"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
November 9, 2020 | Issue #45
New CAPPA Event: Outcomes from the November Election- THIS THURSDAY!
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)
  • Dion Aroner, AJE Partners and Ret. State Assembly Member (Confirmed)
  • Erin Gabel, CA Assembly Budget Committee Consultant on K-12 and Early Childhood Education (Confirmed)
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 Outcomes
As it currently stands, the California congressional delegation would be 42 Democrats and 11 Republicans. The State Senate would be 31 Democrats and 9 Republicans. The State Assembly would be 60 Democrats and 20 Republicans.

Below is the update on the Propositions as of this writing:

  • Proposition 14 - Authorizes Bonds Continuing Stem Cell Research. 51.0 % to 49.0 % NOT FINAL
  • Proposition 15 - Increases Funding Sources for Public Schools, Community Colleges and Local Government Services by Changing Tax Assessment of Commercial and Industrial Property. 48.1% to 51.9 % NOT FINAL
  • Proposition 16 - Allows Diversity as a Factor in Public Employment, Education and Contracting Decisions. 43.5% to 56.5%
  • Proposition 17 - Restores Right to Vote After Completion of a Prison Term. 58.8% to 41.2%
  • 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. 44.5% to 55.5%
  • Proposition 19 - Changes Certain Property Tax Rules. 51.3% to 48.7% NOT FINAL
  • Proposition 20 - Restricts Parole for Certain Offenses Currently Considered to Be Non-Violent. 37.9% to 62.1%
  • Proposition 21 - Expands Local Governments Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property. 40.1% to 59.9%
  • Proposition 22 - Exempts App-Based Transportation and Delivery Companies From Providing Employee Benefits to Certain Drivers. 58.5% to 41.5%
  • Proposition 23 - Establishes State Requirements for Kidney Dialysis Clinics. 36.1% to 63.9%
  • Proposition 24 - Amends Consumer Privacy Laws. 55.9% to 44.1%
  • Proposition 25 - Referendum on Law That Replaced Money Bail System Based on Public Safety and Flight Risk 44.2% to 55.8%

For more specific Voter Information, click here.
Upcoming Hearings
  • Tuesday November 10 - ASM Joint Hearing Budget Sub 6 - SUBJECT: An Update on the State's Response to COVID-19
  • Monday November 16 - SEN Human Services: INFORMATIONAL HEARING: COVID-19 Impacts on Foster Care
  • Tuesday November 17 - SEN Human Services: INFORMATIONAL HEARING: Fighting Hunger: Food Assistance for Vulnerable Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Where are the Child Care Dollars?

On July 3, 2020 centers across California were notified that roughly approximately $50 million in General Child Care and Development (CCTR) program funds were allocated to provide direct services for California children from birth to age three and for children that are school-age. Click here to see MB 19-09(a).

As of this writing, centers that in good faith enrolled families in desperate need of child care have had to disenroll those families, have exhausted lines of credit and in some cases are on the verge of closure.

These monies were allocated. We all need to ask our elected officials, "Where are these dollars?" Click here to call and ask your elected officials for a reason.
Recognizing Leadership
California's economy cannot rebound without working families
Early Childhood Policy Council Meeting 11/16/20
Please join us for the fifth meeting of the Early Childhood Policy Council.
 
Monday, November 16, 2020
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PST
 
For those who would like to participate:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
 
Meeting materials:
A meeting agenda will be posted 10 days prior to the meeting at: https://www.chhs.ca.gov/home/committees/early-childhood-policy-council/
 
Please be advised that a special session of the Council will be convened later this month, devoted to the Master Plan for Early Learning and Care. Further information regarding this meeting will be released soon.
 
Reasonable accommodations:
We ask that any person who wishes to receive meeting materials in an alternative format, which would enable that person to participate at the meeting, please contact Chelsea Rau at Chelsea.Rau@chhs.ca.gov at least five business days prior to the meeting for this request.
 
Additional announcements:
The Children’s Partnership and The Children’s Equity Project are co-hosting a webinar on early childhood inequities.
 
Start with Equity: California
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Time: 2:00 (PST)
Register here: http://bit.ly/329hOQd 
For more information, please click on the webinar registration link. 
Federal Updates
After confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote margin of 52 to 48, the Senate has adjourned until the week of November 9th. The House will be in recess until the week of November 16th. It therefore seems unlikely that there will be a relief package until after the election and probably not until the election results are clear. This has been an incredibly frustrating and disappointing process, but we also should relish what we’ve been able to accomplish so far – the House passed (on a strong bipartisan basis) the largest investment in child care since WW2 (50 plus billion!), the essential role of child care (and the educators doing this work) is in the news, stories of what is happening on the ground is driving the conversation, new members talking about child care, Speaker Pelosi championing child care, child care being talked about as a fundamental piece of our economic recovery, and more. We are so grateful for your tireless advocacy over these past several months, and we hope that you are able to find time to rest and recharge before we re-engage after the election in the fight to secure at least $50 billion in Federal relief funding for child care and work to rebuild a more equitable and effective system than where we started. As we learn more about the election next week and beyond, we’ll continue to be in touch through these memos on the current state of affairs and how we can work together to secure the investments and structural changes in child care that are so long overdue. 

New NWLC Resource on Minimum Wage and Child Care - The National Women’s Law Center has released a new resource on the importance of raising the minimum wage and investing in the child care system together as a way to support workers, families, and child care providers as we build toward an equitable economic recovery.
Women and working families have been hit hard by the pandemic, but so many were struggling to make ends meet before the current crisis. Child care workers—nearly all of whom are women—are systemically underpaid and undervalued, despite the critical care they provide. For these workers, and working families across the country, high-quality child care is unattainably expensive. At the same time, the child care system itself is in crisis, with many providers being forced to close and more than one in six child care workers losing their jobs.
The Care Minimum: The Case for Raising the Minimum Wage and Investing in Child Care Together articulates four key principles for advocates and policymakers to foreground as we work to rebuild and re-envision our economy:
  1. Raise the minimum wage for everyone, without exclusions.
  2. Invest the public dollars needed to accommodate wage increases for child care workers, without shifting the cost burden to parents or asking providers to make up the difference.
  3. Ensure that raising the minimum wage is a complement to—not a substitute for—other strategies that address under-compensation for child care workers.
  4. Recognize that the ultimate goal is fair compensation and high-quality, affordable child care for all.
By focusing on shared goals and policy outcomes, we hope this resource will lay out a framework for advocates as we make renewed calls for investments in working people and families.
Please reach out to Laura Narefsky (lnarefsky@nwlc.org) or Estelle Mitchell (emitchell@nwlc.org) with any questions.   

Sign-on Opportunities: Support the Child Poverty Reduction Act and #Commit2Kids
Last week, new research was released that finds that 2.5 million more children are living in poverty than before the outbreak of COVID-19. Yet even before the pandemic, child poverty was a moral crisis in the United States that affected each and every one of us. Our child poverty rate remains consistently higher than that of our peer countries, and children in the United States continue to experience poverty at a rate 54 percent higher than adults.

We can’t make progress without holding ourselves accountable to action. The Child Poverty Reduction Act (S. 4115/H.R. 7419) establishes a framework for progress by codifying a commitment to cut our national child poverty rate in half within a decade and directing the National Academy of Sciences to issue annual reports on progress towards this goal.

Sign your organization on to this letter of support (state and local organizations welcome!) In addition, we continue to call on elected leaders and candidates to #Commit2Kids by sharing their specific plans to make children a priority in budget and policy decisions. Is your organization willing to join our growing movement — including the Save the Children Action Network, ZERO TO THREE, the National WIC Association, and 40 other local and national groups — by signing on to our open letter to candidates and lawmakers.
Most reviewed federal bills:
  1. H.R.8337 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act
  2. H.R.1 - An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
  3. S.3548 - CARES Act
  4. S.534 - Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017
  5. H.R.748 - CARES Act
  6. H.R.6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act
  7. S.3548 - CARES Act
  8. H.Res.109 - Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.
  9. H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act
  10. H.R.3355 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
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.
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. 
"Central Valley Children's Services Network hosted their first ever Kaleidoscope Drive-In Fall Reading event. Kaleidoscope families were greeted with a welcome song, a live story was transmitted to lots of smiling faces, kiddos received goody bags and they were surprised with a live appearance from CSN’s KC Kangaroo! What a wonderful way to welcome the Fall season....but none of this would be possible without the on-going support and participation of all the amazing parents. THANK YOU ALL for driving by!"
Let us know what your organization is doing, we would love to feature you in the coming weeks!        
CDE Information & Updates
CAPPA is committed to supporting our field with a coordinated calendar. Click here to see current calendar of events. If you have an event to add, email CAPPA and it will be added.
Fiscal Year 2020–21 Child Care and Development Contract Changes

The Child Development and Nutrition Fiscal Services (CDNFS) Office is providing all contractors with a link to the “FY 2020–21 Child Care and Development Contract Changes for Alternative Payment Contractors” and the “FY 2020-21 Child Care and Development Contract Changes for Direct-Service Contractors.” Due to the number of changes affecting Alternative Payment and Direct-Service contractors, CDNFS is releasing two letters this year instead of one. These letters detail information important to all contractors with the California Department of Education to provide childcare and development services. Topics include changes to the limits of reimbursement, updates on reimbursement calculation, new funding sources made available to various contract types, attendance and fiscal reporting updates, family fee waivers, and reimbursement, among others. Please find the 2020–21 Center-based Child Development Contract Changes letter on the CDNFS web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/cd/cbcdcontractchngs2021.asp and 2020–21 Child Care and Development Contract Changes for Alternative Payment Contractors at https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/cd/apcontractchngs2021.asp.
Today! Announcement: Virtual Input Session with Stakeholders about Implementing Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Teacher Requirements 

Attention: TK Program Administrators and Educators Working in School Districts and Charter Schools; Early Childhood Educators; Community Partners; Head Start Program Directors; Credential Counselors and Analysts; Early Learning and Care and K-12 Advocates.

The CDE, ELCD is hosting a virtual input session with stakeholders via Zoom on Monday, November 9, 2020, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The session’s purpose is to gather information from stakeholders that will inform the drafting of regulations for the implementation of TK teacher requirements as described in the California Education Code Section 48000(g). In order to address the numerous questions received from TK Administrators and Educators in these regulations, the CDE encourages active participation from stakeholders who attend this session.

Input Session Details
Date: Monday November 9, 2020
Time: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Format: Zoom – invitation to follow RSVP

During the input session, ELCD staff will ask stakeholders multiple questions, including:

  • What combination of early childhood education/child development units and prior professional experience in a preschool classroom setting should satisfy the TK teacher requirements?
  • What kind of units in early childhood education/child development should TK teachers have? Units awarded by a regionally accredited college or university?
  • What documentation should LEA’s have on file to demonstrate compliance with the statutory requirements?
  • What kinds of documentation should school districts or charter schools have on file to demonstrate that their TK teachers meet the teacher requirements?

Registration is limited to 100 participants and will be awarded on a first come-first served basis. Please email your registration request to elcdtitle5@cde.ca.gov no later than Thursday November 5, 2020.  
Highlights
What this Oregon county’s “preschool for all” victory means for child care in America

Advocates of universal preschool just scored a key local victory, with Multnomah County, Oregon — which includes the city of Portland — approving a ballot measure supporters called Preschool for All, according o OregonLive and Portland Monthly.

The initiative, also known as Measure 26-214, will provide tuition-free preschool to all 3- and 4-year-olds whose parents want it, while also raising the pay of preschool teachers. The county will pay for the program with a tax on high-income residents.

The measure is especially important since a lack of affordable child care remains an enormous problem for families around the country, with care costing more than $1,000 a month in many states. At the same time, child care workers make low wages — an average of less than $11 an hour — and often lack health insurance and other benefits. The problem has grown even worse during the pandemic, as child care centers struggle with dropping enrollments and rising costs, and some lay off staff or even close their doors permanently. Click here to read full article.

How Many Children Live In Poverty In Your State

With a $21.4 trillion economy, the United States is one of the wealthiest countries on Earth. Despite the vast economic resources, however, a staggering 39.5 million Americans live below the poverty line -- and about 12 million of them are children. 

Though the threshold varies by family size and composition, for a family of three with one child under age 18, the poverty line is set at an annual income of about $20,600. Based on the different thresholds, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, an estimated 16.8% of American children live in poverty. The concentration of serious financial hardship for American children varies considerably by geography, however -- and child poverty is far more common in some parts of the country than in others. 

Using data from the Census’ 2019 American Community Survey, 24/7 Wall St. determined how many children live in poverty in each state. In some states, more than one in every four children live below the poverty line.  Click here to read full article.

How Child Care Became a Centerpiece of the 2020 Election

It’s been six months since it was reported that nearly half of the United States’ child care — 4.5 million slots — is at risk of disappearing. For half a year, child care centers and homes have either been struggling to stay open or closing altogether.

“We’re really holding on with raw knuckles,” says Jasmine Henderson, a child care organizer with Ohio Organizing Collaborative. “Ninety percent of working adults in the state of Ohio are working parents. If we lose child care, we pretty much can guarantee that we’re going to lose probably a large number of our workforce in Ohio.”

Nationwide, more than 42 percent of 18 to 34-year-olds have faced a negative career impact due to child care issues, personally or in their household. That burden is falling harder on women: In September, 865,000 women left the U.S. workforce, compared to 216,000 men. Millennial mothers in straight couples are three times as likely as Millennial fathers to name child care closures as the main reason they are unable to work. Click here to read full article.

COVID could be the wakeup call businesses need to fix a broken child care system

Back in 2009, when New York City imposed a tax on big businesses to help pay for the subway system, most got on board. They understood that because their employees depended on the subway to get to work, their businesses depended on it too. But when New York City lawmakers proposed a far more modest tax to help subsidize child care, businesses weren’t having it. The problem? They didn’t get how central child care was to keeping their operations humming.

Fast forward one global pandemic later and the secret is out: With schools moved online and day cares closing after months of lost tuition coupled with the increased costs of providing child care in the time of COVID-19, business leaders are grasping that child care matters to their bottom lines. But this revelation is fresh, tenuous, and subject to amnesia.

As working parents piece together temporary child care solutions, they are eager to signal to supervisors that everything with the kids is back to business-as-usual. We parents need to resist that urge, because the way child care has worked in this country is not something we ever want to return to. Click here to read full article.
November 2020 Featured Agency
Options for Learning has been serving children and families since 1981. As a nonprofit child care and early learning agency, Options for Learning has been at the forefront of helping families either break the cycle of poverty, or improve their lives, by providing children and families with the tools to create a positive foundation for school, social and life success.
Options for Learning provides child development, child care and after-school programs that prepare infants, toddlers, preschool and school-aged children for the challenges of tomorrow. Learn more here.
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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
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