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Board hearing highlights Infant & Toddler Scholarship Fund pilot and workforce focus
Summary
A Rules Committee hearing reviewed San Francisco’s new Infant and Toddler Early Learning Scholarship Fund pilot. The Office of Early Care and Education described eligibility (up to 110% AMI), increased reimbursement rates to support provider wages, oversight via a nine-member citizens advisory committee, and capitalization of a category‑4 fund at $5.75 million; Supervisor Yee moved to file the hearing.
The Rules Committee held a hearing on the Infant and Toddler Early Learning Scholarship Fund, an initiative aimed at expanding affordable, quality care for children under age 3. The Office of Early Care and Education (OECE) presented the pilot’s eligibility, program rules and monitoring structure and described steps the city has taken to increase provider reimbursement and support workforce stability.
September Jarrett, director of OECE, told the committee the city has nearly 45,000 children under the age of 5 and that many households — including working families — face affordability barriers to infant and toddler…
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