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EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
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April 7, 2017
The California Department of Social Services has scheduled a public hearing for May 24, 2017, to receive testimony on the Calculating Overpayments in the CalWORKs Program (ORD #0716-08) regulations; details can be found by clicking
April 6, 2017
TO: Holders of the Eligibility and Assistance Standards (EAS) Manual, Division 40
CDSS MANUAL LETTER NO. EAS-17-03
Starting with Section 40-105
April 4, 2017
Subject:
Fiscal Year 2016-17 Request for Applications (RFA), California Renovation and Repair Loan Program
March 24, 2017
Subject:
Fiscal Year 2016-17 Program Self-Evaluation
Subject: Fiscal Year 2016-17 Request for Applications (RFA), Round Three California State Preschool (CSPP) Expansion Funds
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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 to sit on one of our Committees and Subcommittees.
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Featured Agency of the Month
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Child Care Links is a Resource and Referral agency located in Alameda County, established in 1976 in response to the State of California's interest in creating innovative systems to deliver quality child care services to low-income families. The agency's dedication to its mission statement of providing support and resources to the Tri-Valley community is consistently seen in its growing efforts to provide innovative services to a diverse population. The agency has built a strong foundation to serve children and families in the community through various programs.
(Big thanks to Laura Page for the submission!)
To better support our field and decision makers with information about agencies and their services, each month CAPPA will be featuring an agency highlighting the contracts and programs delivered.
If you would like to be featured please
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If you have news to share or an event you want added to CAPPA's website Calendar,
North Coast Opportunities:
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Child Care & Early Learning Master Calendar
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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.
- Click here to see the calendar.
- If you have news to share or an event that you would like added to CAPPA's website calendar, let us know!
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Support Our Field & Communications
Become a CAPPA Monday Morning Update Partner!
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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
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You can also make a donation to CAPPA and CAPPA Children's Foundation HERE.
The Children's Foundation is a non-profit organization (501(c)3), Taxpayer Identification Number is
03-0521444. Your generous donation is tax deductible.
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California
This week, The California Assembly and Senate are on recess. They will be returning on April 17, 2017.
Child care, early learning and related issues main budget hearing days are as follows:
- Thursday, April 20 - SEN Budget Sub 3 - CalWORKs
- Tuesday, April 25, 2017 @ 9:00 - ASM Budget Sub 2 on Education: After School Programs
Click here to read all related budget hearings and budget related information.
Budget Update:
On April 4, 2017 the ASM Budget Sub 2 on Education convened a hearing covering Early Childhood Education. By a vote of 5-1, the sub-committee passed a motion to reject the Governor's proposed funding pause.
Click here to read Legislative Women's Caucus Press Release
Click here to read Legislative Latino Caucus Press Release, where
AB 60 was named as 2017 priority legislation.
Click here
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 also will be noting legislative hearings of interest to our field. To track and/or review legislation or to create your own tracking list,
click here.
Bills identified as of high interest to our field include:
AB 60 (Santiago & Gonzalez)
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This bill updates income eligibility guidelines that have been frozen for over a decade, taking into account the new minimum wage, and streamlines reporting requirements to minimize disruptions for children, parents, employers and child care providers.
AB 60 Resource Page.
AB 160 (Stone) - This bill would restore CalWORKS eligibility from 48 months to 60.
AB 227 (Mayes) - This bill would create the Educational Opportunity and Attainment Program that would provide education incentive grants to CalWORKs recipients to encourage and support low-income parents who reach certain educational goals and create additional work-study slots and support services for CalWORKs recipients pursuing their education.
AB 231 (Chavez) - This bill will define State Median Income and create a phase out process.
AB 273 (Aguiar- Curry) - Child care services: eligibility. This bill would include in the area relating to need, as a requirement that may be satisfied for purposes of eligibility, that the family needs the child care services because the parents are engaged in an educational program for English as a second language learners or to attain a high school diploma or general educational development certificate.
AB 603 (Quirk-Silva) - This bill would require alternative payment programs to: develop an electronic
timesheet process for the monthly attendance record or invoices, offer the electronic time sheet process to child care providers, offer to reimburse the child care provider via a direct deposit transfer into the child care provider's financial institution account.
AB 1106 (Weber) - This bill will allow allocated monies to support working families with child care, to be distributed over a longer period of time. Additionally, the proposal will allow active military personnel to not have their basic housing allowance considered as part of their income when they apply for a child care subsidy.
AB 1164 (Thurmond) -
Foster care placement: funding. This bill would establish the Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children (bridge program). The bill would authorize county welfare departments to administer the bridge program and distribute vouchers to children between birth and 4 years of age, placed with an approved resource family or the child of a young parent involved in the child welfare system.
To watch live coverage of the Assembly and Senate click here.
The legislature has begun work on framing the legislative and budgetary priorities for the upcoming 2017-18 session. Click here to see the upcoming calendar. Please feel free to forward to us any trainings, conferences or meetings that you think would be beneficial to our field.
Supporting Young Children in Immigrant Families
What Early Childhood Stakeholders Need to Know About the New Immigration Orders.
Join us for a webinar discussing recent executive orders and their implications for young children in immigrant families. The webinar will provide an overview of current early childhood policies and eligibility rules as well as recent immigration enforcement policy changes that directly impact children living in mixed-status immigrant families. Speakers will also share strategies and new resources to help child care and early education providers support children and families at risk of immigration enforcement, including how to keep their programs safe from enforcement actions and help families cope and prepare for possible deportation.
When: Wednesday April 19, 2017 2pm- 3pm
CCDBG: A Critical Support for Working Families
March 2017| Christine Johnson-Staub and Hannah Matthews
The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), also known as the Child Care and Development Fund or CCDF, is the sole federal funding source that provides direct child care assistance to help low-income families afford child care and improves the quality of child care and early education services for all who use them. CCDBG is critical for the 1.4 million children whose parents can go to work or to school thanks to its direct assistance-as well as millions more who benefit by extension from state efforts to improve the health, safety, and quality of child care.
Hot Topics in Early Learning
Early childhood education (preschool-third grade) has been gaining attention from researchers, policymakers and the general public alike.
This section will be updated every two weeks to provide links to articles related to early STEM and literacy, dual- and English language learners, family engagement and more as it relates to ECE. (Content last updated March 28, 2017). Check out the new
School Readiness and Transitions
and
2017 Legislative Tracking
webpages!
NOTE: If you would like to share your newsletter or items of interest with our field via the Monday morning e-Newsletter, then please
email us a link.
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Joint Annual Conference 2017
October 18-20, 2017
DoubleTree Hotel Sacramento
Hotel Reservations:
Make online reservations
Here or Call 800-686-3775 and refer to group "CAPPA/Network 2017 Annual Conference"
Calling All Presenters!
The California Child Care Resource & Referral Network (Network) and the California Alternative Payment Program Association (CAPPA), along with our Joint Conference Committee, are excited to announce the 2017 Joint Conference.
Please see the
2017 Call for Presentations document for
more information about this year's conference. At the bottom of this document you will also find the link to complete the online Call for Presentations. You can also
Click Here
to be taken directly to the Call for Presentations application.
Workshop proposals are due Friday, April 21st.
Please share this Call for Presentations link with others you feel could present workshops which would be of benefit to conference attendees.
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ALL NEW! 2017 Early Learning & Child Care Webinar Series
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Build or Add to Your Center 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 your staff on the most requested child care topics for 2017 at an affordable price in an incredibly convenient format.
Click Here
to see more details and to register for the all new 2017 series.
April 2017 Webinar:
Developing Early Childhood Training Workshops for Staff and Families
The knowledge and skills of child care workers are significant factors in how children are prepared for entry into school, amongst other things. For this reason, ongoing professional development of staff is crucial, in addition to providing the same consistent information to parents. This workshop will show you how to take initiative in developing workshops for two of the most prevailing forces in a child's life.
The 2010- 2016 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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