Bill > SB778

This bill modifies the definition of a "migrant agricultural worker family" for childcare and development services in California, reducing the income threshold from 50% to 40% of total gross income from fishing, agriculture, or agriculturally related work during the preceding 12-month period. The bill allows the individual seeking services to provide documentation establishing current income eligibility using either of the two months preceding initial certification or recertification. Acceptable documentation includes a self-certification of income and, if needed to verify income, a copy of the most recently signed tax return with a statement of current estimated income. The bill maintains the existing priorities for enrolling children of migrant agricultural worker families, which include families that move frequently, those who have recently qualified and remain dependent on agricultural employment, families residing in rural agricultural areas dependent on seasonal work, and those meeting federal Migrant Child Development Program regulations. This change aims to make childcare and development services more accessible to agricultural worker families by slightly lowering the income qualification threshold and providing more flexible documentation options.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

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