Governor Releases Master Plan for Early Learning and Care: California for All Kids

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SACRAMENTO — On Dec. 1, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the release of the Master Plan for Early Learning and Care: California for All Kids. The plan provides a roadmap for building a comprehensive and equitable early learning and care system over the next decade. The plan will help the state better understand the crisis families, children and early learning and care providers are facing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies key policy goals to ensure that all young California children can thrive through access to early learning and care programs. The goals include universal preschool, enhanced workforce development and equitable career pathways for educators and caregivers, and funding reforms to promote equitable access to high-quality early learning and care. 

The plan’s first steps recommend providing relief to parents, quality care for children and stability to child care providers as the state rebuilds an early learning and care system.  

The plan outlines specific recommendations including:

Details:www.Early-Learning-and-Care-Making-California-For-All-Kids-

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