Child Care and Development Services Act: Commission on Child Care Providers.

The Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, establishes a system of childcare and development services for children up to 13 years of age. Existing law sets forth the purposes of the act, which include, among other things, the provision of a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of childcare and development services for children and their parents. This bill would require the department to establish the Commission on Child Care Providers. The bill would require the commission to establish a grant program to award grants to childcare providers to hire more staff in order to increase the number of childcare slots. The bill would require the department to select a representative from each of 12 specified regions to comprise the commission.