2024-11-04T12:40:46-06:00 2023-12-31 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 2698 Mataro Street Pasadena CA 91107 990 2023-01-01 942959973 Child Care Law Center CHIL 4155588005 PO Box 9066 Berkeley CA 94709 Maisha Cole Executive Director 4155588005 2024-11-04 1 1 Carlos A Davis CPA P02037008 6264036801 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Maisha Cole PO Box 9066 Berkeley CA 94709 2526578 0 X www.childcarelaw.org X 1985 CA Educate and advocate for child care policy to meet the needs of families, children and providers. 11 11 12 10 0 0 765830 2476270 900 6000 1157 28868 0 4032 767887 2515170 0 0 0 0 446385 1140713 0 0 123826 291538 823391 737923 1964104 29964 551066 1710798 2263406 55424 56966 1655374 2206440 X The Child Care Law Center ("CCLC") educates, advocates, and litigates to make child care a civil right. 0 0 1177024 Advocacy: The CCLC fights for child care policies that are just and fair for children, families and providers, regardless of race or economic status.Affordable child care for families with low incomes: CCLC succeeded in winning a one-year waiver of child care fees for families enrolled in subsidized child care in California. This is the third year in a row that CCLC succeeded in getting the fees waived. The state assesses fees based on a family's income. The fees range from $64 - $654 a month for a family of three with monthly earnings of $2,825 - $7,244. One hundred and fifty thousand families were immediately impacted. All families enrolling until December 2023 will also benefit.Our advocacy resulted in funding for an additional 22,000 affordable child care vouchers in California for 2023. Families with low incomes will use these vouchers to pay for child care so they can work and afford their other basic living expenses. Increasing the child care supply: Last year, CCLC assisted the California State Fire Marshal in issuing uniform guidance to all local fire departments. The guidance clarifies that local fire departments may not charge a fee for fire clearances. It unifies rules regarding inspections and fire safety. This advocacy affects approximately 25,000 home-based child care providers (and impacts 150,000-300,000 children who attend the child care programs). Previously, local fire departments assessed fees, and followed a wide range of rules. The inconsistent rules were a barrier to opening up a home-based child care. This year, we monitored the implementation of the fire guidance to ensure local fire departments follow the law. For example, when Los Angeles assessed a fire safety permit fee of $501, we explained to the Department of Finance its error and helped secure refunds to the hundreds of individuals who paid the fee. By eliminating barriers like this, we make it possible for child care providers to run their businesses, have economic security, and provide care for more children in their communities.Protecting housing rights for child care providers: CCLC works with government agencies and nonprofits to improve laws and policies to prevent unjust rent increases, evictions, and discrimination.Home-based child care providers face discrimination when trying to rent and are susceptible to the housing crisis facing so many Californians. Promoting and protecting child care providers' homes is critical to addressing our housing crisis and the child care shortage. Many families rely on home-based child care for their babies and toddlers.Increasing economic security for child care providers: CCLC gave legal interpretation and analysis to policymakers and policy advocates on more than a dozen specific policies, laws and regulations, to assure that new federal requirements were followed, and to assure uniform interpretation across California. The results included accurate and fair reimbursements to child care providers, in particular for their work caring for children with disabilities, children in the foster care system, and children from families with low incomes.Our interpretation and explanation of funding from Congress in the CARES Act, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations, Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, and the American Rescue Plan Act guided state agencies responsible for distributing the funds. Thousands of child care providers received grant payments to pay staff, purchase equipment, and make necessary renovations to their home-based child care businesses.We advocated in the state budget process to create more equitable payment rates and retirement benefits so that child care providers, who are some of the lowest-paid workers in the country, would be paid more fairly and be able to meet their own expenses. 165211 6000 Technical assistance for legal services programs: CCLC is the only organization in the country devoted exclusively to child care law. Our primary purpose is to provide technical assistance, information, training, and co-counseling to IOLTA-funded legal services programs in California. Through our research and advocacy, we address the systemic injustices embedded in our legal system and child care policies. We update legal aid programs about changing laws and regulations that impact Californians with low incomes, so they can help their clients. Legal aid programs rely on our legal expertise about children and families and child care to give assistance and representation to their clients.In addition to our support services, we assisted individuals with limited representation to protect housing, subsidies for children with disabilities, subsidy benefits, or other issues. 100555 Community education and outreach: CCLC gives families, child care providers, attorneys, and advocates specific information about child care-related legal topics, including children with disabilities, housing and zoning rights, and child care financial assistance. We conducted 50 workshops attended by approximately 3,000 people, answered 300 questions for information via email, and posted answers to 63 Frequently Asked Questions on our website. Our staff also participated in countless informal information sessions, stakeholder meetings, and community meetings so attendees could rely on legal expertise. CCLC includes landlords, city governments, and homeowner associations in our community education plan. Hence, they know the rules they must follow to promote and protect child care programs in their communities.CCLC educates community partners and advocates about racial justice and social justice and builds a racial equity lens into education and advocacy activities. 49892 Lobbying: CCLC engages in administrative and legislative advocacy to achieve its mission. Some advocacy activities constitute lobbying. CCLC engages in these activities where not restricted by funders, and to the extent permitted by law. 49892 1492682 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 CA X X X Maisha Cole - Executive Director 4155588005 1220 Seventh Street 2nd Floor Berkeley CA 94710 Rachel Boyce Chair/Board Member (Trs. 3/23) 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Natasha Saggar Sheth Secretary/Chair (Trs. 3/23) 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Lisa Holder Vice Chair/Board Member (Trs. 3/23) 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Ernest Hammond III Board Member/Vice Chair (Trs. 3/23) 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Samuel Levine Treasurer/Board Member (Trs. 3/23) 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Frank Pare Board Member/Treasurer (Trs. 3/23) 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Sarah Efthymiou Board Member/Secretary (Trs. 3/23) 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Mary Gutierrez-Hunter Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Paula Mathis Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sabrina Siddiqui Board Member (Start 3/23) 1.00 X 0 0 0 Moony Tong Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kim Kruckel Executive Director 40.00 X 156216 0 5908 Laurie Furstenfeld Legal Director 40.00 X 128889 0 3867 Maisha Cole Deputy Director 40.00 X 116288 0 4285 Deanne Bray Director of Finance 40.00 X 106525 0 1065 507918 0 15125 4 0 1 0 0 2758 1104570 1368942 8 2476270 Training 900099 6000 6000 6000 28868 28868 11408 2758 11408 0 Other income 900099 4032 4032 4032 2515170 6000 0 32900 X 162124 122213 34506 5405 827523 622810 177365 27348 15915 12505 2758 652 60142 47258 10422 2462 75009 53391 13360 8258 1395 1395 19070 19070 665040 575342 28722 60976 19780 10960 6585 2235 3575 575 3000 33915 13139 20062 714 20995 11111 8470 1414 8713 1545 1049 6119 6074 3897 1529 648 Miscellaneous 38346 15585 18221 4540 Dues & subscriptions 6488 2926 3507 55 1964104 1492682 347596 123826 849471 1048727 823863 591602 22539 600000 14925 17355 15457 15457 0 0 0 5722 1710798 2263406 55424 56966 55424 56966 X 1023818 1406698 631556 799742 1655374 2206440 1710798 2263406 551066 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1063408 1536385 1841926 765830 2476270 7683819 1063408 1536385 1841926 765830 2476270 7683819 751718 6932101 3575 2716 1338 1157 28868 37654 5420 1038 22729 4032 33219 7754692 6900 0.89390 0.95420 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 1964104 1964104 248205 62051 0 0 191682 211169 135688 248205 786744 1180116 19885 34666 17246 71797 47921 52792 33922 62051 196686 295029 5338 16286 3092 24716 15457 15457 0 0 X 2515170 0 2515170 0 2515170 1964104 0 1964104 0 1964104 Part X, Line 2: Child Care Law Center is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken by Child Care Law Center in their federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. Child Care Law Center's returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Kim Kruckel Executive Director 139968 0 16248 0 0 0 4686 0 1222 0 162124 0 0 0 Part I, Line 7 General annual bonus was paid in 2023. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b Form 990 is submitted to the Finance Committee for review in detail with the Executive Director or Board's designee. The Form 990 is then presented at the next Board of Directors Meeting for review and approval before signing and mailing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c Each board member has a Board Handbook containing the Conflict of Interest Policy. Board members read and review the policy each year, and we explain the policy to potential new board members. Every year, each board member signs the Annual Disclosure Statement. If any conflicts are disclosed, they are managed accordingly by the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a The Board of Directors researched compensation levels of comparably-sized organizations providing comparable services in our geographic region. The Board then determined a reasonable range of compensation. Finally, the Board reviewed and approved the amount of compensation. 15(b) CCLC answered no as there were no other officers or key employees as defined by Form 990 instructions who were compensated. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Financial Audit and Form 990 are available: Our website at childcarelaw.org, Guidestar at guidestar.org/profile/94-2959973 and through the California State Bar upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Other fees: Program service expenses 575,342. Management and general expenses 28,722. Fundraising expenses 60,976. Total expenses 665,040.