Home > Public Policy

Legislation and Advocacy

Working toward the Network's mission of achieving a quality child care system which meets the needs of all children and families requires relentless work at the local, state, and national level.

The Network accomplishes this work through staff monitoring of state and federal policy issues; dissemination of the information and policy alerts to the local R&Rs; discussions of the major policy issues at monthly regional and annual R&R meetings; and representation of the Network's positions and agenda at appropriate state and national hearings, forums and conferences.

The most unique feature of the Network's policy work is its ability to hear, document, and communicate the impact of national and state policies on child care within local communities throughout the state, through the local resource and referral agencies. This allows the Network to bring a comprehensive, reality-based position to policy makers of all political persuasions, representing all geographical areas of the state.

The California Child Care Resource & Referral Network is an active member of the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, NACCRRA.

The 2009 CA R&R Day in the Capitol was a tremendous success. Thank you to everyone who participated. Click here to see photos from February 5, 2009.

With the help of the Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download Network Policy Updates and related information instantly.

Public Policy Agendas

View the Network's revised Policy Agenda for 2010 (approved 10-09)
View the Network's Policy Agenda for 2009-10
View the Network's Public Policy Agenda for 2007-08
View the Network's Public Policy Agenda for 2006
View the Network's Public Policy Agenda for 2005


Find Your Legislators

Click here to search for the names and contact information for your California State Legislators (Assembly and State Senate) in Sacramento

Click here to search for the names and contact information for your U.S. House Representative in Washington, D.C.

Click here to search for the names and contact information for your U.S. Senators in Washington, D.C.

California Early Learning Quality Improvement System Advisory Committee (Senate Bill 1629)

Click here for the latest information on CAEL QIS committee members, subcommittees and scheduled meetings, from the California Department of Education. 

The third draft of the 2009 Interim Report to the Legislature and the Governor can now be also be found on the CAELQIS page. The CAEL QIS Advisory Committee and the California Department of Education (CDE) are interested in your feedback on the draft Interim Report. To that end, CDE established an e-mail address to receive comments and suggested edits regarding the CAEL QIS draft 2009 Interim Report. The e-mail address is caelqisdraftrpt@cde.ca.gov. They have a very tight timeline, and in order to provide time to make changes to the draft interim report and meet their posting deadlines, please submit all corrections and suggestions by December 21, 2009.

Budget & Policy Updates     

To watch the floor sessions of the Assembly and State Senate live via webcast, visit The California Channel. Video recordings of previous hearings are also available on demand at www.calchannel.com.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009:
     Summary of the economic recovery package introduced in the House Appropriations Committee on 1/15/09

     Summary of the final ARRA funding for Child Care and Early Education from the National Women's Law Center

State Budget Updates:
     View the final budget actions for 2009-10 here (document updated on August 3, 2009)
     View the preliminary summary of the budget passed by the Legislature on February 19, 2009 here    
     View a summary of the current Governor's General Fund Budget 2009-10 Proposal Highlights here
     View the Governor's Final Budget Summary as it Pertains to Child Care in 2008-09

Federal Budget Update:

• A memo the Child Care and Early Learning Coalition sent to the Obama Transition Team (the ask for Child Care and Head Start has since been raised from $1 billion each to $3 billion each)
• A fact sheet on the importance of including Child Care in the Economic Recovery Package;
• A letter that the Child Care and Early Learning Coalition sent to Congress urging them to include Child Care and Head Start in an Economic Recovery Package; and
• A sample op-ed to use with your local papers. (Please feel free to adapt this letter for your own state or local purposes.)

Legislative Updates: Network's Position on Recent Legislation

Final Legislative Outcomes for 2008

If you have any questions about Legislation or Public Policy at the Network, please contact Donita Stromgren at donita@cal.net or at 530.750.1127.