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Childcare providers, food banks and foster advocates urge lawmakers to restore May revision cuts at budget hearing
Summary
During the public comment period at the Senate subcommittee hearing, childcare providers, food‑bank leaders, diaper‑bank organizers and foster‑care advocates implored the Legislature to reject proposed cuts to the childcare COLA, the emergency childcare bridge, the Family Urgent Response System, CalFood and di
Speakers during the hearing's public comment period highlighted a cross‑section of services threatened by the May revision and urged the Legislature to restore funding for childcare providers, food banks, diaper banks and foster‑care supports.
Childcare providers
- Marcella Graves, a Fresno family childcare provider for 29 years, said: "Governor Newsom and the state legislators must fix the state's outdated payment system to ensure that all California children have access to quality early learning care. Allow working parents to do their jobs and fuel the state's economy." She testified that current subsidy rates cover a small fraction of providers' actual cost.
- Sonia Sanchez (interpreted…
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