Trustline regulations for families receiving CalWORKs Stage 1 child care will change. Effective February 1, a license-exempt provider is not eligible to be paid until the Trustline registration process has been completed, no matter how long the registration process takes. Once the provider has successfully completed registration, s/he is eligible for a maximum retroactive payment of up to 120 days. If the provider is not successful in getting registered on Trustline, the county will pay nothing for any services provided, and the CalWORKs family will be responsible for payments to the provider. (Grandparents, aunts and uncles continue to be exempt from the Trustline registration requirement.) [Download]

This ACIN transmits the new family fee schedule for subsidized child care that will be effective 1/1/07. [Download]

For those of you doing child care work, the new rates, income eligibility basis and family fee charges are out. [Download]

For those of you doing child care work, the new rates, income eligibility basis and family fee charges are out. [Download]

The new law provides for a preferred placement for 11-12 yo children, except for children with exceptional needs, in an after school program. (Children with exceptional needs are not prohibited from participating in these programs/changing their care arrangements.) The parent is to certify in writing that the after school program will meet their child care needs. Children receiving and/eligible for subsidized child care services shall continue to receive subsidized child care if the after school programs do not meet the families’ child care needs. CalWORKs families should also be informed if they choose to transfer their child(ren) to an after school program, and subsequently find the program doesn’t meet their needs, the family will receive priority to transfer back to subsidized child care as funding permits. [Download]