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The
Comprehensive Approaches to Raising Education
Standards (CARES)
Program was launched in FY 00/01 as a
matching-fund program with 44 county
commissions. State Commission approval for CARES
funding concluded in December 2009. On April 21,
2010, the State Commission approved up to $36
million in funding for
CARES
Plus for
three years (July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2013).
CARES Plus builds upon the positive impact of
the original CARES Program. It is designed to
increase the quality of early learning programs
for children 0 to 5 and their families by
supporting the education and preparation of an
effective, well-compensated, and diverse early
learning workforce. The “Plus” represents an
enhancement of earlier CARES components, such as
a strong focus on outcomes and accountability,
an expansion of the CARES Database to an Early
Learning Workforce Registry, and expanding the
Higher Education Plans to Higher Education
Quality Pathway Partnerships.
CARES PLUS Update
First 5
California
has concluded its public input sessions for the
upcoming CARES Plus program.
We appreciate your input and would like
to thank all participants as well as the
agencies that helped to host or provide meeting
space.
Currently, First 5 California is in the process
of writing the CARES Plus RFA (Request for
Application).
We have tentatively set late September
2010, to have the RFA posted on our Web site.
We will send an e-mail out to the Early
Childhood Education Community on the actual day
of posting.
Meanwhile, please feel free to check our
Web site for periodic updates or you can sign up
for the CARES Plus listserv at the bottom of
this page.
If you would like to submit a question or comment regarding CARES Plus program you can do so by sending an email to caresplus@ccfc.ca.gov.
Subscribe to the CARES Plus list serve.
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