California Lawmakers Approve Nation’s 1st Basic Income Plan
If approved by Gov. Newsom, California will be the first state to send unconditional monthly checks to residents. The $35-million plan will target former foster care children and pregnant Californians.
The California Capitol building.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) California will send monthly checks to adults exiting the state’s foster care system under a first-of-its-kind guaranteed income plan approved Thursday by lawmakers.
The taxpayer-funded program will allow qualifying pregnant residents and those aging out of the foster care system regardless of how much time they spent in the system to spend the cash assistance freely. Monthly payments could range up to $1,000 and the multi-year pilot program carries a $35 million price tag.
California Approves Guaranteed Income Program for Residents
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So let’s unpack exactly how the raise will work.
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California sets the rates child care workers are paid to care for kids through its subsidy programs based on a survey of child care costs across the state.
Right now, providers are paid at the 75th percentile of the 2016 rate. For example, in L.A. County family child care providers get a maximum of
$5.80 an hour for each infant who needs full-time monthly care.
A more recent 2018 survey exists and state law says it s the intent of the legislature to reimburse child care providers at the 85th percentile of the most recent survey. That intent hasn’t been the reality for the last three years.