As Childcare Crisis Intensifies, Governor Announces Blueprint for Early Childhood Care and Education

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🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Against the backdrop of 6,000 licensed childcare facilities closing during the pandemic and a projected loss of up to 85,000 childcare spaces, Governor Newsom earlier this month unveiled a sweeping masterplan to improve early childhood care and learning. The 107-page document presents a 10-year blueprint for expanding access to child care and improving the quality of California’s early childhood programs for low income students under the age of 6. Advocates say Covid has made the need for childhood care and learning even more urgent. We'll hear about the plan and check in with a childcare provider about how it's going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.6	I'm Michael Krasny.
1:01.9	Kaiser Permanente has announced it has postponed elective surgery procedures
1:06.6	at its 21 Northern California facilities through January 4th,
1:10.7	as the region continues to cope with a winter holiday surge in coronavirus hospitalizations.
1:16.4	At 9.30, we'll get details from Kaiser and hear how the Bay Area is doing overall an ICU capacity.
1:22.9	But first, against the backdrop of thousands of child care facilities that have shuddered during the pandemic,
1:28.6	Governor Newsom earlier this month announced a blueprint for improving early childhood care and
1:33.4	education. We'll talk about the Governor's Master Plan and check in with the Bay Area Child Care
1:38.2	Provider to hear how it's going. That's all next, right after this news.
1:47.2	Welcome to the Forum.
1:48.6	I'm Michael Krasny.
1:49.8	Against the backdrop of 6,000 licensed child care facilities closing during the pandemic
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