2009.
• Services limited to families that meet the Federal Work Requirements
• Realign child care services to county Department of Social Services

For more details on the cuts to child care please use the following link:
California's Children.

We encourage everyone to contact your local representatives and your governor to advocate for child care services. Share your concerns or tell your story of how these cuts will affect you.

Click here to tell the Legislature to Reject Gov. Brown's Proposal to Cut 62,000 Low-Income Children from Early Care and Education

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