Issue #10                                                  March 5, 2018
"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
CAPPA is pleased to continue our monthly "Featured Agency" segment to highlight amazing work being done by Alternative Payment Programs (APPs) child development contractors throughout the state of California. From border-to-border, APPs support working families and children with services to support self-sufficiency, stability of children in child care, and a host of services coordinated to help break the cycle of poverty.  Many APPs also have been called on to serve as a community life-support of information and resources during natural disasters.  We are pleased to continue this tradition and bring focus to the untapped potential that is the 40 plus year APP community-based system. 

If you would like to be featured, please  email us! 
March 2018 Featured Agency of the Month!
Plumas Rural Services (PRS)
Established in 1980,  Plumas Rural Services (PRS)
is community-based, private, nonprofit organization providing a wide array of community and social services in rural Northeastern California. In its 38-year history, PRS has grown extensively from a grass-roots operation serving only Plumas County to reaching the populations of Modoc, Lassen and Sierra County as well. PRS offers more than twenty distinct services that reach out to the children, men, women, families, elderly, and disabled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

PRS' Child Care programs provide parents with referrals to child care providers in their area and subsidized child care payments, and support prospective in-home child care providers through the process of getting licensed. Families with young children may work with PRS to receive WIC, parenting education, and in-home parenting support. Caregivers of children with disabilities can also call on PRS for support, resources, advocacy and respite care. Adults with developmental disabilities can attend PRS' day service and/or take advantage of supported employment and independent living skills training.

The agency has a robust complement of mental health services, from paraprofessional counseling and prevention/intervention work with youth to trauma recovery treatment to licensed therapy for children and adults. PRS offers early childhood mental health interventions, including Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) to promote caregiver bonding and positive child rearing for at risk families. PRS also provides advocacy, counseling, shelter and treatment services for those experiencing abuse or domestic violence.

PRS serves its communities through the operation of public transportation in Plumas County, a community resource center, and a time bank - a network of community members who exchange volunteer services. Additionally, PRS is a leader in the region in delivering educational workshops and professional trainings across many fields at individual, organizational and systemic levels. 

PRS takes care to promote community-based services, employing local residents and responding to locally-identified needs wherever possible. The strength of PRS comes from its ability to flex with the needs of the counties it serves, recognizing that a dynamic approach is the only way to remain relevant to populations that are ever-changing. This is what ensures PRS continues to provide the highest quality and most impactful services it can to the communities it serves.

* A BIG thank you to you Deedra Desentz for this month's submission
Quick Links
CAPPA's
2017-18 Board of Directors
President
Rick Richardson
 Child Development Associates

Vice President
Karen Marlatt
Valley Oak Children's Services

Treasurer
Beth Chiaro
Child Care Resource Center 

Secretary
LaVera Smith
Supportive Services Fresno

Past President
Martin Castro
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
Public Policy Co-Chair
Jeffrey Moreira
Crystal Stairs, Inc.

Public Policy Co-Chair
Phillip Warner
Children's Council San Francisco 

Members-at-Large
Tina Barna
Choices for Children

Abby Shull
YMCA Childcare Resource Service 
 
Amanda Al Fartosi
KinderCare Education

Jeanne Fridolfs
Community Resources for Children
 
Mike Michelon
Siskiyou Child Care Council

Marco Jimenez
Central Valley Children's Services Network

Jasmine Tijerino
San Mateo 4Cs

Michelle Graham
Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County

Joie Owen
Glenn County Office of Education

Denyne Micheletti Colburn
CAPPA CEO
EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
February 12, 2018
Bridge Program Monthly Technical Assistance Calls
DSS will be hosting technical assistance calls on the last Tuesday of each month from 1-2 pm, beginning in February.  These calls will provide opportunities for counties to share best practices and challenges as they implement the Bridge Program. CDSS staff will also be available to answer questions and address concerns. If you have specific questions or suggestions for topics in advance of the calls, please send them to
January 31, 2018
12-month Eligibility Regulation Input:
The Budget Act of 2017 requires the CDE to convene a workgroup to solicit input for developing regulations regarding the provisions of California Education Code 8263(h), 12-month eligibility. In order to garner as much input as possible, the EESD Policy Office has opened an e-mail address to gather input/recommendations from any interested party. Please e-mail your input/recommendations to EESDTitle5@cde.ca.gov. This e-mail address will be available until the close of business on Wednesday, February 28, 2018.
January 25, 2018
A manual letter (
EAS-18-03
) containing amendments to the California Department of Social Services' Eligibility and Assistance Manual has been uploaded onto the Department's website.   
January 24, 2018
The California Department of Social Services has scheduled a public hearing for March 14, 2018, to receive testimony on the CalWORKs Income or Household Composition Reporting, ORD No. 0717-18, regulations package.  Details can be found by clicking Here.
January 20, 2018
A manuel letter containing revisions CDSS' Eligibility and Assistance Standards Manual has been uploaded onto the Departments' website. Click here
 for more information.
January 12, 2018
CDSS has scheduled a public hearing for February 28, 2018, to receive testimony on the "CalWORKs Program: Subsidized Employment, Approved Career Pathways and Post-Aid Services" regulations package.
Click Here  for more information.  
Job Openings

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Children's Council San Francisco
International Institute Los Angeles
Solano Family & Children's Services 
International Institute Los Angeles
UC Berkeley
North Coast Opportunities-Lake County
Child Care Coordinating Council, Inc. of San Mateo County
International Institute Los Angeles

Go Kids, Inc., Gilroy

Teacher Assistant
International Institute of Los Angeles

Child Development Inc. is Hiring! See the Recruitment Flyer  Here.
Announcements
CAPPA Member Benefits now available on the Members Only website:
All new AP branding templates  from CAPPA's Branding Committee are now available for CAPPA members. 

The Family Factor: A Community View to Father Engagement


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Field Happenings!
The CAPPA Board has made it a priority to support our field with a coordinated calendar to note upcoming statewide conferences, federal conferences of relevance, CDE and DSS stakeholder meetings and legislative and budget deadlines and hearings. 
  • State Advisory Council on Early Learning and Care (SAC) meeting Feb 28 at 9am. Click here for more information
  • SSPI Torlakson Early Learning and Educational Support Stakeholder Group meeting  Feb 28 at 1pm  Click here to RSVP.
  • 4Cs of Alameda County offering Tax Preparation Services  Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) provides free tax preparation services for eligible low and moderate income families. February 1st-April 12th. Learn More Here.
  • Child Care Aware of America 2018 Symposium
    April 17 - 20
    Learn more and
  • Click here  to see the calendar.
  • If you have news to share or an event you want added to CAPPA's website Calendar,  email us!
CAPPA Monday Morning Update Partner






Our Monday Morning Update supports our Early Learning & Child Care field with timely information about what is going on in California and nationally; as well as dates to be aware and upcoming events. 

Our weekly (50 times per year) Monday morning distribution is to more than 4,000 federal and state local agencies, resource and referrals, contractors, legislators and their staffs', centers, parents, providers, state departments and advocates.  

To help support the continuation of this resource and or advertise in the Monday Morning Update, click  HERE. 

You can also make a donation to CAPPA and CAPPA Children's Foundation
The Children's Foundation is a non-profit organization (501(c)3), Taxpayer Identification Number is 
03-0521444. Your generous donation is tax deductible.
What's Happening
California 
State Legislation 
California Assembly and Senate floor sessions will convene on Monday and Thursday this week. 
 
Click here   to be directed to CAPPA's website to see all of the legislation that has been identified to be of interest to our field. You can find fact sheets and sample letter templates when available. On this page, CAPPA will also note legislative hearings of interest to our field.  To track and/or review legislation or to create your own tracking list,  click here.  

Here is a small sample of bills that have been identified as being of interest to the child care and early education field. You can find a more expansive list on our website. 
For child care and early education, our need and our ask is quite simple... 

WHAT DO WE WANT...
100,000 CHILD CARE SLOTS!!!
WHEN DO WE NEED THEM...NOW!!!
  • Parents need access to 24 hour/7 days per week affordable child care options that meet the demands of full time employment.
  • Children need stable and enriching child care settings to attain greater educational outcomes.
  • Child care providers and teachers need to be reimbursed livable rates that value their profession and economic contributions.
  • Employers need a reliable workforce.
Click here to read CAPPA Policy Principles & Goals: Partnering in 2017-18.   To help support a coordinated ask from our field, CAPPA will contribute to the development of talking papers, sign on communications, and more.   The more coordinated we are in our asks and priorities, the better the outcomes for families and children.

State Budget Update
will be available to CAPPA Members and subscribers only.  On this new and improved webpage, CAPPA will begin hosting enhanced budget information and strategic communications.  Annual subscriptions will be available to non-members for $50/year. 

Upcoming Budget Hearings:
FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE BUDGET, VISIT OR SUBSCRIBE TO OUR BUDGET WEBPAGE.

Partner Update
Our next governor must choose children
 
In 2018, California should elect a governor who will be a champion for young children. We need a governor who will invest in early childhood care and education to improve the lives of working and middle-class families.  

The first five years of a child's life are the building blocks of their future. Babies, toddlers and preschoolers need to have the best opportunity to succeed in life.

CALIFORNIA IS FAILING OUR YOUNGEST KIDS.
  • $1B - in budget cuts to state early education programs over the last decade
  • 86% - of babies & toddlers have no access to public early childhood education programs
  • 75% - of families seeking licensed childcare can't find it

Click here to sign up for the Choose Children in 2018 updates.
Click here to contact Choose Children 2018 for more information.
Upcoming Advocacy Days

*If you would like something added to the CAPPA/Field Happenings Calendar,  click here.   To view the calendar,  click here.
Federal
Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education
by Dionne Dobbins
Last week, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released their highly anticipated report  Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education . The report explores how to finance quality early care and education (ECE) systems so that it is accessible to all families in all settings. 
Here's what we think you should know about the new report from NASEM:
  • A high quality ECE system will cost a lot...but it's worth it. The committee estimates full financing of high-quality early childhood education would cost $140 billion (or, 0.75 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP)). This sounds like a lot, but is still less than what other economically developed countries like us spend on ECE - on average, 0.8 percent of GDP.
  • "Fragmented." Financing for service delivery, system supports, and workforce supports are in silos. There is not a systematic way to promote quality, assist families in affording quality, or support professional development that is critical to quality.
  • Money should follow quality. Quality standards must be defined and states shouldn't get financing dollars until they can demonstrate that they are prepared to roll out their system of ECE. Financing mechanisms have to work together to define quality and then link the dollars to quality. This means standards of quality and associated funding mechanisms are clear for both the settings and the educators responsible for providing quality care.
  • Access to quality for all is critical. Access to quality ECE should not be contingent on the work status or income of parents, but when parents can pay there should be standardized progressive payments based on income.
  • Everyone is responsible for financing quality ECE. As our Parents and the High Cost of Child Care reports highlight, parents bear most of the brunt of the cost of care. This is unsustainable and has to change for full accessibility to quality ECE to become a reality. Financing quality ECE must include a combination of federal, state, and private mechanisms.
  • A highly qualified workforce = high quality ECE. The ECE workforce is under-paid, under-respected and under-trained. Educators should not have to finance their entire education, and financial assistance is critical for practitioners to increase their knowledge base, competencies, and qualifications. State and federal governments should provide financing for ECE curricula, postsecondary institutions, and faculty.
  • Data, data, data. Sustained funding for research and evaluation on financing ECE is critical to understanding what works in which situations and for whom. In addition, collection of data over time allows for a better understanding of the changes in the ECE landscape when financing is available.
Click HERE to read more of Child Care Aware's take on the publication.
Click HERE  to purchase the report. 

Harmful Effects of Immigration Policy On Young Children
As the nation endures a torrent of anti-immigrant policies, actions, and rhetoric from the Trump Administration, young children in immigrant families-babies, toddlers, and preschoolers-are suffering immediate and potentially longer-term consequences. Those are the findings from two new reports by the Center for Law a nd Social Policy (CLASP). 
Our Children's Fears: Immigration Policy's Effects on Young Children examines the effects of these threats to children in immigrant families. Immigration Policy's Harmful Impacts on Early Care and Education describes how professionals who care for young children are coping with these same issues and provides guidance for how they can support these children and their families.
Based on field work with more than 150 early care and education professionals and parents in six states (California, Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania), our reports offer the first-ever look at how the Trump Administration is wreaking havoc in the lives of young children under age eight. These children are crucial to the United States' future: about one in four young children has at least one immigrant parent, and virtually all these children are U.S. citizens. 

Clasp will be holding a webinar to discuss the findings of the above reports on March 13th at 12pm (PST). Register Here. 


Where Does Your Child Care Dollar Go?  by Simon Workman
Across the United States, it is not unusual for child care tuition to be the first- or second-largest household expense for families, costing more than mortgage or rent. Meanwhile, early childhood teachers are some of the lowest-paid professionals; nearly 40 percent of child care teachers rely on public assistance at some point in their careers. Early childhood programs themselves also operate on tight budgets.

But if child care teachers are paid so little and early childhood programs are struggling to make ends meet, many parents are justifiably left asking the question: Why does child care cost so much?

In addition to answering this question, CAP's new report and interactive
explain the inadequacies of the current revenue streams available to early childhood education programs. To fully address the issues of affordability, accessibility, and quality, a significant new public investment is needed. This investment must go far beyond the current subsidy system, provide support to all low- and middle-income families, and ensure that early childhood teachers are compensated fairly. Helping parents and policymakers understand the true cost of high-quality child care is an important step in building support for this public investment.

Of Interest
Upcoming CAPPA Events 

CAPPA Insights and Advocacy Calls:
Members Only Conference Calls
March 7, 2018
10:00am - 10:45am
in partnership with: First 5 Association of California 
 
Topic: First 5's 20th Anniversary and Vision for the Future
Presented by: Margot Grant Gould, Policy Director, First 5 Association of California
 
Join us for an ALL NEW Insights and Advocacy Conference Call. 
 
Topics will vary from month to month and will include: relevant legislation, budget updates, caucus priorities, reports from policy experts and more.  The purpose of these calls is to share information that is relevant to our field to our members. 
 
For this call, Margot Grant Gould will be discussing transitions around how First 5s work together across a statewide network, policy priorities and legislative efforts for the year, statewide data, the importance of the first 5 years, and how we can build early childhood systems and supports to ensure the well-being of California's young children. 
 

CAPPA Statewide Meeting-in partnership with CDE-Northern CA location just added!
April 5, 2018
Pomona Unified School District
1460 E. Holt Avenue 
Pomona, CA 91767
Entrance 3 
9:30am-2:30pm
June 21, 2018
University of Phoenix
2860 Gateway Oaks Drive
Bldg. B, Ste. 100
Sacramento CA  95833
Classrooms 121/122/123 
9:30am-2:30pm
To better support our field, CAPPA, in partnership with CDE, will be hosting TWO, informational trainings for our field in both Pomona and in Sacramento!  
These Statewide Meetings will bring our field together to share insights and experiences, explore ideas, shape policy, and discuss best practices.
Both locations will offer the same format, agenda and presentations. We hope you can join us!

Agenda:
9:00am
Registration
9:30am-11:00am
 Improper Payment Elimination and Recovery Act Results
 The purpose of this informational session is to present information and results regarding the Improper Payments and Elimination Recovery Act (IPERA) review for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2015-16.
11:00am-12:30pm
 Overview of the Alternative Payment, CalWORKs Child Care and Family Child Care Home Education Networks Review Guide
This workshop presents an overview of the Alternative Payment review guide and provides clear written information that will be used in Alternative Payment monitoring reviews.
12:30pm
Lunch
1:00pm-2:30pm
 Attendance Recording, Reporting and Provider Payments (Alternative Payment Programs)
This workshop presents an overview of the changes to attendance reporting as prescribed in AB 274. It will provide information on provider payment requirements and parent and provider responsibilities for attendance recording for reimbursements, proration, monthly maximums, provider examples of actual calculations and how to deal with oddities like if hourly rates exceed daily rates.

Interested in sponsoring these events?
Click Here to sponsor the Pomona Training
Click Here to sponsor the Sacramento Training

We look forward to seeing you!
Register Today for an Entire Year's Worth of Training!

 
All New Early Learning & Child Care Webinar Series for 2018!
Build or Add to your 
Resource Library!
This is Your Opportunity  to Receive Professional  Development in a Format  Convenient to You. 
CAPPA Children's Foundation, in partnership with MCT  Technology, brings you an ALL NEW Series of trainings, all for one low price per center or program location. 
 View the webinar series and be connected without ever leaving your location. This is a fabulous opportunity to train staff, providers and the community on the most requested child care topics for 2018 at an affordable price in an incredibly convenient format. 

Click Here  to see more details, topics and to  register for the all new 2018 series.

The 2010- 2017 series' are still available for purchase. Purchase the 2010, 2011 and 2012 webinar CDs for 50% off!!  For more information or to view past topics,  Click Here.
Resources
CDSS Community Care Licencing Resources
 
In support of our field is a request of resource updates.  This week we are profiling Community Care Licensing.  Below are links to information we hope is of interest:
Upcoming Calls & Webinars of Significance 

 
Webinar: Attendance Recording and Reporting Center Based Programs
 
The EESD will host a webinar training for CDE, EESD contractors on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, on Attendance Recording and Reporting for Center Based Programs. It is not necessary to pre-register for this webinar training.
 
Attendee Information
 
Topic: Attendance Recording and Reporting Center Based Programs
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 9:30 a.m., Pacific Standard Time
Event number: 668 732 584
Event password: 148274
Event Registration/address for Attendees: