In response to Calif. Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent Executive Order allowing for the reopening of state-subsidized before and after school child care facilities for essential workers, the Calif. Department of Education (CDE) issued a Management Bulletin prioritizing children of workers in the food and agriculture industry.
Farm workers and others in agriculture will now have priority in arranging for child care during work hours.
Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, Western Growers raised the issue of child care for essential workers to the Newsom Administration.