Child Care Providers
We’re building a bigger, stronger voice for ourselves and our children.
Child Care Providers are the most recent Industry Division to join SEIU Local 99. Our Executive Board voted to create a new Child Care Division within SEIU Local 99 on January 21, 2012. This means that Local 99 formally recognizes as members all family child care providers in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties who join us.
California’s family child care providers have worked for years to build a union. And they’ve got a diaper-pail-full of reasons for wanting one:
- A broken child care system that has led to providers going months without pay to the point of having to close their doors
- A lack of quality training
- A need for higher standards so that all children being cared for in home settings are prepared for kindergarten
- Thousands of families on waiting lists for their services.
We can now support one another in our mission to preserve quality jobs and a quality education for our children—from cradle to college! Child care providers will continue to need support. Their fight is not over. While they are now full members of SEIU Local 99, they are still fighting to be granted collective bargaining rights by the State. Until then, they are without a contract and without a seat at the table to fix the broken system.
We are fighting for the right to collectively bargain with the state of California. Join our campaign.
By coming together, we can realize the changes we want to see at our jobs and in our communities. Joining your co-workers in the union is a first step.
Child Care Providers Blog
Rates Updates: What You Need to Know
Did you know that after 52.5 hours of weekly care you are entitled to an additional hourly rate? After reading the confusing Title 5 Education codes, and clarifying with the CA Department of Education [...]
Together, We Saved Child Care in Southeast Los Angeles!
In Southeast Los Angeles, many providers work with Plaza Community Services, a network that provides early care and education in the area. In April, we met with Plaza and were informed the network would [...]
Tackling Licensing Challenges with Union Power!
Operating a family child care business is very rewarding but it can also be stressful. Licensing, Resource & Referral (R&R) agencies and food program representatives can flaunt their authority. We feel alone and isolated when [...]
Making Our Voices Heard at the California Dept of Education (CDE)
Union members, including members from SEIU Local 99, AFSCME/UDW, and SEIU Local 521 continue to have Quarterly Provider Input Meetings with the California Department of Education (CDE). Our last meeting was held Tuesday, June 5, [...]
Mandated Child Abuse Reporter Training
Beginning January 1, 2018, all licensed providers, applicants, directors, and employees must complete a required child abuse training (Health and Safety Code 1596.8662). You must complete the training every two years. This is verified during [...]
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2018 Workshops
SEPTEMBER
09.22 – Overview of ASD and Practical Strategies @ SEIU Local 99 – DTLA (English)
This workshops will increase your understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), including supervising children with ASD, adaptations and modifications, and strategies for success. Hosted by the Inclusion Collaborative of SCCOE.
OCTOBER
10.6 – Inclusion & Disabilities @ SEIU Local 99 – DTLA (Spanish)
This workshops will increase your understanding of the inclusion of children with special needs as well as strategies for success. Hosted by the Inclusion Collaborative of SCCOE.
10.13 – Challenging Behaviors @ SEIU Local 99 – DTLA (Spanish)
This workshops will provide strategies to provide support for children’s appropriate, how to prevent challenging behaviors, and how to talk to parents when concerns arise. Hosted by the Inclusion Collaborative of SCCOE.
10.27 – Overview of ASD and Practical Strategies @ SEIU Local 99 – SF Valley (Spanish)
This workshops will increase your understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), including supervising children with ASD, adaptations and modifications, and strategies for success. Hosted by the Inclusion Collaborative of SCCOE.