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As the state deficit reaches $28.1 billion, the incoming governor and other state leaders look to fill gaps while leaving child-related programs intact.
Reacting to a lawsuit, the State Department of Education agrees to continue funding CalWORKs Stage 3 child care program so participants can find alternative services.
A simple majority vote measure in the state Legislature could make passing state budgets easier, but another measure curtails possible revenue solutions.
An Alameda judge gave a temporary reprieve to "welfare-to-work" parents who receive state assistance in child care.- In response to the elimination of child care for nearly 7,000 children whose parents have successfully moved off welfare, the First 5 LA Commission today approved up to $15 million in transitional funding to restore a CalWORKs child care program for Los Angeles County's youngest children
Assembly Speaker requesting First 5 funds to keep program afloat through the end of the year.
Governor line-item vetoes CalWORKs and other children's programs, leaving potentially 60,000 families in the lurch.
In response to the Health Care Reform law, some health insurance providers say they will stop issuing new individual policies to children.
First 5 LA-supported bills, including ones that provide mandatory maternity care and tobacco smoking cessation services, still await the governor's action.
Some California child care providers feeling the effects of California's budget approval delay.
State Democratic lawmakers announced revisions last week to their August budget proposal, which is expected to increase revenue for California, without increasing taxes for the average Californian.
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As state leaders continue to battle over California's budget, new developments on the health care front are emerging which could affect the outcome of those negotiations.
As the state budget stalemate enters its third week, the impending end of federal stimulus dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has raised concerns.
California marked the start of its new fiscal year on July 1 without actually passing a budget, which poses problems for many service providers in California, including state-subsidized child care centers.
For the 23rd time since 1986, California lawmakers failed to meet the constitutional deadline (June 15) for submitting a balanced budget to the governor.
Last week, the First 5 LA Board of Commissioners approved a portfolio of 14 communities to target for resource investment over the next five years. Learn more about these communities and how First 5 LA will move forward.
State leaders received another bad piece of budget news when the U.S. Congress recently said it would kill plans to send more aid to California and other states, further jeopardizing children's programs.
Governor Schwarzenegger’s May Revise includes two proposals that could decimate state child care in California. Cutting state child care would result in the loss of crucial jobs and more.
In the May Revise budget, released Friday, the governor proposes to eliminate the CalWORKs program and drastically cut child care and other children's programs in his latest budget proposal.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to fire the opening salvo in what's expected to be a protracted budget battle this Friday when he releases his May Revise budget, which may include more bad news for California's young children.
We at First 5 LA have been hard at work for the last year assessing the places in Los Angeles County where we can reach the most children with the greatest need.
More than a million children in California rely on the state's Healthy Families Health Insurance program. Learn how the governor's current budget proposals threaten their coverage.
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Advocates from across the state came together in Sacramento last week to testify at a California Senate budget hearing in opposition to a plan to divert Proposition 10 funding.
Community advocates are speaking out against Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to take First 5 funding away from early childhood programs.- Los Angeles--- First 5 LA Executive Director Evelyn Martinez today called on state legislators to save local children's programs by rejecting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to grab First 5 funding in order to pay for state run programs.
Last Friday, Governor Schwarzenegger unveiled a state budget proposal that includes a plan to strip an estimated $550 million in voter-approved funding from California's First 5 programs.
