Child care and development: child care resource and referral programs: assistance to license-exempt child care providers.

Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Education, requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer child care and development programs. Existing law authorizes funds appropriated for purposes of the act to be used for child care resource and referral programs, which may be operated by public or private nonprofit entities and are required to provide certain information and services to parents and child care providers relating to child care services in a defined geographic area. This bill would, until July 1, 2022, require the department to establish and administer a pilot program to provide outreach, training, and technical assistance to license-exempt child care providers through county child care resource and referral programs. The bill would require a county resource and referral program, in counties that opt to participate in the pilot program, to develop a community-based program model to provide training, outreach, and technical assistance to license-exempt child care providers, as provided. The bill would require each county that participates in the pilot program to provide a report containing specified information to the department and the Legislature on or before January 1, 2020, and January 1, 2022.