NACCRRA Report “We Can Do Better” gives California child care an “F” for poor licensing and oversight
In a national survey, California ranks near the bottom in child care regulation and oversight. California is one of 26 states to earn a failing grade based on the 10 program requirements and five oversight benchmarks used by the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies in a report released earlier this month. The state’s poor child care oversight score reinforces the importance of recently introduced state legislation, AB 419 (Mitchell), which will increase the efficiency and efficacy of state child care licensing inspections. The report issues a list of recommendations for the state that include increasing the frequency of inspections for child care centers and requiring the licensing of all child care providers that regularly care for unrelated children for a fee. Read a short summary of the report, check out California’s results, or read the full report.
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