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No nothing in CA yet, they are only in the pilot testing program for daycare centers and aren't sure if they will consider it for family child care or not. I am in touch with my area's coordinator and they are calling it the QRIS program here (Quality Rating and Improvement Program).
One of my concerns is that it turn out to be much like what other provider's have experienced in their states:
1) state claiming that the program is optional but works against you if you choose not to participate
2) state offering incentives to families that choose provider's that participate either by
a) state giving families financial incentives (direct checks to them)
b) state sending check to provider as partial payment for a family that chooses a provider in the program and then the state taking a portion of it as payment for dues for their state's family child care union even if the provider doesn't want to participate in the union
3) no clear/concrete guidelines as to what is expected in order to be rated (much how like licensing regulations are based on interpretation)
4) high score requirements (4 or 5 stars out 5 stars) include achieving a college degree which is extremely difficult for family child care provider's to obtain due to time and financial restraints.
5) high score requirements based on the amount of space you have much like how the FCCERS won't allow a score higher than 3 (out of 7) in "Active physical play" unless you have an average size yard and no more than a 5 if you don't have at least 2 types of play surfaces (family child care providers that live in an apartment without a patio or deck cannot get higher than a 3).
I also have a concern about what a couple child care providers here are saying about how the state claims that the program is optional and separate from the family child care union (which they also claim is optional) but if you participate in the QRIS program and as a provider you receive funding incentives from joining the program or accept subsidized child care then you are automatically enlisted into the union and are forced to have payment for union dues deducted from your payments.
One of my concerns is that it turn out to be much like what other provider's have experienced in their states:
1) state claiming that the program is optional but works against you if you choose not to participate
2) state offering incentives to families that choose provider's that participate either by
a) state giving families financial incentives (direct checks to them)
b) state sending check to provider as partial payment for a family that chooses a provider in the program and then the state taking a portion of it as payment for dues for their state's family child care union even if the provider doesn't want to participate in the union
3) no clear/concrete guidelines as to what is expected in order to be rated (much how like licensing regulations are based on interpretation)
4) high score requirements (4 or 5 stars out 5 stars) include achieving a college degree which is extremely difficult for family child care provider's to obtain due to time and financial restraints.
5) high score requirements based on the amount of space you have much like how the FCCERS won't allow a score higher than 3 (out of 7) in "Active physical play" unless you have an average size yard and no more than a 5 if you don't have at least 2 types of play surfaces (family child care providers that live in an apartment without a patio or deck cannot get higher than a 3).
I also have a concern about what a couple child care providers here are saying about how the state claims that the program is optional and separate from the family child care union (which they also claim is optional) but if you participate in the QRIS program and as a provider you receive funding incentives from joining the program or accept subsidized child care then you are automatically enlisted into the union and are forced to have payment for union dues deducted from your payments.
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