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6.L.- Page 6of9 <br />Mayor Ian Bain <br />Vice Mayor Diane Howard <br />Councilmembers: <br />Redwood <br />Alicia C. Aguirre <br />City California <br />Janet Borgens <br />V ` Founded 1867 <br />Giselle Hale <br />Shelly Masur <br />\ Q!!�3 <br />Diana Reddy <br />May 6, 2019 <br />The Honorable Anthony Rendon <br />Speaker of the Assembly <br />State Capitol, Room 219 <br />Sacramento, CA 95814 <br />Re: AB 452 (Mullin) Child Care Facilities <br />Position: SUPPORT <br />Hearing: Assembly Appropriations May _, 2019 <br />Dear Assembly Member Gonzalez: <br />1017 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD <br />Redwood City, California 94063 <br />Telephone (650) 780-7220 <br />www.redwoodcity.org <br />The City Council of Redwood City has reviewed AB 452 (Mullin) regarding Child Care Facilities <br />Grants and taken a support position. This measure would establish the California Child Care <br />Facilities Grant Fund program to provide grants of up to $1M for the construction of new child care <br />centers and small grants for expansion of licensed family child care homes. Programs would need <br />to serve at least 50% subsidized children. AB 452 would also repeal the existing Child Care <br />Revolving Loan Program and require funds in that program as of December 31, 2019 to be <br />transferred into the grant program. <br />AB 452 takes an important step in addressing the need for facilities for all children, and particularly <br />to serve infants and toddlers in subsidized programs offered by community based organizations, <br />Early Head Start programs, and local educational agencies. According to the 2017 San Mateo <br />County Child Care Needs Assessment, there are publicly -supported spaces for less than 13% of <br />income -eligible infants and toddlers in the county. <br />A barrier to improving access is the challenge providers face in the area of facilities. The <br />Advancement Project's recent report, Building California's Future, highlights the cuts providers <br />endured during the Great Recession and the closure of facilities. Now, providers are faced with the <br />time consuming and expensive undertaking to locate, obtain and renovate facilities to meet <br />licensing requirements. A grant program for child care facilities will enable programs to increase <br />capacity and leverage other state and federal funds available for program operations. <br />The environments in which infants, toddlers and preschoolers are cared for and in which they learn <br />and develop can have a significant impact on their development. AB 452 will help ensure more <br />young children and their families can access safe, high quality settings. <br />271 <br />