Issue #28                                                                July 10, 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:

President
Rick Richardson
Child Development Associates



Vice President
Karen Marlatt
Valley Oak Children's Services

Beth Chiaro
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 



Trudy Adair- Verbais
Santa Barbara County Education Office





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

EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
July 6, 2017
S ubject: State Median Income(Initial Certification) 
Subject: Graduated Phase-Out (Recertification) 
Subject: Updated Income Rankings
June 29, 2017
and additional information regarding the implementation of early care and education budget provisions.  
May 15, 2017
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
July 2017 Featured Agency of the Month!
North Coast Opportunities - Rural Communities Child Care (RCCC)
What we do:
RCCC provides child care subsidies for low-income families, child care referrals to licensed facilities and continuing education for childcare providers. We serve children, families and child care providers through education, resources, and the promotion of quality child care services. RCCC also provides advocacy for children, parents and child care providers.

CAPPA Volunteer Opportunities 

Interested in participating on a CAPPA Committee?

Based on outcomes from the CAPPA board retreat, we  have some volunteer opportunities we hope you consider.  They include:

Public Policy Committee (Standing Committee) - reviews actions of subcommittees and provides staff input on legislative positions and budget.
  • Subcommittee 1 focused on "big picture" policies and changes needed to be worked on within the next three years.  This subcommittee will be chaired by Jeff Moreira from Crystal Stairs.
  • Subcommittee 2  focused on more immediate needs.  This subcommittee will be tasked with developing language to support our field realizing 12 month eligibility, supporting CDE with MB content and feedback.  This subcommittee will be chaired by Phillip Warner from Children's Council of San Francisco.
  • Membership Committee
    (Chair) Abby Shull from the YMCA Childcare Resource Service; This committee will support the continued development of securing member benefits.  Additionally, this committee will help develop and identify the trainings, best practices and materials needing to be put together to help our agencies.

    Please email CAPPA if you are interested in participating in any of these committees.  

  • 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!

    Child Action, Inc. Sacramento

    YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles, North Valley Family YMCA

    YMCA Metropolitan Los Angeles

    Assistant-Child Development Center
    Infant Teacher
    Fresno County Superintendent of Schools

    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
    Helping Angry and Aggressive Children

    TechSoup
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    It is because of their generous donors that they are able to offer this service.   Signing up to become a TechSoup member is the first step toward getting product donations. Once you sign up, you can see the donation programs your organization is eligible for.  Sign up and check it out today!    

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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
    Field Happenings!
    If you have news to share or an event you want added to CAPPA's website Calendar, 


    Congratulations to Child Development Associates on being selected by ASM Shirley Weber as Non-profit of the Year for the 79th Senate District!!
    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.
    Message from CAPPA's Newly Elected Board President
    Dear CAPPA members,

    It is an absolute honor to be elected as President of the 2017-18 CAPPA Board. I want to thank the outgoing President, Martin Castro, for his leadership over the last year. I am currently the President and CEO of Child Development Associates in San Diego and serve on the CAPPA Public Policy and Branding Committees.  I see great value in CAPPA as an association that unites agency voices and promotes member collaboration while being a strong and respected champion for children and families.
    I am excited about the upcoming year and what we can accomplish together. There are three areas that I would like to ask the board and membership for their support.  First, is enhancing the benefits of CAPPA membership.  With many positive changes in the State Budget to implement, the CAPPA Monday Morning Update Newsletter will remain an important communication channel where members can share useful information with the field.  CAPPA will continue to be a conduit for shared best practices from the field through webinars and training opportunities across the state.  CAPPA will also remain a strong voice for the field by representing member agencies in Sacramento and through its respected public policy advocacy.
    Second, I believe we should strive to increase communication with the California Department of Education (CDE).  With the extensive changes in the state budget, it is time to strengthen our partnership with CDE by opening more opportunities for dialogue. Members of the CAPPA board will meet with CDE leaders on a regular basis and support CDE by scheduling and hosting coordinated training opportunities.
    Lastly, I am optimistic about the Alternative Payment Program (APP) branding project and the work we will continue to do this year. The goal is to provide communication tools that agencies can use to tell the APP story.  Examples include 1, 2, 5, and 10 minute messages, imagery, social media, infographics, and video to help agencies better explain the invaluable work and positive impact APPs have on children, families, and the community.
    There are many other great things happening at CAPPA, but if I listed them all here it would fill this newsletter!  I am grateful for the opportunity to serve the members of CAPPA and welcome your suggestions at any time.  Feel free to contact me at rrichardson@cdasandiego.com.
    Sincerely,
    Rick Richardson
    What's Happening
    California 
    This week, California Assembly and Senate floor sessions will convene on Monday and Thursday.   July 14th is the deadline for  policy committees to hear and report fiscal bills to fiscal Committees.

    BUDGET UPDATE:

    Click here to read 2017-18 budget details.

    Last Friday the Early Education and Support Division (EESD) released New Management Bulletins.   The follow are also posted on the CDE website.
    •  MB 17-08 Subject: State Median Income (Initial Certification) The MB 17-08 notifies contractors of the revised income ceiling to be used to determine income eligibility for families at initial certification for subsidized child development services.
    • MB 17-09 Subject: Graduated Phase-Out (Recertification) The MB 17-09 notifies contractors of the new ongoing income ceilings to be used to determine ongoing income eligibility for families at recertification for subsidized child development services.
    •  MB 17-10 Subject: Updated Income Rankings
      The MB 17-10 notifies contractors of the updated income ranking table, corresponding with the State Median Income ceilings described in MB 17-08 State Median Income (Initial Certification). This income ranking table is to be used when determining order of enrollment and disenrollment of children receiving subsidized child care services.
    Additional Notes:
     
    MB 17-11: Revised Family Fee Schedule is currently in the approval process, and will be posted in the near future. Additional MBs associated with implementation of the Budget Act of 2017 are forthcoming.

    Finally, EESD has put a hold on issuing more answers to questions regarding past MBs.  The reason for this is that the newly enacted 2017-18 budget has provided the conduit needed to reexamine and do away with burdensome reporting requirements and transfer issues that exist between CalWORKs Stage 1 and Stage 2 child care.
     
    LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
    July 14th is the deadline for policy committees to hear and report bills to fiscal committees, therefore this week will be the last week for bills that need to be heard in appropriations to pass out of policy committees. Check our website for more detailed information on this week's hearings. 
    Active bills of interest:
    • 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 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 the California Department of Education to provide to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature cost estimates and system analysis for alternative payment programs to develop an electronic timesheet process for the monthly attendance record or invoices, as provided. The bill would require on or before January 1, 2019, an alternative payment program to establish a program of electronic banking for payments made to licensed or license-exempt child care providers that have a contract with that alternative payment program, as provided. This bill would require APPs provide written notice to a child care provider of any changes to service.
    • 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.  (CAPPA sponsored bill)  
    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.

    Click here to see the upcoming calendar of legislative deadlines and other field meetings.  CAPPA is offering to host a field calendar to help us all better coordinate our conferences, trainings, and meetings.  If you would like to add to the calendar, email CAPPA. 

    First Look: Enacted Budget Includes a Number of Improvements, reflects Ongoing Uncertainty About Federal Commitments
    On June 27, Governor Brown signed the 2017-18 state budget bill. This year's budget agreement includes a number of improvements over earlier proposals, though the overall scope of state investments remains constrained by uncertainty about potential federal policy changes. The 2017-18 budget package:
    • Expands the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) to well over 1 million additional families by expanding the credit to the self-employed and increasing the income eligibility limits.
    • Reflects an agreement between the Governor and legislative leaders over how to spend Proposition 56 tobacco tax revenues for Medi-Cal, with this funding going to supplemental payments for Medi-Cal providers and also to covering ordinary spending growth in the program.
    • Continues a multiyear reinvestment in subsidized child care and preschool that the Governor had proposed to delay in January. This includes increasing reimbursement rates for providers and adding full-day preschool slots. The enacted budget also increases access to subsidized care by raising income eligibility limits and establishing a 12-month eligibility period.
    • Requires counties to pay a larger share of In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) costs, but includes temporary funding and other provisions to mitigate the impact of this cost-shift.
    • Mitigates a reduction in core funding for counties' delivery of CalWORKs welfare-to-work services based on an expected decline in caseload and makes other small additional investments in welfare-to-work services.
    • Continues to increase funding for K-14 education as required by the Prop. 98 guarantee.
    • Includes dedicated resources to respond to federal action on immigration, including support for people seeking help with naturalization, deportation defense, and securing legal immigration status.
    The budget package sets aside $3.6 billion as constitutionally required by Prop. 2 (2014), with half deposited in the state's rainy day fund and half used to pay down state budgetary debt. The budget package also includes a supplemental $6 billion payment to CalPERS, using funds borrowed from a state short-term investments account. Other notable elements include a significant restructuring of the state Board of Equalization as well as a transportation package agreed to by state leaders earlier this year, which will invest more than $50 billion over 10 years in state and local infrastructure through increases in fuel and vehicle-related taxes and fees.

    The budget package makes no increases in basic income support for low-income seniors and people with disabilities (SSI/SSP) and lacks any proposals to address California's affordable housing crisis.

    Click here to read the report and learn about what is included in the 2017-18 budget package. 

    Federal 
    Voices from SNAP's Founding Warn Against Anti-Hunger Backslide
    by Elizabeth Wolkomir
    Proposed massive cuts in SNAP, like those in President Trump's budget, represent "a stunning attempt to reverse the slow but steady progress we have made" against hunger in recent decades, Georgetown Law Professor Peter Edelman and Rep. Joe Kennedy III explain in a Time op-ed.
    Over 40 years ago, SNAP (then called the Food Stamp Program) was born from a bipartisan commitment to ensure that all low-income Americans have enough to eat, regardless of their circumstances or where they live. At that time, severe hunger was widespread in some regions of the country. Senator Robert Kennedy (to whom Edelman was an aide) witnessed this suffering first-hand in 1967 when he traveled to some of the most impoverished areas of the country. Edelman and Rep. Kennedy (the grandson of Senator Kennedy) explain what he found:
    Their bellies were swollen and their fragile limbs covered with sores that would not heal. Clothed in rags, these children of the Mississippi Delta huddled in crumbling shacks with empty iceboxes, not a morsel of food to be found.
    Click here to read the article in it's entirety. 

    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.
    News from a field partner
     
    Special Webinar Invitation: 2017 State Fact Sheets Overview

    Register for a free, behind-the-scenes look at our upcoming 2017 State Fact Sheets.


    Child Care Aware® of America is pleased to announce the upcoming release of our annual State Fact Sheets, Checking In: A Snapshot of the Child Care Landscape - 2017 Report. We invite you to join us for an overview webinar of this year's report covering major data points, new information, and tips on using the reports for state advocacy efforts. 

    Webinar: 2017 State Fact Sheets Overview
    Thursday, July 13 at 2 p.m. ET
    Register for Webinar

    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.  
     
    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
    Upcoming CAPPA Trainings
    Regional Technical Assistance Trainings
    Summer 2017 
    Hosted by CAPPA Member Agencies
    10:00am-2:00pm
    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: Parent Handbook & Provider Information, Self-Employment, Broadly Consistent and Provider Payment Calculations.
    •  CAPPA Advocacy Discussion and Legislative Updates
    • Networking & Learning Session:
      This portion of the agenda will allow attendees to share their successful strategies, tools and ideas on the following:
      -How agencies complete their Program Self-Evaluation for CDE
      -Newly released MB 17-06 (Transfer from CalWORKs -Stage 1 to Stage 2 child care services)
      Importance of one-time voluntary transfers


    CAPPA Training: "Everything Fiscal"
    August 23, 2017
    Sacramento, CA 
    9:30am - 2:00pm 
    CAPPA will be delivering a training focused specifically on APP fiscal issues on August 23rd in Sacramento. We will be providing information from a field auditor on auditing practices and another on Projections, so that agencies can better monitor their contracts and also learn best practices that work efficiently. Hope you can join us!

    Workshops to include:
    • Fiscal Projections
    • Preparing For Year-End Activities from an Auditor's Perspective
    Joint Annual Conference 2017
    Joint logo
    Joint Annual Conference 2017 
    October 18-20, 2017
    DoubleTree Hotel Sacramento

    Exhibitor and Sponsor Information is now available!

    Registration:
    Registration and workshop information will be available first week of August.

    Hotel Reservations:
    Our room block at the DoubleTree is already sold out. We do have room blocks at overflow hotels that are very close to the DoubleTree. 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.
    July 2017 Webinar:
    Helping Angry and Aggressive Children 
    Often times, children express their anger through behaviors that are perceived as aggressive. As child care  providers, we may often feel helpless or unsure in knowing how to respond to these behaviors. This  webinar will help you deconstruct these behaviors and understand the root cause and reason for the  behavior. By understanding the specific emotions and causes of aggressive behavior in children,
    we can then more effectively assist the child in managing and meeting needs in a positive, healthy  manner.

    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.