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California's Child Care Services is facing a budget deficit, putting the state at risk of cutting back on its investments in early childhood development, including for children ages 0-5, harming the most vulnerable children by failing to provide them with child care services.
And nearly 284,000 children in California have been dropped during the federally required Medi-Cal eligibility renewal process for Medicaid recipients, many due to administrative errors and not because the children no longer qualify, experts said. during a