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June 2019 Featured Agency
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Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County (4Cs Sonoma) is celebrating its 47th Anniversary this year. Founded as a Community Based Organization in 1972 by child care advocates and providers, 4Cs offers a variety of services to children, families, providers, and community partners in Sonoma County.
4Cs administers multiple subsidized early care and education contracts including CAPP, CalWORKS Stage 2 & 3 and our local Workforce Investment Opportunity Act Child Care program. We currently serve 1238 children in our Alternative Payment Program. Additionally, 4Cs Sonoma operates 12 California State Preschool Program sites once which includes a CCTR toddler component. These programs serve over 544 children. 4Cs has a very robust Resource and Referral Department, which includes Quality Counts coaching, Parent Voices and a Parent Leadership Academy, Health and Safety, Bridge Program and a very popular CCIP program that just trained 22 prospective providers and has 19 on a waiting list for the next training round! 4Cs also administers the CACFP program for family child care homes in Marin, Napa, and Sonoma counties, as well as the food program for the 12 state preschools that we run.
Click Here to learn more.
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A special thank you to Lara Magnusdottir, Public Policy Director, for the submission!**
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Sunshine Day 2019:
On April 13th, Central Valley Children's Services Network held their 40th Annual Sunshine Day, which is a free family event and resource fair at Roeding Park in Fresno.
Sunshine Day is part of the nationally recognized Week of the Young Child celebration. This year, the Week of the Young Child's theme is 'Celebrating our Youngest Learners.' WOYC is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The purpose of WOYC is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs.
As a way to conclude the week-long celebration, Children's Services Network offers Sunshine Day as a FREE family and child-friendly event!
There was Live Entertainment, Wild Child Adventures Bubble Play, Reptile Ron's Animal Presentations, Hands-on activities, Face painting and Information Booths!
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Do you have success news to share with us?! We love to hear what our members are up to and where they're going! Submit your accomplishment(s) big OR small by emailing us!
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CAPPA's
2018-19 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
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
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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ELCD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
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Implementing Optional Staff Training Days
State Median Income and Income Ranking Table for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20
MB 19-04:
Family Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year 2019-20
May 14, 2019
Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Services and Adjustment
Factors
The ELCD will host a webinar on
Thursday, March 14, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. to provide technical assistance with the CDMIS.
January 28, 2019
January 4, 2018
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has amended regulations pertaining to CalWORKs, within the Eligibility and Assistance Standards Manual. The changes are detailed in
CDSS Manual Letter No. EAS-18-05
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CAPPA Member Benefits now available on the Members Only website:
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Just added to the Member's only website are webinars on
Adults and Trauma
and an AP 101 webinar on
Enrolling Clients into the CalWORKs Program.
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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.
MCT Technology
Child Care Resource Center
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc.
Pomona Unified School District- Child Development
Child Care Coordinating Council, Inc. of San Mateo County
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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.
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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Become a 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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Highlights of what is pending:
Click here to read all of the issue specific proposals to be considered in the 2019-20 budget.
Click here to see a Spreadsheet of outcomes and proposals that will be taken up in the Conference Committee along with close-out documents from the Assembly Subcommittee 2 on Education Finance and Senate Subcommittee 1 on Education.
Click here to view a field calendar that will include legislative and bill hearing dates.
Click here to see the homepage for the 2019 Conference Committee on the Budget - AB 74
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Monday, June 24, 2019:
- SEN Human Services (Hurtado, Chair) 3:00pm - Rm 2040
Tuesday, June 25, 2019:
- ASM Judiciary (Stone, Chair) 9:00am - Rm 437
Wednesday, June 26, 2019:
- ASM Appropriations (Gonzalez, Chair) 9:00am - Rm 4202
- SEN Education (Leyva, Chair) 9:00am - Rm 4203
- SEN Labor, Public Employment and Retirement (Hill, Chair) 9:30am - Rm 2040
- AB 378 (Limon) Childcare: family childcare providers: bargaining representative
Monday, July 1, 2019:
- SEN Appropriations (Portantino, Chair) 9:00am - Rm 4202
Tuesday, July 2, 2019:
- SEN Elections & Constitutional Amendments (Umberg, Chair) 9:30am - Rm 112
- AB 220 (Bonta) Political Reform Action of 1974: campaign funds: childcare costs
- ASM Human Services (Reyes, Chair) 1:30pm - Rm 437
- SEN Housing (Wiener, Chair) 1:30pm - Rm 4203
Wednesday, July 3, 2019:
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AB 842 (Limon)
Child nutrition: school, childcare, transitional kindergarten, and preschool meals.
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Click here
to see all of the legislation identified of interest to our field. Below are a couple of highlights of the results from the recent Appropriations committees:
Click here to see calendar of field events/interests and legislative hearings and deadlines. If you would like something added to the field calendar, click here and submit details.
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PROFILED BILL OF THE WEEK
SB 234 ~ Senator Nancy Skinner
Keep Kids Close to Home Act - This bill levels the playing field for large family daycare homes by equalizing the permitting requirements with small family daycare homes. It also makes clear that family childcare is allowed in apartments and condos. Additionally, it will strengthen tenant protections for family childcare providers.
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Contingency Funds Application Process
Dear Alternative Payment Program Contractors:
The purpose of this letter is to provide Alternative Payment Program (CAPP) contractors with information regarding the process to apply for contingency funds.
Pursuant to Education Code Section 8222.1, per the Budget Act of 2018, the California Department of Education (CDE) shall reallocate funds as necessary to reimburse CAPPs for actual and allowable costs incurred for additional services. A CAPP contractor may apply for reimbursement of up to three (3) percent of their contract amount, or for a greater amount subject to the discretion of the Department, based on availability of funds. Applications may be submitted as early as May 1, 2019, but no later than September 30, 2019. The CDE will approve or deny applications submitted pursuant to this section, but will not consider applications received after September 30, 2019, of the current calendar year for additional costs incurred during the 2018-19 fiscal year.
The CDE will distribute reimbursement funds for each approved application within 90 days of receipt of the application if it was filed between May 1 and July 20 inclusive of the current calendar year. Applications received after July 20 are not subject to the 90-day requirement for the distribution of funds. If requests for reimbursement pursuant to this section exceed available funds, CDE will assign priority for reimbursement according to the order in which it receives the applications.
Funds received by a CAPP contractor pursuant to this section that are not substantiated by the program's annual audit must be returned to CDE and are not subject to the appeal process.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact me at 916-324-6611, or email JClegg@cde.ca.gov.
Sincerely,
Jordan Clegg, Staff Services Manager I
Child Development & Nutrition Fiscal Services
Fiscal and Administrative Services Division
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SAVE THE DATE- Early Learning and Care Division
This notice informs ELCD contractors of key SAVE THE DATE Request for Applications (RFA) events for the following RFAs:
- The California State Preschool Program (CSPP) Expansion RFA will announce score notifications to applicants by mid-March 2019, and send out Proposed Award Letters in mid-May 2019. The program start date will be June 28, 2019. Please note this date has changed from previous years' start dates.
- The General Child Care and Development (CCTR) RFA will announce score notifications to applicants by mid-March 2019, and send out Proposes Award Letters in mid-May 2019. The program start date will be June 28, 2019. Please note this date has changed from previous years' start dates.
- For all other questions regarding the CSPP RFA, please send an email to CSPPRFA@cde.ca.gov.
- For all other questions regarding the CCTR RFA, please send an email to CCTRRFA@cde.ca.gov.
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Regional Technical Assistance Trainings - Summer 2019
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Child Development Resources
211 E. Ventura Blvd
Oxnard, CA 93036
Conference Rooms A and B
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July 15, 2019 Modesto
Stanislaus County Office of Education- Child & Family Services
1325 H Street
Modesto, CA 95354
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July 19, 2019
Gilroy
Go Kids, Inc.
9015 Murray Ave. Suite 110
Gilroy, CA 95020
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July 30, 2019
Grass Valley
Sierra Nevada Children's Services
420 Sierra College Drive, Suite 100
Grass Valley, CA 95945
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CAPPA member agencies, with the support of CAPPA & Children's Foundation, are putting together a series of Technical Assistance (TA) 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.
Topics to include:
Best Practices Session (10:00am-11:45am):
- Just added! Ongoing Review for Input on Draft GAU Review Guides and pending 12-month Regulations, which are both anticipated to go into effect in October/November.
- Just Added! Ideas for Procurement process overhaul. This will be a Q&A and open discussion format.
- Just Added! 12-Month Eligibility in Stage 1. This will be a Q&A and open discussion format.
- How to implement the two-week written notice regulation (AB 603)-Update will also be provided on the CAPPA concerns that are included in the budget conversations.
- Management Bulletins Discussion- We will review those Management Bulletins that you continue to have questions on, including 18-09 & 18-09(a) Electronic Banking & Direct Deposits
- Transfers- This will be a Q&A and open discussion format; Inter-county transfers and clarification on stage 2 transfers to be included
Lunch (11:45am-12:15pm)
CAPPA Budget and Legislative Discussion and Updates
(12:15pm-1:00pm)
- AB 378- Child Care Provider Union Bill
- Variable Work Schedule- is a remedy in site?
Peer-to-Peer Networking Session (1:00pm-2:00pm):
This portion of the agenda will allow attendees to share their successful strategies, tools and ideas.
**If there are topics that you would be interested in adding to the agenda, please let us know!**
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Network and CAPPA Joint Annual Conference 2019
October 2-4, 2019
DoubleTree Hotel Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
The California Child Care Resource & Referral Network and the California Alternative Payment Program Association look forward to hosting our 7th Joint Conference together this fall.
We are offering an Agency pre-payment option and it is being provided for agencies that would like to pay their 2019 Conference Registration Fees in advance. The preliminary program and final conference registration form, including the ability to list all conferees individually and to select workshops, will be released later in July.
We are hard at work creating a conference program that includes a variety of workshops to meet the needs of staff working with parents; staff providing training and technical assistance to child care providers; staff administering AP programs, program staff-supervisors; managers and directors.
Please click:
http://www.rsvpbook.com/prepayjointAC19
for general information about the conference and if your agency would like to pre-pay for the 2019 Joint Network/CAPPA Conference. Pre-payment for The Joint Annual Conference is Due by Friday, June 28th.
Partnership Information:
Exhibitor and Sponsor Information is now available!
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CA BUDGET: BIG WIN FOR FAMILIES! Last week marked two key victories for families living in poverty. Governor Newsom has a family-first budget on his desk that includes over $3 billion in End Child Poverty Plan investments, including an expanded California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC), Ending deep poverty for families on CalWORKs, guaranteed CalWORKS child care eligibility, expanded health care for Californias regardless of immigration status, transitional supports for foster youth, increase in after school program funding, and increased Alternative Payment and child care slots and so much more. We know that child care is a lifeline for many of our families and that extra money in their pockets means being able to pay rent, buy food and basic necessities.
Another historical win in this budget is the passage of AB 91 (Burke) the "Loophole Closure and Small Business and Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2019" This bill will close tax loopholes for corporations and the wealthy and fund many anti poverty programs. This was led by our Closing Loopholes and Open Opportunities coalition comprised of a diverse group of anti-poverty advocates, faith based organizations, non-profits, education, business and labor partners. AB 91 will provide funding for the CalEITC expansion, which includes a $1,000 child tax credit for families with children ages 0-6 and is a key part of the on-going budget infrastructure that allows for sustainability in funding of other anti-poverty programs and supports.
As bill author Asm. Autumn Burke said of the vulnerable families who will benefit from this, "They have to choose between keeping the lights on and putting food on the table. They lie awake at night worried about paying the rent. They need this help and they work every day to earn it."
As we celebrate these victories, we know that there is still more work do. We need a robust Targeted Child Tax Credit that will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of the toxic stress of deep poverty, families with tax payers who file with an Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) need to be eligible for the CalEITC, and we need to lay the foundation for a fair Early Care and Education reimbursement structure. The momentum of this month's wins and the collaboration of dozens of amazing partners across the State will continue to fuel the End Child Poverty CA movement to pass the plan! Join CAPPA and over 47,000 engaged Californians at endchildpovertyca.org.
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Parent Voices CA and Child Care Law Center praise budget action to stabilize child care in CA
The Legislature and Governor Newsom have agreed to an early childhood budget for 19-20 that helps the whole child, the whole family and the whole community. In particular, we welcome the sweeping fiscal and policy changes that will give families in CalWORKs reliable, quality child care and open opportunities for parents to get ahead and stay ahead.
This is a huge victory for parents like Belia from Fresno County. The County removed her child care subsidy just as she was transitioning to work, forcing her back into poverty instead of ahead to economic security. Silvia, a parent living in Alameda County, was never told that she was eligible for child care, once she started working. In Northern California, county agencies required Katie to obtain and submit 11 child care authorizations in 16 months.
Belia, Silvia and Katie - and many other parent members of Parent Voices - told legislators of their experiences as part of their advocacy campaign to win funding and policy changes for families.
"Parents are more than story tellers - their expertise drives two-generation impacts," said Mary Ignatius of Parent Voices California. "Everyone wins when we rely on their knowledge and lived experience to create solutions."
We'd like to thank Senator Holly Mitchell for her incredible leadership, Governor Newsom, and the Budget Conference Committee members. Their work will create more equity and lift up more than 22,000 families who will now have the reliable child care they need to improve their prospects.
This campaign would not have been as successful without the Assembly Blue Ribbon Commission on Early Childhood Education, which prioritized this reform, nor without the tireless work of our co-sponsors: SEIU, United Domestic Workers, and Health & Human Services Network. We appreciate our partners in the County Welfare Directors Association and Department of Social Services, and hundreds of supporters from diverse groups and perspectives - including the Stronger California Network and the End Child Poverty Campaign. Most significantly, this success would not have been possible but for the hundreds of parents who took time from their families and jobs to testify, write, comment and speak with media.
We look forward to working with the Department of Social Services, the counties, and child care agencies to quickly implement these new policies and create #CaliforniaForAll.
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READ WESTERN CENTER'S ANALYSIS OF 2019-2020 BUDGET BILL
Budget Bill 2019-20: AB 74
Includes important anti-poverty measures: expands Earned Income Tax Credit, increases CalWORKs grants, expands access to Medi-Cal, and provides significant funding for anti-homelessness measures
Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature have reached a budget deal for FY 2019-20. Some details are still being negotiated, including housing provisions and the state Earned Income Tax Credit; we will provide updates as additional details are available. The Budget Bill must be passed by midnight on Saturday, June 15, 2019.
The budget will result in significant positive gains for California's most vulnerable residents. The budget includes many Western Center priorities, most notably, it increases the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) for families, ends the "senior penalty" for accessing Medi-Cal, and expands Medi-Cal to undocumented young adults. It also provides a major boost to CalWORKs grants, and includes $650 million in funding to address homelessness. Unfortunately, the budget does not include funding to restore massive SSI (Supplemental Security Income) grant cuts from a decade ago, or to expand Medi-Cal to undocumented seniors.
The increased spending in the 2019-20 budget is made possible by a three-year $21.5 billion surplus. The surplus is from a combination of higher revenue than estimated, and lower state spending than anticipated. The budget includes reserves and a Rainy Day Fund that exceed $20 billion, the largest in state history.
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California's efforts to improve health care for children is being dimmed by high rents and housing prices, poorly performing schools, expensive child care and a host of other challenges, according to a new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
In many ways, the report reflects a familiar story for the state: Prosperity is unevenly divided, the education system is inadequate and families are worse off because of the shortcomings in public programs. The report found that more than 13 million U.S. children live in poverty.
California made only small gains compared with last year in
the foundation's Kids Count report, which evaluates child well-being based on 16 measures that rate health, education, family and community, and economic well-being. The report found California had more than 1 million children living in impoverished areas, and more children than in any other state living in households where the parents or guardians lacked a high school education.
Kentucky ranked one place higher, and Tennessee ranked just below California. Almost all of the states with lower rankings than California were in the South and Southwest, with Mississippi and New Mexico ranked as the worst.
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RELEASE: 60 Percent of Families Are Spending More Than Twice as Much on Child Care as What the U.S. Government Considers Affordable
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Center for American Progress released a new
issue briefanalyzing what families with children under age 5 are spending on child care. The study relies on new data released last month as part of the nationally representative Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), which looks both at what families are spending on child care and types of child care arrangements on which families rely.
In addition to promoting economic growth, access to affordable early childhood programs is essential for helping parents stay in the workforce, encouraging healthy development and learning, and connecting families with important social services of which they may otherwise be unaware.
The brief raises serious concerns about how a lack of public investment in early care and education is increasing inequality-in terms of both wealth and access to quality early education programs-as high-income parents are increasing their investment in their children's care and education at a faster rate than ever before. Key findings from the brief include:
- Low-income families earning less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level are spending 35 percent of their income-or $188 per week-on child care; middle-income families earning between 200 and 399 percent of the federal poverty level are spending 14 percent of their income-or nearly $200 per week-on child care. Respectively, these families are spending five times and twice as much of their household income on child care as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has deemed affordable. Families in these income brackets account for 60 percent of all families with children under age 5.
- Wealthier families earning more than 600 percent of the federal poverty level are spending 7 percent of their income on child care, despite the fact that these families are twice as likely to send their children to more costly licensed programs.
- Nearly 8 in 10 families rely on relatives to arrange care for their young children-with grandparents serving as the most common relative child care providers. Specifically, about 56 percent of young children who need child care spend at least some time in the sole care of a grandparent.
- Less than half of families-46.7 percent-utilize licensed child care.
"It's unconscionable that low-income families in this country are spending five times what the U.S. government deems affordable child care," said
Rasheed Malik, senior policy analyst for Early Childhood Policy at CAP and author of the brief. "These findings send a clear warning to policymakers that failing to take bold action to improve access to quality, affordable child care could exacerbate income inequality at a time when working families are already struggling to get by."
Just yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a spending bill that includes an additional
$2.4 billion in federal child care funding. Last week, hundreds of child care advocates called on Congress to pass the Child Care for Working Families Act, which would limit child care payments to 7 percent of household income and provide free child care to low-income working families. Earlier this week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) also introduced a universal child care bill that would similarly cap child care payments.
Please click
here to read "Working Families Are Spending Big Money on Child Care" by Rasheed Malik.
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Take Action for Children
Submit a Comment on the Proposed Changes to the Federal Poverty Level Calculation - Advocates
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has proposed changes to the federal poverty threshold. These changes may result in drastic harm to millions of low-income and working class families and children who rely on critical health and nutrition programs.
Please send your comments to OMB before June 21, 2019, letting them know you oppose these changes.
Make sure you edit the portions in ALL CAPS in the template below before you send in your comment.
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