Family Fees

Family Fees Waived! – Sept. 15, 2022 Update

Dear Parents and Child Care Providers:

Due to the ongoing challenges many families continue to face, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) issued child Care Bulletin 22-14 and 22-15 waiving family fees for ALL families through June 30, 2023. 

Parents will not be required to pay family fees during this specific period.

However, family fees will resume on July 1, 2023.

 

To get the details, please click the link to DOWNLOAD the official letter.

 

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Policy Changes Effective 7/1/2022 – NEWS UPDATE

Agency Announcement - UPDATE

Governor Newsom signed the budget this past week which means the two pending policies discussed in the mailer are now in effect. However, we are still waiting on the official direction from California Department of Social Services (CDSS) outlining implementation instructions for the waiver of fees and reimbursing child care providers based on the maximum certified need.

In the meantime, providers are NOT to collect July 2022 family fees as they have been waived from July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023.

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Freezing Family Fees Video Request

Parent Voices (a project of the California Child Care Resource & Referral Network) is a parent-run, parent-led grassroots effort that works to make quality child care accessible and affordable to all families. Parent Voices works to strengthen the capacity of parents to be effective advocates for their child care needs. The program combines leadership development, advocacy, and community organizing to achieve its goals related to increased funding, quality improvement, and better access to child care. Locally it is sponsored by Central Valley Children’s Services Network.

Parent Voices is asking parents who had been paying family fees to create a video using their phone to show the impact of freezing family fees has had in their lives. What are parents able to do or use the extra money they now have?

We need to continue to show our legislators in Sacramento the benefit of freezing family fees in order to extend the waiver and pass the bill next year. A final decision has not been made yet, but we are probably going to be making AB 92 a two-year bill to save us from getting vetoed without the appropriate funding available in the budget.

These videos can show just how valuable these family fee dollars are to families and how it allows them to afford the basic necessities without being so restricted!

Please think of at least one parent who’s no longer paying family fees and ask them to make a video.

Families that would be willing to do the video should do so no later than August 26. For questions or assistance please call Lou Hernandez at Children’s Services Network (559) 256-0963 or you may email her at: louh@cvcsn.org

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Family Fees Waived!

Dear Parents and Child Care Providers:

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Supportive Services, Inc. is pleased to share that family fees are waived for all Child Care and Development Programs administered by the California Department of Social Services from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. Parents will not be required to pay family fees during this specific period.

 

To get the details, please click the link to DOWNLOAD the official letter.

 

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Temporary July Family Fee Suspension

Dear Parents and Child Care Providers:

This notice is ONLY applicable to families who have established family fees per their most recent Notice of Action

At the direction of the California Department of Education, Early Learning and Care Program, family
fee billing and collection for the month of July 2021 has temporarily been suspended!

Parents are asked to “hold off” on paying family fees for the month of July 2021, temporarily, until
Supportive Services, Inc. receives final guidance from the California Department of Education (CDE).

To get the details, please click the picture below to DOWNLOAD the official letter.

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