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CAPPA's
2017-18 Board of Directors
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Rick Richardson
Child Development Associates
Karen Marlatt
Valley Oak Children's Services
Beth Chiaro
Child Care Resource Center
LaVera Smith
Supportive Services Fresno
Martin Castro
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
Jeffrey Moreira
Crystal Stairs, Inc.
Public Policy Co-Chair
Phillip Warner
Children's Council San Francisco
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
San Mateo 4Cs
Michelle Graham
Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County
Joie Owen
Glenn County Office of Education
Denyne Micheletti Colburn
CAPPA CEO
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EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
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The CDE Child Development Contracts office will begin e-mail distribution of fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 child
development contracts on May
21
, 2018.
February 12, 2018
Bridge Program Monthly Technical Assistance Calls
DSS will be hosting technical assistance calls on the last Tuesday of each month from 1-2 pm, beginning in February. These calls will provide opportunities for counties to share best practices and challenges as they implement the Bridge Program. CDSS staff will also be available to answer questions and address concerns. If you have specific questions or suggestions for topics in advance of the calls, please send them to
January 25, 2018
A manual letter
(
EAS-18-03
)
containing amendments to the California Department of Social Services' Eligibility and Assistance Manual has been uploaded onto the Department's website.
A manuel letter containing revisions CDSS' Eligibility and Assistance Standards Manual has been uploaded onto the Departments' website.
Click here
for more information.
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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.
Pomona Unified School District- Child Development
Children's Council San Francisco
Solano Family & Children's Services
North Coast Opportunities-Lake County
Child Care Coordinating Council, Inc. of San Mateo County
Go Kids, Inc., Gilroy
Child Development Inc. is Hiring! See the Recruitment Flyer
Here.
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CAPPA Member Benefits now available on the Members Only website:
*BRAND NEW!
CAPPA is excited to announce that our brand new
CAPPA Community Forum is now ready! This Forum is an integrated discussion board and will allow members to engage in online discussion, subscribe to your favorite topics, get your questions answered and upload your agency forms- Find answers, stay informed, and make connections!
Email CAPPA for your log-in so that you can access this forum and all other resources that the member's only website has to offer.
*All new AP branding templates
from CAPPA's Branding Committee are now available for CAPPA members.
The Family Factor: A Community View to Father Engagement
Save money when you join TechSoup! TechSoup is a nonprofit that helps other nonprofits. Save hundreds of dollars on products like Microsoft Office, Antivirus software, a number of fundraising programs, and much more! 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! Once you've signed up as a TechSoup member, you can register your organization and get started requesting donations.
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AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support CAPPA every time you shop. When you shop at
smile.amazon.com
,
you'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to CAPPA.
If interested, you can also sign up for an Amazon Business account for free. This is similar to a Prime account and will give you free 2-day shipping. You can learn more
Here.
Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for your support!
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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.
If you have news to share or an event you want added to CAPPA's website calendar, email us!
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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
HERE.
You can also make a donation to CAPPA and CAPPA Children's Foundation
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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The California Senate and Assembly are currently on Spring Recess. Floor session will reconvene on April 2.
Click here
to be directed to CAPPA's website 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 will also note legislative hearings of interest to our field. To track and/or review legislation or to create your own tracking list,
click here.
Here is a small sample of bills that have been identified as being of interest to the child care and early education field. You can find a more expansive list on
our website.
For child care and early education, our need and our ask is quite simple...
WHAT DO WE WANT...
$1 BILLION FOR BABIES!!
100,000 CHILD CARE SLOTS!!!
WHEN DO WE NEED THEM...NOW!!!
- Parents need access to 24 hour/7 days per week affordable child care options that meet the demands of full time employment.
- Children need stable and enriching child care settings to attain greater educational outcomes.
- Child care providers and teachers need to be reimbursed livable rates that value their profession and economic contributions.
- Employers need a reliable workforce.
State Budget Update
will be available to CAPPA Members and subscribers only. On this new and improved webpage, CAPPA will begin hosting enhanced budget information and strategic communications. Annual subscriptions will be available to non-members for $50/year.
Upcoming Budget Hearings on Child Care and Early Education:
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A Call to Action from our Partners
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As you know, c
urrently, in order for people who are not paid through state and federal subsidy dollars to apply for the TrustLine Registry, they must submit a paper application and a check or money order to California Department of Social Services. The time it takes for the paper application to travel via mail to Sacramento, and the time it takes to process the application at CDSS creates delays that can allow individuals with criminal or child abuse histories to provide care for children as businesses await the results, postpones the hiring of staff, and delays individuals from being paid. Further, results of the background check are sent via mail.
It's past time to bring TrustLine into the computer age!
AB 2702 will require that all organizations required to utilize TrustLine have online access to the CDSS web-based TrustLine application, and that all consumers can confirm an applicant's TrustLine status by searching the TrustLine Registry using the CDSS website.
AB 2702 would modernize the process by:
1. Expanding the existing on-line TrustLine web-based application process to include all agencies required to use TrustLine.
2. Enabling the CDSS Web site to allow consumers to confirm the registration status of TrustLine applicants. Currently CDSS provides this service for the Home Care Aide Registry applicants and consumers established via Health and Safety Code 1796.29.
Planned amendments will include allowing online payments and requiring the state to select a Livescan vendor.
AB 2702 will be heard in Assembly Human Services Committee on Tuesday, April 10th. Please submit your
letters of support
today!
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New Video From End Child Poverty in California
A child's future in California shouldn't be decided before she opens her eyes. End Child Poverty in California's newest video "
6 Minutes"
focuses on the facts that children born into poverty are 5 times more likely to drop out of school, 70% more likely to live in poverty as adults, and are more likely to be homeless or the victims of crimes. Early childhood education, high-quality, affordable childcare and other family-supportive programs can dramatically change those odds.
End Child Poverty in California's education campaign is working hard to make sure that Californians know that our state has the highest child poverty rate in the country, and that together we can change that. Add your email to help #endchildpoverty in California: endchildpovertyca.org/.
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Congressional District Fact Sheets Show What's at Stake in Potential Federal Cuts to SNAP Food Assistance
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - known as CalFresh in our state - provides food assistance to around 4 million Californians each month. Funded with federal dollars, SNAP plays a critical role in helping households to put food on the table and make ends meet.
However, President Trump and some Republican leaders in Congress have called for significantly scaling back support for SNAP, which would result in increased hunger and economic hardship for millions in California and across the nation, including children, people with disabilities, and older adults. Next month, the US House of Representatives is expected to begin work on a new federal Farm Bill. This is major legislation that, among other provisions, sets funding levels and additional policies that shape the SNAP program, and some congressional leaders have already signaled their intention to use the Farm Bill to significantly constrain funding and eligibility for SNAP.
Two new Budget Center Fact Sheets underscore how SNAP/CalFresh benefits households and communities across California and shows what's at stake in potential federal cuts:
- How CalFresh Helps Address Hunger in Every Congressional District. This Fact Sheet includes a table and maps showing the share of residents in each of California's 53 congressional districts who receive CalFresh benefits. These shares are especially large in the San Joaquin Valley and as high as 1 in 4 residents in some California counties.
- How CalFresh Reduces Poverty in Every Congressional District. This Fact Sheet underscores the importance of CalFresh in combating economic hardship across our state. This analysis shows that for the 2013-2015 period, CalFresh reduced California's poverty rate statewide by more than 2 percentage points while lowering poverty in every single congressional district. (This analysis is based on the California Poverty Measure recently developed by the Public Policy Institute of California and the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality.)
Rather than threatening cuts to food assistance, federal policymakers - both in the Farm Bill deliberations and other policy choices - should seek to boost support for SNAP/CalFresh, with an eye toward expanding its crucial benefits for households across our state and nationally.
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Breaking: House Passes Historic Increase in Child Care Funding
The FY 2018 omnibus spending bill, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives today (3/22/18), includes the largest-ever single-year increase in federal funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG). The bill increases CCDBG funding by $2.4 billion, which will give states the resources they need to implement the 2014 child care reauthorization, expand investments in quality, and increase access to child care assistance for more than 151,000 additional children, according to CLASP analysis.
The new funds present an important opportunity for advocates. CLASP and the National Women's Law Center are sponsoring a conference call for advocates on April 5 at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT focused on state implementation strategies for this significant increase. We will answer your questions about the mechanics of this funding and discuss strategic approaches for this new investment. To join the call, dial: 1-877-273-4202, and enter passcode 3809834. If you have specific questions you'd like addressed on the call, please email them to Jessica (jchurch@nwlc.org).
NOTE: On page 949 of the federal spending bill is the funding for "carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBG Act") $5,226,000,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families". The House has passed the bill and it is pending the Senate. For California, that will mean and additional $252,727,000 funding increase for an additional 11,770 child care slots.
To see the state-by-state impact of this increase in funding, see
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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. Please make sure that you have a link included to an online version or viewing
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Child Care & Development State Plan for FFY 2019-2021
Reminder - Public comments to the Child Care Development State Plan for FFY 2019-2021 are due by April 1, 2018.
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CAPPA Insights and Advocacy: Members Only Conference Calls
April 11, 2018
11:00am - 11:40am
in partnership with:
Topic: Federal Update & Child Care and Development Block Grant Update
Presented by: Jay Nichols, Director, Federal Policy and Governmental Affairs, Child Care Aware of America
Join us for an ALL NEW Insights and Advocacy Conference Call.
Topics will vary from month to month and will include: relevant legislation, budget updates, caucus priorities, reports from policy experts and more. The purpose of these calls is to share information that is relevant to our field to our members.
For this call, we are so pleased to have Jay Nichols from Child Care Aware join us. Jay will be providing us with a federal update, focusing on the Federal Budget and the Child Care and Development Block Grant. In addition, Jay will also give us more information on how Child Care Aware plays a large role in advocating at a federal level. Don't miss this exciting opportunity!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!
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CAPPA Statewide Meeting-in partnership with CDE-Locations in the North and South!
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April 5, 2018
Pomona Unified School District
1460 E. Holt Avenue
Pomona, CA 91767
Entrance 3
9:30am-2:30pm
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June 21, 2018
University of Phoenix
2860 Gateway Oaks Drive
Bldg. B, Ste. 100
Sacramento CA 95833
Classrooms 121/122/123
9:30am-2:30pm
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To better support our field, CAPPA, in partnership with CDE, will be hosting TWO, informational trainings for our field in both Pomona and in Sacramento!
These Statewide Meetings will bring our field together to share insights and experiences, explore ideas, shape policy, and discuss best practices.
Both locations will offer the same format, agenda and presentations. We hope you can join us!
Agenda:
9:00am
Registration
9:30am-11:00am
Improper Payment Elimination and Recovery Act Results
The purpose of this informational session is to present information and results regarding the Improper Payments and Elimination Recovery Act (IPERA) review for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2015-16.
11:00am-12:30pm
Overview of the Alternative Payment, CalWORKs Child Care and Family Child Care Home Education Networks Review Guide
This workshop presents an overview of the Alternative Payment review guide and provides clear written information that will be used in Alternative Payment monitoring reviews.
12:30pm
Lunch
1:00pm-2:30pm
Attendance Recording, Reporting and Provider Payments (Alternative Payment Programs)
This workshop presents an overview of the changes to attendance reporting as prescribed in AB 274. It will provide information on provider payment requirements and parent and provider responsibilities for attendance recording for reimbursements, proration, monthly maximums, provider examples of actual calculations and how to deal with oddities like if hourly rates exceed daily rates.
A BIG Thank you to our event partners!
Interested in sponsoring these events?
We look forward to seeing you!
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Register Today for an Entire Year's Worth of Training!
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All New Early Learning & Child Care Webinar Series for 2018!
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 staff, providers and the community on the most requested child care topics for 2018 at an affordable price in an incredibly convenient format.
Click Here
to see more details, topics and to
register for the all new 2018 series.
The 2010- 2017 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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