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In a world where we have a nuclear arsenal that can kill millions and cause untold environmental damage, we must do what we can to protect our global community. This is why I introduced Assembly Joint Resolution 30 urging Congress to quickly pass the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017 (HR 669), which makes it impossible for the President to launch a first-strike nuclear attack without a formal Declaration of War.
(Sacramento) - Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) rallied with childcare providers, parents and activists at the State Capitol for her Assembly Bill 2292, which expands access to infant and toddler care and “$1-Billion Dollars for Babies”, a budget priority of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus. “Together, we can build a system that is going to outlast us, so that our babies and our grandbabies have a future that is bright and filled with opportunity.” Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry said.
(Sacramento) – A measure to expand access to affordable infant and toddler care in California is making its way through the State Capitol. Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) presented her Assembly Bill 2292 to the State Assembly for a vote, where it passed with bipartisan support. She told her colleagues, “By increasing the State’s capacity to serve our youngest children, this bill will ensure that a child’s path to success starts the second he or she is born.”
By Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Special to The Sacramento Bee
For many working families, access to quality child care has become an unattainable privilege, leaving parents with a difficult decision: Do they work to support their family, or stay at home to care for their kids? This dilemma is being faced by more and more California parents, struggling to cobble together whatever child care they can find. This is unacceptable, which is why I authored Assembly Bill 2292 and will be holding a rally with child care advocates and parents on Tuesday.
This bill would expand our state’s child care capacity by increasing the rates paid to providers for infant and toddler care, offering grants to help pay for new and renovated day care facilities, and establishing a fund to recruit and train a new generation of providers.
A recent California Assembly bill, AB 2292, championed by Yolo County Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, proposes improvements to the child care system. By establishing the Early Education Expansion Program, the bill’s goal is to provide better access to high-quality child care and education programs for infants as well as toddlers. AB 2292 proposes to establish grant programs to fund both child care facilities and the recruitment of skilled child care workers. The bipartisan bill made it through the education committee’s hearing with unanimous support. It is now on its way to the appropriations committee.
“There is a child care crisis going on in the whole nation,” said Sandy Batchelor, the work-life coordinator at UC Davis, who works alongside student parents.
(Sacramento) – Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) presented Senate Concurrent Resolution 127 to the State Assembly, declaring May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Aguiar-Curry dressed in vibrant green along with many of her colleagues to raise awareness. “Nearly two-thirds of all people with a diagnosable mental illness do not receive mental health treatment due to stigma, lack of community-based resources, inadequate diagnosis, or no diagnosis,” said Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry.
AB 2292, authored by Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, passed out of the Assembly Education Committee this week on a bipartisan 7-0 vote. This bill, which would increase the reimbursement rates for infant and toddler care is a California Legislative Women’s Caucus priority for the year, and the only state budget request the caucus is backing.
The legislation also would create a grant program to help pay for new and renovated child-care facilities, and establishing a fund to recruit a new generation of providers.
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