Aguiar-Curry Bill Allocates Hundreds of Millions of Dollars to Expand Child Care for infants, toddlers

SACRAMENTO – AB 2292, authored by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D – Winters), which expanded our state’s capacity for child care by increasing the reimbursement rates for infant and toddler care, has been fully funded by the budget.

The bill created an inclusive grant program to help pay for new and renovated child care facilities, and establishing a fund to recruit a new generation of educators.

The legislation was a California Legislative Women’s Caucus priority for the year, and the only state budget request the caucus was backing.

“During the Great Recession, drastic cuts were made to our child care system, and we’ve only just started to fix that. Now more than ever, our kids need someone to fight for them and make sure that they are getting the critical funding that is necessary for programs intended to help them and their parents succeed,” said Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry.

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