California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 10216

WIC § 10216 Effective Jul 23, 2021Div. 9 · Part 1.8 · Ch. 1.1

Statute text

(a)It is the intent of the Legislature in adopting this chapter that every family in California have access to current and robust information regarding the state’s vast array of child care and development services through a publicly available online portal hosted and maintained by the department that includes, among other things, program and eligibility information, the opportunity to connect with resource and referral agencies and providers, the ability to use an online eligibility screening tool in order to assess eligibility for services, a way to link to local child care resource and referral agencies and alternative payment programs for additional assistance in selecting and assessing child care, and access to placement on waiting lists for local subsidized child care programs.

(b)On or before June 30, 2022, the department shall develop and post on the department’s Internet Web site, for use by the general public, an online portal for California’s comprehensive child care and development services.

(c)(1) In planning for future enhancements to the online portal, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall convene, on or before June 30, 2019, a workgroup made up of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of child care resource and referral programs, alternative payment programs, contracted center-based programs, First 5 county commissions, county offices of education, school-based providers, private center-based care providers, and family child care homes. This workgroup shall, on or before June 30, 2020, evaluate, and provide recommendations to the Superintendent of Public Instruction on any necessary modifications or improvements to the online portal to ensure its improved effectiveness, including the consideration of possible models for, and plans for inclusion in the online portal of, components, including, but not limited to, both of the following:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.