Terms Used In California Codes > Welfare and Institutions Code > Division 9 > Part 1.8 > Chapter 1 - General Provisions

• Alternative payment program: means a local government agency or nonprofit organization that has contracted with the department pursuant to Section 10225. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Alternative payments: includes payments that are made by one childcare agency to another agency or childcare provider for the provision of childcare and development services, and payments that are made by an agency to a parent for the parent's purchase of childcare and development services. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Attendance: means the number of children present at a childcare and development facility. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• California state preschool program: means part-day and full-day educational programs for low-income or otherwise disadvantaged three- and four-year-old children. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Childcare and development facility: means a residence or building or part thereof in which childcare and development services are provided. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Childcare and development programs: means those programs that offer a full range of services for children from infancy to 13 years of age, for any part of a day, by a public or private agency, in centers and family childcare homes. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Childcare and development services: means those services designed to meet a wide variety of needs of children and their families, while their parents or guardians are working, in training, seeking employment, incapacitated, or in need of respite. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Children with exceptional needs: means either of the following:

  California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Cost: includes , but is not limited to, expenditures that are related to the operation of childcare and development programs. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
• Dual language learner: means children whose first language is a language other than English or children who are developing two or more languages, one of which may be English. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Family childcare home education network: means an entity organized under law that contracts with the department pursuant to Section 10250 to make payments to licensed family childcare home providers and to provide educational and support services to those providers and to children and families eligible for state-subsidized childcare and development services. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Intergenerational staff: means persons of various generations. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Local educational agency: means a school district, a county office of education, a community college district, or a school district acting on behalf of one or more schools within the school district. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Parent: means a biological parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, foster parent, caretaker relative, or any other adult living with a child who has responsibility for the care and welfare of the child. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Program director: means a person who, pursuant to Sections 10242 and 10380. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Resource and referral programs: means programs that provide information to parents, including referrals and coordination of community resources for parents and public or private providers of care. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Site supervisor: means a person who, regardless of their title, has operational program responsibility for a childcare and development program at a single site. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Support services: means those services that, when combined with childcare and development services, help promote the healthy physical, mental, social, and emotional growth of children. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Teacher: means a person with the appropriate permit issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing who provides program supervision and instruction that includes supervision of a number of aides, volunteers, and groups of children. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5
• Workday: means the time that the parent requires temporary care for a child for any of the following reasons:

  California Welfare and Institutions Code 10213.5