(a) Funding shall be allocated to the State Department of Social Services from funds in Schedule (3) of Item 5180-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 2023 and the Budget Act of 2025 and to the State Department of Education from funds specified in Schedule (1) of Item 6100-194-0001 and Schedule (1) of 6100-196-0001 of the Budget Act of 2023, the Budget Act of 2024, and the Budget Act of 2025 to provide a once-per-month, per-child-served who is enrolled in subsidized childcare cost of care plus rate. (b) (1) Of the funding described in subdivision (a), the Legislature hereby allocates funds to the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Education to provide family childcare providers with the monthly cost of care plus rate commencing January 1, 2024, and to June 30, 2025, inclusive. The amount per child shall range between ninety-eight dollars ($98) and two hundred eleven dollars ($211) per month to be determined based on the family childcare provider type and the region in which the family childcare provider is located pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3). The state shall provide the amount of the monthly costs of care plus rate for all family childcare providers serving children described in this paragraph based on the number of subsidized children enrolled. This monthly rate shall be issued to family childcare providers based on monthly child enrollments for subsidized childcare and development and state preschool programs. (2) Per child rate amounts shall be as follows: (A) For family childcare providers in the central region, ninety-eight dollars ($98) per each license-exempt family childcare provider, and one hundred forty dollars ($140) per each licensed family childcare provider. (B) For family childcare providers in the northern region, ninety-nine dollars ($99) per each license-exempt family childcare provider, and one hundred forty-one dollars ($141) per each licensed family childcare provider. (C) For family childcare providers in the southern region, one hundred twelve dollars ($112) per each license-exempt family childcare provider, and one hundred sixty dollars ($160) per each licensed family childcare provider. (D) For family childcare providers in the Los Angeles region, one hundred nineteen dollars ($119) per each license-exempt family childcare provider, and one hundred seventy-one dollars ($171) per each licensed family childcare provider. (E) For family childcare providers in the bay area region, one hundred forty-eight dollars ($148) per each license-exempt family childcare provider, and two hundred eleven dollars ($211) per each licensed family childcare provider. (3) Regions are defined as follows: (A) The central region includes the Counties of Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, and Tulare. (B) The northern region includes the Counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba. (C) The southern region includes the Counties of Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. (D) The Los Angeles region includes the County of Los Angeles only. (E) The bay area region includes the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma. (c) (1) Funding shall be allocated to the State Department of Social Services from funds in Schedule (3) of Item 5180-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 2025 and to the State Department of Education from funds specified in Schedule (1) of Item 6100-194-0001 and Schedule (1) of 6100-196-0001 of the Budget Act of 2023, the Budget Act of 2024, and the Budget Act of 2025 to provide a once-per-month, per-child-served who is enrolled in subsidized childcare cost of care plus rate. (2) (A) Of the funding des
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