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CAPPA is excited to announce to the field, our 2016-17 Board of Directors:
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Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
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VICE- PRESIDENT
Rick Richardson,
Child Development Associates
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SECRETARY
Trudy Adair-Verbais,
Santa Barbara County Education Office
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TREASURER
Karen Marlatt, Valley Oak Children's Services
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PUBLIC
POLICY
CO-CHAIR
Jeff Moreira,
Crystal Stairs
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PUBLIC
POLICY
CO-CHAIR
Phil Warner,
Children's Council San Francisco
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PAST PRESIDENT
Tina Barna,
Choices for Children
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Beth Chiaro,
Child Care Resource Center
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Teri Sedrick,
North Coast Opportunities, Inc.
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Amanda Al Fartosi,
KinderCare Education
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Carolyn Woempner,
YMCA Childcare Resource Service
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Don Henniger,
Child Development Resources of Ventura County, Inc.
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Jeanne Fridolfs, Community Resources for Children
Newly Elected
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Marco Jimenez,
Central Valley Children's Services Network
Newly Elected
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Mike Michelon,
Siskiyou Child Care Council
Newly Elected
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To help support the CAPPA Board and your Board of Directors moving forward, we have a couple volunteer opportunities for CAPPA Members.
- Public Policy Committee - This committee is responsible for developing policy, budget and regulatory priorities. The participation is done via conference call and webinar format. Meeting schedules and other details to be determined by the committee. Click here to let us know your interest.
- Subcommittee on Agency Funding- This committee will be chaired by Tina Barna. The focus of the committee will be to identify those funding issues that affect agencies differently. Click here to let us know your interest.
- Subcommittee on CCDBG, Regulations and Best Practices. Click here to let us know your interes.
Learn more about the CAPPA Committees
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Mandated Child Abuse Reporter Training (MCART)*
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Field Happenings!
If you have news to share or an event you want added to CAPPA's website Calendar, email us!
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Share your Best Practices!
CAPPA is continuing to add agency best practices to the member only section of the CAPPA website. If you have any forms you would like to share,
email them to us!
If you are a CAPPA Member and would like to access the Best Practices Library,
Click Here.
(you will need your member log-in)
Take a sneak peek at some of the many samples we have posted:
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Is Your Organization Hiring?
Post your job announcement here for thousands to see!
There is no charge for CAPPA members.
Non-members will be charged a fee of $75.
Please email us your posting!
Crystal Stairs is Hiring! See current job openings
Here.
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County
Family Resource and Referral Center of San Joaquin Count
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What are the impacts of the minimum wage you anticipate?
On April 4, 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 3 (Leno), which will raise the state minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2022, giving California a path to the highest state minimum wage in the country
. Higher income, itself, has a demonstrated positive impact on family and child health and education outcomes. The Child Care Law Center joins others in celebrating this historic achievement. At the same time, we urge serious consideration of systemic issues highlighted by the increase's impact on the long radically under-compensated field of child care.
To read more about the phase in of the minimum wage and the impacts to providers and parents of our programs, the Child Care Law Center has put together some information.
Click here to read.
Please share with us any information that can be put forward. We know the minimum wage will impact providers, parents, and community resources that support them. The more detailed information you have in regards to the impact to staffing, access, ability to Let us hear from you.
Click here to read
A Rising Minimum Wage Reinforces the Case for Boosting Investment in California's Child Care and Development System, by the California Budget & Policy Center.
If you have information to share, please email.
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WE WANT TO KNOW YOUR PRIORITIES FOR 2017-18
In support of our field, we want to know what your organizational priorities are. Does your organization have an approved set of public policy or budget priorities?
Please share with us.
Also, we all know that the increase in the minimum wage will have ripple effects to all parts of the child care and early learning systems. If you can share with us the impact the minimum wage increase will have on you as a provider, a centers, or to your parents, let use know.
Please share with us.
If there is information that you would like collected from the field,
let us know.
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2016 Joint Annual Conference
October 19-21, 2016
DoubleTree Hotel Sacramento
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Thank you to our 2016 Conference Partners! See a current listing HERE.
We look forward to seeing all 700 participants there!
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CAPPA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
SUPPORTING THE FIELD WITH YEAR ROUND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
CAPPA & Children's Foundation Regional Technical Assistance Trainings- Fall 2016
Hosted by CAPPA Member Agencies
CAPPA member agencies, with the support of CAPPA & Children's Foundation, have put together a series of Informational and Networking Sessions that will be coming to a region near you!
This series will offer a variety of Hot topics for the field and ALL staff are encouraged to attend.
Topics will include
a Governance and Administration Unit (GAU) Informational and Best Practices Discussion ,
CAPPA Advocacy Update and
Peer-to-Peer Networking Session.
Dates and Locations:
- November 15, 2016- Weaverville
- November 18, 2016- San Francisco
- December 6, 2016- San Diego
- December 7, 2016- Riverside
- December 14, 2016- Santa Barbara
- December 15, 2016- Fresno
Time:
All locations are from 10:00am-2:00pm
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CAPPA Informational Conference Call on the Election
November 16, 2016
10:00am-11:00am
Hear from the experts on Outcomes from the November Election, Economic Forecasts and Fiscal Realities, and Impacts to the Child Care and Early Learning Field without leaving your office!
- John Myers, Sacramento Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times
- David Metz, Partner, Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates
- Willie Pelote, Consultant Advisor to the Chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, Retired as the Political and Legislative Director for the California Chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
There will be no charge for CAPPA members. Non-members will be charged a fee of $49.
Call-in information will be sent the day before the call to the email address provided.
Register Here.
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California
STATE LEGISLATION
NOTE: The Senate and the Assembly are in final recess until December 5, 2016.
STATE BUDGET
"...2016-17 ends with $8.5 billion in total estimated reserves-up by $1.1 billion from the amount now estimated at the end of 2015-16. This shows that estimated state General Fund revenues ($124.2 billion) exceed total General Fund expenditures ($122.5 billion). Spending includes both ongoing program costs and one-time items, such as $1 billion in state office building replacements. If revenues differ from the budget assumptions-for example, if 2016-17 revenues are higher or lower than the assumed level in Figure 2-reserves would differ from this total."
Federal
In-Depth Lessons from the 2015 Census Poverty and Income Reports
On September 13, the U.S. Census Bureau reported important economic improvements including sharp reductions in the poverty rate and in the share of Americans without health insurance. Yet those improvements co-exist with distressing and persistent disparities that could undercut the nation's future by hindering success for America's next generation. What should Americans take from these findings, and how can they guide action? This report unpacks the key data points, including insights from CLASP's original analysis of the data; places them in the context of research about the causes and consequences of poverty; and proposes an action agenda of policy solutions. Click here to read more.
 The Cost of Work-Family Policy Inaction
Quantifying the Costs Families Currently Face as a Result of Lacking U.S. Work-Family Policies
The lack of federal work-family policies in the United States marks the nation as an extreme outlier among other advanced economies. Unlike every other wealthy country in the world, the United States does not guarantee workers the right to paid maternity leave, nor does it guarantee the right to paid leave for any reason at all. Worse still, families in the United States pay a significantly higher price for child care than families in most other comparable economies. This lack of investment in policies to support U.S. working families depresses labor force participation, holds back economic growth, and has negative impacts on families' well-being. Click here to read report.
Of Interest
NOTE: If you would like to share your newsletter or items of interest with our field via the
Monday morning e-Newsletter
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email us
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EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
October 12, 2016:
MB 16-16:
Subject: Fiscal Year 2016-17 Request for Applications, California State Preschool Program Expansion Funds
October 6, 2016:
MB 16-10:
Subject: Fiscal Year 2017-18 Continued Funding Application
October 5, 2016
MB 16-11:
Subject: Standard Reimbursement Rate Increase for Fiscal Year 2016-17
September 30, 2016:
The EESD has posted an updated version and translations of the following parental notification form:
Current version: August 2016
September 23, 2016:
INFORMATIONAL UPDATE: RESOURCE AND REFERRAL PROGRAMS -
Subject: Clarification of Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 Program Requirements for CRRP.
Attention: Executive Officers and Program Directors of Resource and Referral Programs (CRRP)
The purpose of this informational notice is to clarify two items in the FY 2016-17 Program Requirements of the CRRP for CDE/EESD contractors.
September 16, 2016:
MB 16-12:
Subject: Family Size for Purposes of Determining Family Fees
September 8, 2016:
Amendments for child development contracts will be e-mailed within the
next few weeks to those agencies who have an executed FY 2016-17 contract and do not have any outstanding FY 2015-16 amendments. Please submit any outstanding paperwork immediately.
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ALL NEW 2016
Child Development
Build or Add to Your Center Resource Library!
This is Your Opportunity to Receive Professional Development in a Format Convenient to You.
The CAPPA Children's Foundation has developed an all NEW series of cutting edge trainings for 2016- all for one low price per center or program location. This is the 7th year of this webinar series, and all past series have received widespread praise and now you can benefit in 2016! Sign up now to secure 12 months of diverse trainings that can be delivered at any time that meets the needs of your entire staff. When you sign up for a webinar, you will receive a CD copy of each webinar. CD's have unlimited use and can be used by an unlimited amount of staff. Build your resource library and have staff check it out at their convenience- no need to all be in the same room.
Click Here
to see more details and to register for the all new 2016 series.
October 2016 Webinar:
Mandated Child Abuse Reporter Training (MCART)*
The Child Abuse Prevention Center
Child care providers are in a unique position to help children who are abused or neglected or who are at risk of being maltreated -- children ages 0-5 are the most likely to be abused and to die from abuse. We will cover: an overview of child abuse & magnitude of the problem; how to recognize child abuse & neglect in very young children; positive interventions child care providers can use to support at-risk families; the law for mandated reporters, how to make a mandated report and what happens after a report is made. We will also weave in role-plays throughout the training.
The 2010- 2015 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.
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