Issue #21                                                                May 22, 2017
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Introducing CAPPA's 2017-18 Board of Directors
CAPPA is excited to announce to the field, our 2017-18 Board of Directors:

Martin Castro 
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation


Rick Richardson
Child Development Associates



Karen Marlatt
Valley Oak Children's Services


Trudy Adair- Verbais
Santa Barbara County Education Office


 

Beth Chiaro
Beth Chiaro
Child Care Resource Center 





Tina Barna
Choices for Children



Abby Shull
YMCA Childcare Resource Service 




Jeffrey Moreira
Crystal Stairs, Inc.

 

Phillip Warner
Children's Council San Francisco


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



Newly Elected
LaVera Smith
Supportive Services Fresno



Newly Elected
Jasmine Tijerino
San Mateo 4Cs
Newly Elected
Michelle Graham
Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County

EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
Transfer of Families into a California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Stage 2 Program
May 5, 2017
The following documents have been revised and are available HERE.
1) April 26, 2017 PSE Presentation Webinar Slides
2) EESD Form 4001 Instructions for Program Review Instrument
April 13, 2017
New Travel Rates effective January 2017- for EESD Contractors  
April 12, 2017
CalWORKS Stage One Child Care Best Practices
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
Job Openings

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!
Fill out the employment application Here.
Solano Family & Children's Services

Teacher Assistant
International Institute of Los Angeles

Child Development Inc. is Hiring! See the Recruitment Flyer  Here.
Announcements
Getting to the Heart of Good Leadership 
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Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for your support! 
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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.
Learn more about the CAPPA Committees
Featured Agency of the Month
The International Institute of Los Angeles (IILA) makes a real difference in the world. IILA was founded in 1914 to find solutions to the challenges facing newly arrived refugees and immigrants. In the last century, we have helped hundreds of thousands of new arrivals and low income families in Los Angeles County, to overcome the barriers they face in becoming successful and contributing members in our society. IILA offers hope to the faces of children in our preschool and full day care programs, offers assistance to seniors and others with their utility and phone bill charges, and offers a helping hand to newly arrived immigrants and refugees who resettle here and begin their first job with our help.
IILA has changed the lives of so many people by giving our participants a new start in life...a new beginning.
Learn more about International Institute and their various programs HERE.
(Big thank you to Susan Eckert for the submission!) 
Field Happenings!
If you have news to share or an event you want added to CAPPA's website Calendar, 
Child Care & Early Learning Master Calendar



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!
Support Our Field & Communications
Become a 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 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.
What's Happening
California 
This week, California Assembly and Senate floor sessions will convene on Monday and Friday. 

Click here to read all related budget information including hearing information, budget bill language, trailer bill language, and other related information. CAPPA is updating this page on a regular basis.


We applaud and stand behind the Legislative Women's Caucus' continued championship in childcare. The California Legislative Women's Caucus has not only prioritized child care but have called for an even larger investment of $500 million for additional General Child Care and Alternative Payment slots.

CAPPA,  California Child Care Resource and Referral Network , and  Child Care Development Administrators Association  have come together to identify joint policy and budget priorities. We are excited about this partnership and look forward to continued advocacy in unity.

UPCOMING CHILDCARE AND EARLY EDUCATION BUDGET HEARINGS:
  • Tuesday, May 23 @ 8:30 am in room 4203 - Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee
  • Tuesday, May 23 @ 9:00 am in room 447 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee 2 on Education Finance - Topic: Proposition 98 and Early Education close-out hearing, and other open issues.
  • Tuesday, May 23 @ 9:00 am in room 3191 - Senate B&FR Budget Subcommittee 1 on Education - Topic:  Child  care
  • Thursday, May 25 @ 3:00 pm in room 4202 - Assembly Budget Committee 
This Friday is the deadline for each house to report out fiscal bills to the floor for a hearing.  This means that many bills that are currently on either the Senate Appropriations or the Assembly Appropriations Committee will be acted on this Thursday (Senate) or Friday (Assembly).

Next Tuesday, we will report on which of those bills identified as  a priority to our field made if off of the respective Suspense files, and which ones failed.

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.
 
To access the Senate Daily Files,  click here.
To access the Assembly Daily Files,  click here.
To watch live coverage of the Assembly and Senate click here.

The legislature has been working on framing the legislative and budgetary policies for the upcoming 2017-18 session. Click here to see the upcoming calendar of legislative deadlines. Please feel free to forward to us any trainings, conferences or meetings that you think would be beneficial to our field.  


A message from the Child Care Law Center:
UPDATE - Child Care Protections for Working Families (AB 60, California State Budget FY17-18)
Thank you for supporting childcare for working families in California!
The Legislature will be making final budget recommendations in the next few days. Our budget request, which mirrors AB 60 ( Child Care Protections for Working Families Act) has wide support in the Legislature. 
Governor Brown's May Revise Budget omitted the funding to update 10-year-old family income guidelines.  Legislators can advocate for this funding, which will allow parents earning the minimum wage to keep their affordable child care so they can continue to work, and their children can stay in day care, preschool and afterschool programs.   
Here's how you can help: Call the legislators listed below. Ask them to please allocate $30 million in funding to update family income guidelines so that working families don't lose their affordable child care.
·      Assemblymember Phil Ting  916-319-2019 (Chair, Assembly Budget Committee)
·      Assemblymember Kevin McCarty 916-324-4676 (Chair, Sub-Committee 2, Education Finance)
·      Senator Holly Mitchell 916-651-4030 (Chair, Senate Budget Committee)
·      Senator Portantino 916-651-4025
(Chair, Subcommittee #1, Education)

On May 11, Governor Jerry Brown released the May Revision to his proposed 2017-18 state budget. The Governor forecasts revenues $2.5 billion higher - over a three-year window - than projected in January, mostly reflecting higher personal income tax (PIT) projections due to stock market gains. 

In addition to showing an upturn in the fiscal outlook, the May Revision makes several improvements over the Governor's January proposal. The revised budget provides funds to offset a large portion of the In-Home Supportive Services program costs that are being shifted to counties. In addition, the May Revision continues plans - which the Governor's January proposal had put on hold - for a multiyear reinvestment in subsidized child care and preschool. Higher-than-expected revenues result in increases in the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee for K-14 education spending. Also, the May Revision shifts funds to cover higher Cal Grant costs due to recently adopted tuition increases at the California State University and University of California.

Federal 
In a  new commentary  CBPP President Bob Greenstein outlines the dangers of President Trump's forthcoming 2018 budget that will reportedly propose massive cuts in basic assistance for people with low or modest incomes, beyond the health care cuts for such people in the House-passed health bill.
As he writes:
Along with the President's tax proposals, his support for the House health bill, and his proposal to cut "non-defense discretionary" programs $54 billion below the already-severe sequestration levels in 2018, the reported cuts in basic support reflect a radical version of Robin Hood in reverse.
All in all, the Trump budget and tax proposals would make life still more luxurious for those at the top while increasing poverty and hardship for, and taking health insurance away from, vast numbers of children, parents, and elderly or disabled people at or near the bottom.

by Carrie R. Welton
What is the Child Tax Credit?
Enacted in 1997 and expanded in 2001 with bipartisan support, the Child Tax Credit (CTC) modified the U.S. tax code to account for the cost of raising a child. The CTC is worth up to $1,000 per child and taxpayers start to become eligible once they reach $3,000 in earnings. The CTC is an effective antipoverty tool that played an essential role in lifting approximately 2.8 million people in 2015 out of poverty, about 1.6 million of whom were children. Beyond the 2.8 million who moved out of poverty, the CTC reduced the depth of poverty for an additional 13.3 million people in 2015, including 6.6 million children.
For hard-working families, particularly those with the lowest incomes, the CTC has lasting benefits. According to research, adding as little as $1,000 in family income can improve children's test scores by 2 percent in math and more than 3.5 percent in reading. Further, children in low-income families who receive tax credits are more likely to attend college and earn higher wages as adults.

Of Interest
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.
Of Importance

The Governor's May Revise reflects 75th percentile 
rates using the 2016 Market Rate Survey.   Click here to see that survey and the rates as they relate to your county.   Please note that Trustline rates are not yet included.
 
The May Revise proposes using the 2016 rates beginning January 1, 2018.
 
Included in the May Revise, is another hold harmless provision for 12 months, which is proposed to start from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019.

*MEMBERS: Please email CAPPA for county specific sheets

The CDE, EESD and California Department of Social Services (CDSS), Child Care Programs Bureau  will hold a joint public conference call to present and review the following recently released communications:
Information on the joint public conference call is as follows:
Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am
Call-in Number: (712)432-0075
Participant Access Code: 575469#

Questions may be submitted on an ongoing basis to CalWORKsFAQ@cde.ca.gov. Responses will also be posted on the CDE CalWORKs Stage 2 Transfers FAQ.
Upcoming Events
 
You will not want to miss this opportunity to advocate for our state's youngest learners! Parents and community advocates can have their voices heard at the annual Early Learning Advocacy Day on May 24 in Sacramento at the Capitol Event Center.
May 24, 2017
Capitol Event Center
1020 11th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Regional Technical Assistance Trainings
Summer 2017 
Hosted by CAPPA Member Agencies
10:00am-2:00pm
June 30th- Los Angeles
July 12th- Hanford
July 14th- San Mateo
July 21st- Chico
CAPPA member agencies, with the support of CAPPA & Children's Foundation, are putting together a series of Technical Assistance trainings that will be coming to a region near you!
This series will be delivered in a format that is very participatory. We encourage all participating to come with questions, as well as samples for each of the topics that will be discussed. 
Planned topics include:
  • Best Practices
  • CAPPA Advocacy Discussion and Legislative Updates
  • Networking discussions to cover: 
    • How agencies complete their
      Program Self-Evaluation for CDE
    • Provider Handbooks
    • Newly released MB 17-06 (Transfer from CalWORKs Stage 1 to Stage 2 child care services)
Joint logo
Joint Annual Conference 2017 
October 18-20, 2017
DoubleTree Hotel Sacramento

Hotel Reservations:
Our room block at the DoubleTree is already sold out. We are currently working on 3 separate overflow hotels. If you are still in need of a room, please email
ALL NEW! 2017 Early Learning & Child Care Webinar Series 

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.
May 2017 Webinar:
Getting to the Heart of Good Leadership
Strong leadership in the child care field is strongly linked to quality outcomes and ultimately, better programs for serving children and families. This workshop will get to the core qualities of what makes for a good leader and help you identify concrete ways in which you can strengthen your leadership skills.

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.