Family Child
Care Providers
As members of Child Care Providers United-SEIU Local 99, a joint partnership between SEIU Local 99, SEIU Local 521, and AFSCME-UDW 3930, we’re coming together across California to improve our profession and ensure every child has access to quality early learning and care. A union means we have a strong voice and a seat at the table with the state of California to negotiate reimbursement rates and working conditions, including changes to rules, payment systems, access to affordable care, and more!
Family Child Care Providers
As members of Child Care Providers United-SEIU Local 99, a joint partnership between SEIU Local 99, SEIU Local 521, and AFSCME-UDW 3930, we’re coming together across California to improve our profession and ensure every child has access to quality early learning and care. A union means we have a strong voice and a seat at the table with the state of California to negotiate reimbursement rates and working conditions, including changes to rules, payment systems, access to affordable care, and more!
WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
Looking to develop or strengthen skills? Attend a training on Licensing, CPR/First Aid, Marketing Strategies and more! We also come together for celebrations like Mother’s Day and Provider Appreciation Day.
PROVIDER RESOURCES
Get all the resources and information you need to help your child care business and your kids succeed. If you need additional help with work-related issues, tap the Get Help button.
FACEBOOK COMMUNITY
Already on Facebook? Join the conversation with fellow child care providers about anything and everything related to our profession and make new connections. This is a closed member-only group.
GET INVOLVED
As a union of child care providers, we have the people power to improve our communities and our lives. It all starts with you getting involved.
Stay Informed. Subscribe to email updates!
Connect with SEIU Local 99 on social media
License-Exempt Providers Explore What It Takes to Become Licensed
In February, we held a workshop that outlined, step by step, how we can become licensed. We spent time sharing what drove each of us to want to obtain our license.
Providers are Bringing People-Power to Politics!
Family child care providers are commanding the attention of presidential candidates and urging voters to support our efforts to make high-quality child care accessible for all families! In December 2019, CCPU providers hosted Senator Elizabeth Warren at the San Jose.
2020: What 40,000 United Child Care Providers Can Do Providers from across the state file over 10,000 cards of support at state offices in Sacramento, setting off our union election.
On Feb. 5 family child care providers delivered 10,000 union cards in Sacramento, setting off the process for our union election. We will be receiving our ballots in the mail soon! Together, providers will be able to bargain collectively with the state and make improvements to early care and education.
New Laws Help Protect Families & Expand Access to Early Care
Throughout 16 years of organizing, we have worked hard to ensure working families have the highest quality of care possible. We have made the demands of parents and children front and center, including eliminating unnecessary bureaucratic paperwork and advocating for more funds and slots for child care. 2019 was no different. We were able to pass key legislations alongside our Early Care and Education partners.
Big Wins in 2019 Set the Stage for 2020
As we come to the end of 2019, we're celebrating some pretty amazing accomplishments Local 99 members won this year! From joining the strike lines in L.A. and Chicago to Child Care Providers winning the right to collectively bargain to making Summer Bridge a reality and addressing candidates for U.S. President about their positions on education - SEIU Local 99 members were on the front lines in 2019, making a difference for ourselves, our students, and our communities.
