The State of California administers many programs with a parent involvement component.  These are organized below by:

• Child Care and Development
• Family Literacy
• Special Education
• Subject Matter Enrichment
• College Promotion
• Parent Involvement Funding

Child Care and Development

Out of school time is a critical learning time.  Many child care programs have a parent education component to help parents support learning at home. Information about these programs can be found through a centralized eligibility list found at  www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/cdcelscontacts.asp

 After School Education and Safety Program
Provides funds to schools and districts that collaborate with community partners to provide safe and educationally enriching alternatives for children and youths during non-school hours.

Alternative Payment Program - offers an array of child care arrangements for parents, such as in-home care, family child care, and center-based care. The APP helps families arrange child care services and makes payment for those services directly to the child care provider selected by the family. The APP is intended to increase parental choice and accommodate the individual needs of the family.

CalWORKs Child Care - Recipients of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) grant program are required to engage in work or work preparation activities. CalWORKs programs provide an array of welfare-to-work services. Child care is provided with state and federal funds in three stages.

 Child Care and Development – General child care and development programs use centers and family child care home networks operated or administered by either public or private agencies and local educational agencies. These agencies provide child development services for children from birth through 12 years of age and for older children with exceptional needs. These programs serve students from birth to age 12 and provide an educational component that is developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate for the children served. The programs also provide meals and snacks to children, parent education courses, referrals to health and social services for families, and staff development opportunities to employees.  www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/op/cdprograms.asp

Child Care and Development Planning Councils - Local child care and development planning councils (LPCs) support the overall coordination of child care services in each of the 58 counties. The LPCs are mandated to conduct assessments of County child care needs and to prepare plans to address the identified needs. The child care assessments must contain information on the supply and demand for child care, including the need for both subsidized and nonsubsidized care.

 Early Start Family Resources Centers (FRCs) Families of infants and toddlers (birth to 36 months) at risk of or with developmental delays and disabilities, can receive parent-to-parent support from Early Start Family Resource Centers and Networks. Family Resource Centers/Networks (FRC/Ns) actively collaborate with local regional centers and education agencies and help many parents, families and children access information about early intervention services. A listing of the Family Resource Centers is included in the Central Directory of Early Intervention Resources (PDF). First 5 Commissions – Every county has a   First 5 Commission which funds programs for children under six years of age and their families.  These programs include school readiness, health access, child-care and parent education. www.ccfc.ca.gov/countyinfo.htm  Migrant child care and development programs serve the children of agricultural workers while their parents are at work. The centers are open for varying lengths of time during the year, depending largely on the harvest activities in the area. In addition to these center-based programs, the current budget continues to provide for the Migrant Alternative Payment Network Program that allows eligibility and funding for services that follow migrant families as they move from place to place to find work in the Central Valley. Prekindergarten and Family Literacy programs facilitate a child's transition to kindergarten and provide part-day activities during the year before children are eligible to be enrolled in kindergarten. The programs provide a literacy component and encourage parents to work on interactive literacy activities, both in the classroom and at home with their children. The programs also include a parenting education and staff development components. PKFL programs must be located in the attendance area of elementary schools in deciles 1 to 3, inclusive.

Resource and Referral- Resource and referral programs provide information to all parents and the community about the availability of child care in their area. The programs assist potential providers in the licensing process; provide direct services, including training; and they coordinate community resources for the benefit of parents and local child care providers. Resource and Referral services are available in all 58 California counties.

School Age Community Child Care Services - School-age community child care programs provide a safe environment with age- and developmentally appropriate activities for school-age children during the hours immediately before and after the normal school day as well as during school vacations. These programs must enroll a minimum of 50 percent of students from families that can pay the full cost of care, although this requirement may be waived when the agency can demonstrate the impracticality of such a requirement.

Severely Handicapped Program – The program is offered in the San Francisco Bay Area.  It provides care and supervision, age and developmentally appropriate activities, therapy, youth guidance, and parental counseling to eligible children and young adults from birth to 21 years of age. Recipients of these services must have an individualized education plan (IEP) or an individualized family service plan (IFSP) issued through special education programs.

State Preschool – State preschool programs are part-day comprehensive developmental programs for three- to five-year-old children from low-income families. The programs emphasize parent education and encourage parent involvement. In addition to preschool education activities that are developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate for the children served, the state preschool programs provide meals or snacks to children, referrals to health and social services for families, and staff development opportunities to employees. These programs are administered through local educational agencies, colleges, community-action agencies, and private nonprofit agencies.HeadstartTitle I Preschool - Title I, Part A funds may be used for eligible preschool children, i.e., those most at risk of failing to meet the state's academic content standards. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 encourages the use of Title I Part A funds for preschool programs. 

Family Literacy   

Even Start Family LiteracyThe purpose of this program is to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving educational opportunities for low-income families. www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/op/evenstart.asp Migrant Education Even StartA statewide home-based and school-based family education program that assists migratory parents to increase their literacy and parenting skills so they can prepare their children, birth to seven years of age, to become successful learners. www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/op/mees.asp

Special Education

Gifted and Academically Talented Education (GATE) – The Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program funds local school districts to develop unique education opportunities for high-achieving and underachieving pupils in California public elementary and secondary schools who have been identified as gifted and talented. Special efforts are made to ensure that pupils from economically disadvantaged and varying cultural backgrounds are provided with full participation in these unique opportunities. The program requires a district GATE advisory committees with parent representatives www.cde.ca.gov/sp/gt/gt/  IDEA Partnership – The program is dedicated to improving outcomes for students and youth with disabilities by joining state agencies and stakeholders through shared work and learning.  
The IDEA Partnership reflects the collaborative work of more than 55 national organizations, technical assistance providers, and organizations and agencies at state and local level.   www.ideapartnership.org/  WorkAbility I promotes the involvement of key stakeholders including students, families, educators, employers and other agencies in planning and implementing an array of services for students with disabilities which will culminate in successful student transition to employment, lifelong learning and quality of life. www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/sr/wrkabltyI.asp  

Programs for Target Populations

Migrant Education www.cde.ca.gov/sp/me/mt/programs.asp  Native American - The American Indian Early Childhood Education Program is designed to develop and test educational models that increase competence in reading, language arts, mathematics, and self-esteem for American Indian children in pre-kindergarten through grade four.

College Promotion

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)  www.avidonline.org   California Student Opportunity & Outreach Program (Cal-Soap) is instrumental in improving the flow of information about postsecondary education and financial aid while raising the achievement levels of low-income, elementary and secondary school students or geographic regions with documented low-eligibility or college participation rates, and who are first in their families to attend college. www.csac.ca.gov/doc.asp?id=77  Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) works with more than 80,000 California students who attend 542 middle and high schools to turn dreams of college into reality. At the University of California, EAOP alumni comprise more than a quarter of the historically underrepresented student body. EAOP students and their families receive the necessary information and motivation to prepare for a UC education, including applying to the University and securing adequate financial aid. www.eaop.org Puente Project is an academic preparation program whose mission is to increase the number of educationally disadvantaged students who: enroll in four-year colleges and universities; earn college degrees; and return to the community as mentors and leaders of future generations. www.puente.net

Subject Matter

Figure This -  This Federal Education Department program improves math achievement among middle school students through increased parental involvement.  www.figurethis.org  Math, Engineering & Science Association (MESA) www.ucop.edu/mesa/home.html

Parent Involvement Funding Sources

 Economic Impact Aid (EIA) is a state categorical program that provides supplemental funds, kindergarten through grade twelve, to support (1) additional programs and services for English learners (ELs), and (2) compensatory education services for educationally disadvantaged students, as determined by the LEA applicant. EIA funding is open to all public school districts that request participation using Part I of the annual Consolidated Application. www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/eia.asp  Family Participation Fund – Offers funds for families of special needs students to participate in advisory committees. cafec.org/family_participation_fund.htm   High Priority School Grant Program assists the lowest performing schools, schools in deciles 1 to 5 according to statewide 2000 Academic Performance Index (API), to increase students' achievement. www.cde.ca.gov/ta/lp/hp/  Title 1 – 1% of a districts Title I funds are designated for parental involvement activities.  Title III - EL  - Requires  the formation and involvement of school site and district parent advisory committees comprised of parents of English language learners: DELAC (District English Learners Advisory Committee) and ELAC (school site English Learners Advisory Committee).