"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
October 26, 2020 | Issue #43
R&R Network and CAPPA Virtual Joint Annual Conference
A BIG Thank you to all who attended and participated in the Joint Virtual Conference!
First, let us say, you are all AMAZING! We are beyond thankful for the support from each of you, for your willingness to adapt to our virtual platform, your patience with technological glitches, eagerness to learn and engage, investing your time and most of all, for everything you are doing for children and families during this time!  
More than 900 of you from all over the state attended this Conference to learn, share and grow!

Remember, the Conference Platform will be available until November 6th!
That is 2 more weeks! All workshops will be transitioned, in order of the corresponding letter, to the "On-Demand Workshops" tab at the top of the platform. You will have access to ALL 58 workshops, 4 keynotes and our wonderful exhibitors. Take this opportunity to watch and learn from a number of workshop sessions- more than you could ever attend if you were at an in-person conference.

At the end of this 2 weeks, we will be having a contest for the top 5 attendees that viewed the most workshops! 5 Winners will receive a $50 Gift Card of their choice!

In order to access the platform during these 2 weeks, Use the same link and log-in information.

CAPPA and the R&R Network would like to give a BIG thank you to our 2020 Virtual Joint Conference Partners! We are so grateful for their continued support year after year!
New CAPPA Event: Outcomes from the November Election
CAPPA Virtual Training: "Political Insider & Information Sharing: Outcomes from the November Election"
November 12, 2020
10:30am-2:30pm
Online via Zoom


Back by popular demand is our hosted panel of experts who break down the outcomes on candidates and propositions voted on November 3. This panel will be followed up by a panel to provide input on what the impacts of the outcomes may be on issues of importance to us such as child care, housing, food insecurity and more.

Panel 1 - CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Discussing insights of what happened on election day, data on the voters that turned out and a political breakdown and implications from both the federal and state lens. 

Outcomes from the November 3rd election: Insights of what happened on election day and potential opportunities and/or challenges for moving forward 
Richard Temple, Executive Vice President, McNally Temple Associates, Inc.

Outcomes from the November 3rd election: A breakdown of numbers and demographics 
David Metz, Partner and President, Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates

Insights of what happened on election day and fiscal impacts moving forward
Lenny Goldberg, Executive Director, California Tax Reform Association

Insights of what happened on election day and impacts moving forward
Dan Walters, Journalist, CalMatters

Break for lunch

Panel 2
Insight and input on how the outcomes may frame budget constraints and priorities in the upcoming legislative session.   
Legislative leaders and the field will be presenting on the state landscape and out programs.

  • Giannina Perez, Senior Policy Advisor for Early Childhood in the Office of the Governor (Confirmed)
  • Chris Hoene, Executive Director of the California Budget and Policy Center (Confirmed)
  • Kim Johnson, Director California Department of Social Services (Confirmed)
  • Other presenters TBA
Do you have a 2021 legislative idea?

If you have any legislative or bill ideas for consideration for child care, supporting whole family & child, preschool, CACFP or other, please complete this background form and submit to CAPPA.
General Election Information
Election Day - November 3, 2020
Countdown -8 days
Voter Guide - English

NEW: What's On The Ballot? Here's A Look At California's 2020 Propositions (includes overview and audio) - Preview your ballot and get information on registering to vote, and voting by mail or in-person with CapRadio's California 2020 Election Voter Guide.

While much of the attention on the November election is focused on the race for President, Californians are going to have a lot of other decisions to make. One (or 12) of the biggest: the statewide ballot measures.

Yes, there will be a dozen different propositions for California voters this year — Prop. 14 through Prop. 25 — on everything from expanding rent control to ending the ban on affirmative action. While we at CapRadio will be reporting on these more up until Nov. 3, we wanted to give you a quick overview now on what each measure covers and what a "yes" or "no" vote will mean. 

  • Proposition 14 - Authorizes Bonds Continuing Stem Cell Research.
  • Proposition 15 - Increases Funding Sources for Public Schools, Community Colleges and Local Government Services by Changing Tax Assessment of Commercial and Industrial Property.
  • Proposition 16 - Allows Diversity as a Factor in Public Employment, Education and Contracting Decisions.
  • Proposition 17 - Restores Right to Vote After Completion of a Prison Term.
  • Proposition 18 - Amends California Constitution to Permit 17-Year-Olds to Vote in Primary and Special Election If They Will Turn 18 by Next General Election.
  • Proposition 19 - Changes Certain Property Tax Rules.
  • Proposition 20 - Restricts Parole for Certain Offenses Currently Considered to Be Non-Violent.
  • Proposition 21 - Expands Local Governments Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property.
  • Proposition 22 - Exempts App-Based Transportation and Delivery Companies From Providing Employee Benefits to Certain Drivers.
  • Proposition 23 - Establishes State Requirements for Kidney Dialysis Clinics.
  • Proposition 24 - Amends Consumer Privacy Laws.
  • Proposition 25 - Referendum on Law That Replaced Money Bail System Based on Public Safety and Flight Risk

For more specific Voter Information, click here.
2020 Child Care and Early Education Candidate Questionnaire
To help our field become more educated about candidates running for the State Senate and Assembly, a 2020 Candidate Questionnaire with background has been put together. If you are a candidate or know someone running for the State Legislature, please have them complete the Candidate Questionnaire (for convenience in a Word format) and we will host in a future CAPPA Monday Morning Update. If you have any questions, please contact CAPPA@CAPPAONLINE.COM.

Candidate Questionnaires - Click below and read about some of those individuals running for either the state Assembly or Senate.

ASSEMBLY
SENATE
Upcoming Hearings
  • October 26 Senate Education and Special Committee on Pandemic and Emergency Response 
  • October 27 Agenda: The Safe Reopening of Schools: What is the State's Role?
  • November 5 Little Hoover Commission Transitioning State Government Workforce to Permanent Remote Work @ 1 p.m. Join Online or By Phone Via Zoom Online: https://bit.ly/2PzhkMy Toll Free Phone: (888) 788-0099 Webinar ID: 965 3073 8689 Password: 510524
Federal Updates
Though we have been here before, recent reporting indicates that Speaker Pelosi and the White House are continuing to negotiate a coronavirus relief package. Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin met yesterday to try to reach a deal, but the two sides remain far apart on a number of issues, such as aid to state and local governments, liability protection for businesses, and U.S. Census and election funding. Pelosi also said that even if they can come to a resolution on these issues in the next few days, it could still take a while to actually draft a bill and bring it to a vote. In the meantime, please continue your outreach to your federal delegations, particularly to Senate Republicans, with the same message: we need at least $50 billion in relief in the next COVID-19 package to stabilize child care. 

Democratic Women’s Caucus Letter to McConnell on Coronavirus Relief - Last Monday, the Democratic Women’s Caucus sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to express their disappointment in Senate Republicans’ unwillingness to prioritize funding to help women and their families in the latest coronavirus relief package. You can read the full press release and text of the letter here. 

#SaveChildCare Wednesdays - As we shared previously, a number of national organizations are pulling together united days of action. To ensure that Members of Congress, especially Congressional leadership, hear the need for at least $50 billion for child care in any coronavirus relief package, we are asking advocates, if you are able to, to take on a day of action each Wednesday through the November election. 

To access the report and supplemental resources from Child Care Aware® of America click here.
Most reviewed federal bills:
  1. H.R.8337 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act
  2. S.311 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
  3. H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act
  4. H.R.748 - CARES Act
  5. S.3548 - CARES Act
  6. H.Res.1154 - Condemning QAnon and rejecting the conspiracy theories it promotes.
  7. S.3571 - Banking for All Act
  8. H.R.6666 - COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act
  9. H.R.6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  10. S.227 - Savanna’s Act
CCDF State Plans Published in Federal Register for Public Comment
On September 10, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) published a request for public comment in the Federal Register on “Proposed Information Collection Activity; Child Care and Development Fund Plan for States/Territories for FFY 2022-2024.” Specifically, ACF requests comments on (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. The comment period is 60 days, so comments are due on Monday, November 9, 2020.
Voices from the Field
African American and Latina led Families Need and Deserve More, Beginning with Child Care

By Jackie B. Majors

There is a vicious storm brewing in our communities, and if we don’t stabilize our foundation, we will experience the repercussions for years, possibly decades. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, we have seen record-breaking unemployment, extreme economic instability and unfathomable toxic stress.

Stay-at-home orders brought school and child care closures with the impact of the pandemic creating great hardship on communities of color, especially on our single working parents and low-income families. Parents fortunate to have kept their jobs are employed in lower wage, high-risk work, but require safe, quality child care for their children in order to remain employed. How do we help these families?

One step towards easing the working parent’s burden is to ensure access to quality, affordable child care. Lasting child care funding is needed. To effectually sustain the family structure alongside economic stability, families need a well thought-out plan from leaders. These families need child care in order to return to work or find employment, which nationwide there’s an 8.6% unemployment rate, but African American and and Latinx workers have suffered substantially higher rates of 13% and 12.9%, respectively.

Click here to real full article.

The Weekly Good
An uplifting way to start the week, for those of us who need a break from the chaos that is our lives.
During this time where we are all stressed, it would be great to celebrate the positive. Each week we will celebrate everyday heroes, inspiring movements and great things happening in our field. 
Sacramento Covered, in partnership with Yolo County Children’s Alliance hosted a free drive-through event, Healthy Community Day, last Saturday. They offered Flu shots, Fresh fruits and vegetables, Health information, Childhood immunizations,
Masks and hand sanitizers
Let us know what your organization is doing, we would love to feature you in the coming weeks!        
CDE Information & Updates
Webinar Announcement: Fiscal Year 2021–22 Continued Funding Application Instructional Program Webinar

Attention: Executive Officers and Program Directors of Early Education Programs

The ELCD is happy to announce that the instructional program webinar for the Fiscal Year 2021–22 Continued Funding Application (CFA) has been posted, and can be found on the ELCD CFA web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/cfaforms2122.asp.

The purpose of this webinar is to walk applicants through the CFA and highlight changes and reminders for this year’s application.

Please be reminded that CFAs are due November 10, 2020. If you have any questions about the CFA, please contact the Funding Application Unit at CFA@cde.ca.gov. Our team will respond within one business day.
Webinar Announcement: Fiscal Year 2021–22 Continued Funding Application Instructional Program Webinar

The ELCD is happy to announce that the instructional program webinar for the Fiscal Year 2021–22 Continued Funding Application (CFA) has been posted, and can be found on the ELCD CFA web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/cfaforms2122.asp.

The purpose of this webinar is to walk applicants through the CFA and highlight changes and reminders for this year’s application.

Please be reminded that CFAs are due November 10, 2020. If you have any questions about the CFA, please contact the Funding Application Unit at CFA@cde.ca.gov. Our team will respond within one business day.

Management Bulletin 20-19: Guidance on Family Fees for Fiscal Year 2020-21

Purpose
This Management Bulletin (MB) is to notify and provide guidance to state-subsidized early learning and care (ELC) programs on the collection of Family Fees for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020–21 following the enactment of SB 820.
These requirements only apply to FY 2020–21 pursuant to Chapter 24 of the Statutes of 2020.
Background
Education Code (EC) 8273–8273.3 details that the state shall establish a family fee schedule, the assessment of those fees, and the applicable exemptions.
The California Code of Regulations, Title 5 (5 CCR), sections 18108 through 18116 set forth family fee requirements for all ELC programs.
On September 15, 2020, contractors were reminded via an email to subscribers of the Early Learning and Care Division's (ELCD) distribution list that family fees for all families were waived for July and August 2020, pursuant to the Superintendent’s authority provided by EC Section 8209. The email also provided directives for contractors to issue a refund or a credit for future services to families that had paid fees for July and/or August 2020, based on the contractor’s internal policy for refunds/credits of those fees. Further, this email provided interim guidance on upcoming legislation to waive family fees for the months of September 2020 through June 2021, for families not receiving in-person services due to center closure, COVID-19 related limitations, or choosing to shelter-in-place.
On September 18, 2020, the Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 820, which: (1) statutorily waives family fees for all subsidized children in July and August 2020, and provides additional funds to contractors to augment contracts for fees waived; (2) allows families who were disenrolled, either voluntarily or involuntarily, due to delinquent family fees to re-enroll without the need for additional eligibility documentation; (3) waives family fees for September 2020 through June 2021, for families where all children in the family enrolled in care remain at home for ELC distance learning or are sheltering-in-place, and specifies that if additional federal funds are not received, childcare providers will have to absorb those costs.
Upcoming Field Events
Highlights
The Shambolic Response to the Public Health and Economic Crisis Has Women on the Brink as the Job Recovery Stalls

The U.S. economy has been dismal across the board in 2020, but it has been particularly dismal for American women. For the first time since 1964—the advent of modern U.S. employment statistics for women—this economic downturn, which began in February, has seen women lose jobs at a higher rate than men. Women’s employment and labor force participation rates have both fallen to levels not seen since 1986. When Dr. C. Nicole Mason, CEO of the Institute of Women’s Policy Research, said that “[w]e should go ahead and call this a ‘shecession,’” the term stuck. Click here to read full article.
Left without school or day care, farmworkers are bringing their kids to work

Every day after the sun rises in Limestone, Tenn., a 27-year-old Mexican farmworker walks into the barn where she washes and packs yellow squash and zucchini, her three young children carrying their backpacks next to her as she leads them straight to the break room.

Her 8-year-old and 10-year-old settle into chairs and use a hotspot to connect to the Internet. Her 4-year-old huddles over a notebook or iPad, sketching pictures and playing electronic games. Other farmworkers’ children join them, pulling out their laptops. Soon her eldest two are doing history or English exercises, logged into their classroom portal with classmates as farmworkers plunge their hands in water, rinsing off produce for eight hours near the makeshift classroom.

This arrangement has been the family’s reality for the duration of the harvest. Since the season began in May amid shuttered schools and child-care centers, the woman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because she is undocumented, has brought her children to the farm. The coronavirus forced her kids’ school to close in March, and the farmworkers’ day-care program came to a halt in May. Unable to afford to quit working, she began bringing her children to work soon after the season began. Her boss has allowed it, she says, because he knows there are no other child-care options.

Click here to read full article.
School Is (Whisper It) a Form of Child Care

This summer, as debate raged among lawmakers, school districts and parents about whether it was safe to send kids back to school, something strange happened in Howard County, Md.
The Howard County school system decided to remain remote for at least the first semester. But to help parents deal with the lack of in-person care for their children, the county offered elementary school students a spot in parks and recreation programs, which provide “support for virtual learning assignments” along with “work sessions” and “crafts, physical activities, and games” — activities not totally unlike, say, school.
Little mention was made of the adults who will supervise the children during this child care. There was no hand-wringing about classroom configurations or safety guidelines. The catch? Unlike regular public school, which is guaranteed and free, the spots were limited — and cost $219 each week for a full day.
Click here to read the full article.
COVID-19 Risk among Child Care Providers

Read Yale University’s study on the spread of COVID-19 among child care workers and explore supplemental resources from Child Care Aware® of America.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A survey conducted by Yale University of more than 55,000 child care providers from May and June 2020 in the United States helps provide some answers to the safety of child care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As long as there were strong preventative measures in place, providing care to infants, toddlers and preschoolers didn’t seem to pose additional risk to child care workers.
Based on the results of the survey, the Yale team found that during the early months of the U.S. coronavirus pandemic, child care providers were not more likely to contract COVID-19 whether their workplace closed or stayed open.
Click here to read full report.
October 2020 Featured Agency of the Month
Catalyst Community is a non-profit organization that has provided innovative childcare solutions to support children, families, and childcare providers since 1976 in several northern California counties.
We believe that when families have the services/support they need, they will be able to raise competent, capable children. Learn more here.
CAPPA Member Only Benefits

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COVID-19 Weekly Zoom Calls:
Our commitment to you is to have scheduled at least once per week a call wherein we can all connect. As questions arise, forward them to CAPPA so that we can address them on these calls. Look for a weekly email to register. Recording and Q&A will also be posted on the Member's Only page. 
Best Practices
CAPPA has been working on Best Practices and policies to support you during this challenging time.
Visit the Member's Only website to view today!
Sample of webinars available on the Member's only website:
HR Webinar on Telecommuting, Best Practices for Program Integrity (Fraud Prevention), Provider Reimbursements, Adults & Trauma, Enrollment

Visit the CAPPA Member's Only website for more information on this webinar series and other benefits available to CAPPA Members.  
CAPPA's 2020-21 Board of Directors
President
Rick Richardson
Child Development Associates

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

Treasurer
Beth Chiaro
Child Care Resource Center 

Secretary
LaVera Smith
Supportive Services Fresno

Past President & Public Policy Advisor
Martin Castro
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation

Public Policy Chair
Gina Fromer
Children's Council of San Francisco 

Members-at-Large
Karen Marlatt
Valley Oak Children's Services

Tina Barna
Catalyst Community

Abby Shull
YMCA Childcare Resource Service 
 
Leslie Reece
Family Resource & Referral of San Joaquin County

Jeanne Fridolfs
Napa County Office of Education

Mike Michelon
Siskiyou Child Care Council

Marco Jimenez
Central Valley Children's Services Network

Joie Owen
Glenn County Office of Education

Tracey Strack
Child Action, Inc.

Crystal Stairs, Inc. 

Denyne Micheletti Colburn
CAPPA CEO

The representation of the CAPPA board spreads across all agency types and sizes, and represents voices from nearly every region in California 
ELCD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
October 9, 2020
Management Bulletin 20-19: Guidance on Family Fees for Fiscal Year 2020-21
September 24, 2020
Management Bulletin 20-18: Reopening and Reimbursement Requirements for Direct Service Contractors
September 21, 2020
Management Bulletin 20-15A: Reimbursement and Data Collection Requirements for Alternative Payment Programs and Providers 
September 11, 2020
Management Bulletin 20-17: Requirements for Distance Learning Plans, Program Quality, and Distance Learning Services for Direct Service Contractors
September 10, 2020
Management Bulletin 20-16: Continued Funding Application Fiscal Year 2021–22
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

Davis Street Family Resource Center, Alameda County

Solano Family and Children's Services


Colusa County Office of Education
Field Happenings
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