• Have a CA Workforce Registration ID #

 

• At the time of the stipend request (May 15th, 2021), you:

  • Worked consistently at the same program for a minimum of 15 hours per week and for at least nine (9) months 

 

2. CA State Preschool Program or CDE Center based Program for children 0-5 years of age

 

• Your program is participating in Quality Counts CA – Early Quality Matters program, as a rated (or to be rated) site

• Your employment directly affects the children in the child care program

  • Included staff: program directors*, site supervisors*, head/master teachers, teachers, teacher aides, family child care and their staff, classroom substitutes working on a consistent and continued basis for 9 months and 60 hours per month * Employed by the child care agency and can qualify to be a substitute in a classroom when needed

  • Excluded staff: cooks, housekeepers, bus drivers, groundskeepers, maintenance staff, family service workers, office staff, volunteers, R&R child care employees visiting/monitoring/supporting child care programs, home visitors not connected with a center-based component, nurses, health aides, exempt in-home care providers

• Have a CA Workforce Registration ID #

 

• At the time of the stipend request (May 15th, 2021), you:

  • Worked consistently at the same program for a minimum of 15 hours per week and for at least nine (9) month

  • ​​Have a valid Child Development Permit OR choose Option 1 and with a Professional Growth Advisor, create a PD Plan to apply for a CD Permit

 

3. Family, Friend, Neighbor Provider

 

• You actively care for a child(ren) ages 0-5 other than your own 

 

• At the time of the stipend request (May 15th, 2021), you

  • ​Provided care for the same child/ren for a minimum of six (6) hours per week and for at least nine (9) months

  • ​​Complete the EQM self-certification in caring for child(ren) – form will be provided

  • Create a CA Workforce Registration ID #

Eligibility 

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You work in one of the following and meet all the criteria:

 

1. Licensed Private Child Care Program (Center or Family Child Care) for children 0-5 years of age

 

• Your program is participating in Quality Counts CA – Early Quality Matters program

• Your employment directly affects the children in the child care program

  • Included staff: program directors*, site supervisors*, head/master teachers, teachers, teacher aides, family child care and their staff, classroom substitutes working on a consistent and continued basis for 9 months and 60 hours per month * Employed by the child care agency and can qualify to be a substitute in a classroom when needed

  • Excluded staff: cooks, housekeepers, bus drivers, groundskeepers, maintenance staff, family service workers, office staff, volunteers, R&R child care employees visiting/monitoring/supporting child care programs, home visitors not connected with a center-based component, nurses, health aides, exempt in-home care providers

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