Legislative and Budget Priorities

CAPPA Public Policy Principles:

• In the best interest of children and families, CAPPA supports appropriate and realistic reimbursement for all child care services.
• In the best interest of children and families, CAPPA supports children being placed in the safest and highest quality environment.
  • All publicly funded providers, exempt from licensing, shall be Trustline-cleared.
  • CAPPA supports professional training for the purpose of quality.
• In the best interest of children and families, CAPPA supports working with CDE to continue streamlining funding and reduce contract barriers in order to create an effective delivery system that values superior operations, program integrity, quality, and efficiency in the California child care delivery system.
• In the best interest of children and families, CAPPA promotes a collaborative educational process to maximize and initiate policies that support the entire child care and development field.
• In the best interest of children and families, CAPPA supports increasing capacity for underserved populations of children including:
  • Infants/Toddlers
  • Children with special needs
  • Foster care children
  • Low-income working families (non-CalWORKs)
• In the best interest of children and families, CAPPA supports preschool.
  • Preschool must include using APP systems to increase access for all families to quality child care.
  • Preschool must provide wraparound care to ensure parental choice and access to full day child care and preschool services.
• In the best interest of children and families and to ensure that the maximum number of slots for eligible and needy families is made available, CAPPA supports increasing revenue/taxes.