Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1597.30
Family Day Care Homes
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2019
As of January 1, 2011
The Legislature finds and declares:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) It has a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of children in family homes that provide day care.
(a) The Legislature has a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of children in family homes that provide daycare.
(b) That there are insufficient numbers of regulated family day care homes in California.
(b) There is an extreme shortage of regulated family daycare homes in California, and the number has decreased significantly since 2008.
(c) There will be a growing need for child day care facilities due to the increase in working parents.
(c) There continues to be a growing need for child daycare facilities due to the increased number of working parents. Parents need childcare so they can work and attend school, and so their children can thrive.
(d) Many parents prefer child day care located in their neighborhoods in family homes.
(d) Many parents prefer childcare located in their neighborhoods in family homes.
(e) There should be a variety of child care settings, including regulated family day care homes, as suitable alternatives for parents.
(e) There should be a variety of childcare settings, including regulated family daycare homes, as suitable choices for parents.
(f) That the program to be operated by the state should be cost effective, streamlined, and simple to administer in order to ensure adequate care for children placed in family day care homes, while not placing undue burdens on the providers.
(f) The licensing program to be operated by the state should be cost effective, streamlined, and simple to administer in order to ensure adequate care for children placed in family daycare homes, while not placing undue burdens on the providers.
(g) That the state should maintain an efficient program of regulating family day care homes that ensures the provision of adequate protection, supervision, and guidance to children in their homes.
(g) The state should maintain an efficient program of regulating family daycare homes that ensures the provision of adequate protection, supervision, and guidance to children in their homes.
(h) The state has a responsibility to promote the development and expansion of regulated family daycare homes to care for children in residential settings.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.