California Child Care Resource & Referral Network

Things are heating up! Keep your baby comfortable without overheating this summer:
• Dress baby in clothes suitable for the temperature of the room.
• Take off baby’s hat when inside.
• Watch for signs of overheating, such as sweating or hot, red skin.
Learn more:

Ways to Reduce Baby's Risk | Safe to Sleep® Everyone who cares for babies can help reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths, such as suffocation.

Child Care Aware of America(CCAoA) is pleased to invite applications for the Family Advocacy Subgrant and Community of Practice.

Through this project, selected partner organizations will build and support a ladder of engagement and
advocacy for families in their communities to amplify family voices, while integrating Vroom as a tool for
narrative change. For more information, visit: https://hs-3957809.f.hubspotemail.net/hubfs/3957809/RFA%20for%20Vroom%20%26%20Family%20Advocacy%20-%20UPDATED%20(1).pdf?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_0IltgK4-nIfagcxOOOi8W2sFZFJNCuROYmCCQbP5cM31QAfmRTOLBQ8DPiXD-dHoCk5KHfOVQhYfcgTN4s4o5PiQC8g&_hsmi=420867322&utm_content=420867322&utm_source=hs_email

To be considered, proposals must be completed in the “Fillable Proposal Application” and emailed to CCAoA at [email protected] by 5:00PM ET on FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2026. Here is the application: https://hs-3957809.f.hubspotemail.net/hubfs/3957809/RFA%20Fillable%20Proposal%20Application%20Form%20-%20UPDATED.pdf?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8onik-YgBem2t0oBvuHt-qsBDL-_mVfXKWZQkCAvugsJuDj5Yw2pIqJyDI4smbIrquIVjzPj1O5zk_UEvHxwT4uScYSA&_hsmi=420867322&utm_content=420867322&utm_source=hs_email

The House votes TODAY on H.R. 7726, the Stop Child Care Scams Act of 2026, and child care providers and families cannot afford for this bill to pass.

We're all for fighting fraud. But this bill goes further by imposing penalties and new requirements on states that pull resources away from the families and kids who need them most.

The vote is happening this afternoon. Contact your Rep. NOW and urge them to vote NO.

https://www.childcareaware.org/congress-votes-on-child-care-today/

Child Care Aware of America conducts an annual survey of Child Care Resource & Referral (CCR&R) organizations and state agencies to collect information on child care supply and prices across all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

Here's this year’s report, Child Care in America: 2025 Price & Supply, linked here: https://info.childcareaware.org/price-and-supply-2025?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8JkqASFYBgwAIoKL-SZVRE-KrFflDbHt31yEtFd_DySaFksWkdof_7uAL8FkaBNIxJyzAOzUlu51M8Ll0ue0lXT4ULeA&_hsmi=421597987&utm_content=421597987&utm_source=hs_email

Our research team contributed to this report by supplying licensed child care supply and price estimates for California.

Child Care in America: 2025 Price & Supply A new report from CCAoA, Child Care in America: 2025 Price & Supply, found a small decrease in the number of child care centers from 2024 to 2025

Bold Day of Television 2026: Changing Tides Family Services Join Access Humboldt's Executive Director, Christina Marie, as she interviews Kerry Venegas of Changing Tides Family Services about their mission and needs f...

At the Bridge conference earlier this month, one of the keynote speakers was Katie Raher. Read about her experience:

"I got to remind the beautiful humans at the conference that their own well-being is not selfish and doesn't have to be an afterthought. It is the heartbeat of their impact. Every time they regulate themselves, they co-regulate every person they interact with in their work. And then that person more positively impacts the next. And the next. Ripples that reach providers, children, and families in immeasurable ways.

When the world feels heavy and uncertain (pretty much always these days sadly), I remind myself that there are people like this quietly doing the most important work there is. And I was pinching myself that I got to be even a small part of reminding them of their own power and value and leading them in the kind of nervous system nourishment we all need and they certainly deserve.

I'm truly grateful for the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network creating this space and for centering the well-being of the workforce that makes everything else possible."

Thank you, Katie, for your kind words and expertise that helped us all so much!

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. What can we do to help our littles with their mental health?

1. Help them recognize and name feelings
2. Help them learn how to relax during difficult moments and how to cope with difficult feelings
3. Teach them how thoughts lead to feelings and lead to behavior
4. Help them stay in the moment to improve self-awareness

Read more here:

Mental Health Fitness: Five Skills Every Child Can Build - Child Mind Institute Explore the importance of mental health fitness and discover five essential skills to support children's mental wellness.

“While this budget does include some measures that will support our communities, such as increased disaster aid, it’s far from what child care providers and families need in California.

This proposal ultimately backslides on key promises to increase subsidized child care spaces and pay providers based on enrollment.

Child care providers cannot continue to operate on thin margins - we need to pay providers equitable wages, and we need to ensure that parents receive child care when they need it. We also need to create a well-funded infrastructure that supports both of them." - Kelly Graesch, Interim Executive Director at the Network

Read more here:
https://rrnetwork.org/updates/response-to-the-may-revise

Resource Hub For Subsidized Agencies Now Available!!

We are so excited to announce that a new section for Subsidized agencies (R&R, APP, CWD and Tribal Agencies) has been added to the TrustLine website. www.trustline.org/subsidized-agencies

This resource is designed for you to find all the information that you need in one place. In this section, you will find:

• A complete program overview
• Training videos
• Essential forms
• Information on timelines and delayed results
• What happens when an applicant has a criminal history
• And much more!

The goal of this section is to provide more TrustLine information, support, and resources for subsidized agencies.