Very important moment. Its right to pause and reflect and thank each and every one of are suffered. The need to do everything in our power to make sure that their immediate needs are attended to and that we move aggressively but thoughtfully and tray teenically with a health first mindset to reopening the economy in the peril of Economic Conditions. I want to begin not only to acknowledge those workers but to just remind you a bit about what weve been doing as both essential workers and those that have been displaced, we talked yesterday about a new portal for child care but again, you cant talk about the work force, those needs of essential workers, and those that are searching for Job Opportunities displaced talking about the need and caring for their children. Some 20,000 vouchers have been set aside in our efforts to address the child care needs, thousands and thousands of critical front line employees. Over 28,000 slots that are available today and if you go to that site covid19.
Portal for child care, but again, you can talk about the workforce, those needs of essential workers, and those that are active in searching for Job Opportunities that have been displaced without talking about the need to take care of their children. Some 20,000 vouchers have been set aside in our efforts to address the childcare needs of thousands and thousands of critical frontline employees. We also put that site up that identifies over 28,000 slots that are available today if you go to that site on covid 19. Ca. Gov. You can type in your zip code and you can see a number of licensed facilities and and around your community with available slots and information about health and safety, more work to do, t that our in that space, we will have more resources to invest in that space, coming from the federal government, some 350 million that we will be working with the legislature to distribute as quickly as we can. But again, im very grateful for the work the department of social service
Today we are announcing a new effort, healthcore. Ca. Gov that will provide a platform to match individuals that may have retired in the last five years that are nursing students or medical students that are nearing to incorporate and encourage them to be good on the platform to provide for the platform and meet the moment over the course of the next number of weeks as they continue to rise. We couldnt be more pleased by the incredible professionalism of nurses and doctors, our professional representatives that came together across many differences and organized to provide more flexibility, more Surge Capacity for the system. Allowing us to utilize our existing resources in a more resourceful way. I want to thank all the representatives for putting aside those differences and meeting this moment head on. To provide the flexibility that is required to meet this moment. We have an executive order that went out that will provide flexibility through june 30. This is temporary flexibility o
Q were hearing and were going toe live to sacramento where gavin newsom is speaking. Were seeing a tripling of the number of icu patients in the last four days. They are long projected and we have for weeks been organizing ourselves around a surge that will require roughly twothirds increase. It requires fighting new places to put people, number two, requires having adequate supplies from personal Protection Equipments to th ventilators and requires people. Today we are announcing a ide to match individuals that may have retired in the last five getting licensed or re ess licensed. It toys incorporate and encourage them to provide for the kind of Human Capital several that well need to meet the moment over the next number of weeks as these numbers continue to rise. We couldnt be more pleased by the nurses and doctors, our professional representatives that came together across many differences and organized around a framework of providing more flexibility, more Surge Capacity within the
The u. S. Senate and on this tuesday scheduled to hold a brief pro forma session. No votes are typically scheduled during these sessions. Lawmakers meeting every three Business Days during their district work period and legislative work expected to resume on monday, september 9. This is live coverage here on cspan2. The floor of the u. S. Senate empty on this tuesday morning. The senate remained on their summer break, but during the break they hav had been holdingt are known as pro forma sessions, typically brief gavel in cavil at sessions. No votes are typically scheduled during the sessions, and as we await the start of this pro forma session which was expected to begin at 10 00, we are now 10 12. Live live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. We are Still Standing by with this live picture of the use senate chamber. The Senate Schedule told a brief pro forma session that was set for 10 a. M. Eastern. Obviously running a little bit behind. The Senate State Work Period continue. Law