September 23rd, 2020

HEN (Humboldt Early Education Newsletter) Seventh Edition
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News & Updates about Legislation, ECE, Local Events, Trainings, and Job Opportunities
Hot Topics
FDA warns about new hand sanitizer ingredient, expands list of dangerous products to 149 (Updates 08/27/2020)

The FDA has previously warned about more than 100 hand sanitizer products containing methanol. Now, it's alerting the public to the dangers of 1-propanol. 



🚨This includes child care providers who own their own businesses; they just need to use a copy of their CCL license! This is a first come, first serve until the funds are exhausted. Please look through to see what they need and how it works. đź‘‡


The county encourages these small business to submit applications for the Restart Grant (up to $500 of reimbursable costs related to drafting and submitting their reopening plan for the county, including any staff or admin costs to complete the plan, or hiring someone else to create it), and the Recovery Grant (up to $1,200 of reimbursable costs related to COVID, including PPE, rental assistance, equipment or environmental/building improvements to comply with quarantining, social distancing orders; wages for staff who were hired or had additional hours directly because of COVID, and other costs associated with hardships due to COVID-19 or complying with public health orders) đź‘‡đźš¨
ECE NEWS
Child Care Transition Stakeholder Meeting
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) will be hosting the next Quarterly Child Care Transition Stakeholder Meeting on October 29, 2020 from 10:00am-11:30am. As background, SB 98 (Chapter 24; Approved June 29, 2020), the Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill provides for the transfer of all early care and education programs – except the California State Preschool Program – to the California Department of Social Services. See the attached e-mail Save the Date notice for further information on how to stay informed of the Stakeholder Meetings. 

“How Do I Pay Myself?”
THE NATION’S LEADING EXPERT ON THE BUSINESS OF FAMILY CHILD CARE
This is a common question I hear from both new and experienced family child care providers.

The answer depends.
If you are set up as self-employed (sole proprietor) or a partnership

You will pay taxes on your profit (business income minus business expenses). Any money left over is yours, whether you leave it in your bank account or spend it.

Therefore, you don’t “pay yourself” like an employer would pay their employee. The money is always yours.

If you are set up as a corporation...

In this situation, you are an employee of the corporation and are paid a salary by the corporation. The corporation should be withholding Social Security/Medicare taxes, and paying federal and state unemployment taxes. Any profit the corporation makes is either distributed to your or your shareholders, or both.
Fearing distance learning, many parents opt for preschool instead of kindergarten
Many California parents are opting out of kindergarten this year, due to concerns about whether distance learning or attending school for the first time with strangers in masks will be good for children.


New Census Data: Anti-Poverty Agenda Must Address COVID-19, Young People, and Systemic Racial Inequities
Each year the Census Bureau releases national data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States for the previous year. The release of 2019 data provides a snapshot of where we were as a country prior to the coronavirus pandemic and before the country fell into a deep economic recession. The Census Bureau cautions the pandemic did impact response rates for survey data that were collected in March 2020. This year’s data had a significantly lower response rate than the previous year among individuals with lower income and education levels. In other words, positive findings on declining rates of poverty and other economic improvements shown in the data may be overstated.
Child Care Licensing
Coronavirus Information
Please refer to the following notices regarding Coronavirus:
Local News & Updates
The difficulty of distance learning for children with special needs may be overlooked!
Thank you KIEM News Redwood News Anchor Skye Kimye for talking with us about the experiences of students with different learning needs and how COVID-19 is impacting them and their families in distance learning.💙🌲

Local Events, Trainings, and Job Opportunities
 

  • September 24th 2:00-5:00 p.m. Best Practices: Responsive Early Education for Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness-state pilot Link to register for the Homelessness training

  • September 28th 5:00-7:00 pm VISUAL ART Link to register for the Visual Art training


  • October 15th 5:00-7:00 p.m. DIALOGIC READING Link to register for the Dialogic Reading training

  • October 27th 2;00-4:00 p.m. English Language Development-Listening and Speaking Link to register for this training

  • November 4th 3:00-5:00 p.m. Social Emotional Development-Interactions Link to register for this training

  • November 14th 10:00-12:00 p.m. English Language Development-Listening and Speaking Link to register for this training

To create an account on Workforce Registry, visit
https://www.caregistry.org
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Join us for this FREE virtual event for home providers to discuss ways to improve your child care program!

Home-based child care providers, will learn about:
• Child Care Subsidies
• CalFresh & The Child Care Food Program
• Updating Contracts & Policies
New child care providers will receive a CCIP folder to help get started!

THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR ANYONE WHO IS CARING FOR CHILDREN IN THEIR HOMES, WHETHER YOU ARE LICENSED OR NOT!

Space is limited, call to register.
(707) 444-8293

Please bring your ECE Workforce Registry ID #
Get yours today by visiting caregistry.org. This ID # is required for all CCIP trainings offered by Changing Tides Family Services.

Web-based Training:
Meeting ID: 997 8786 4173 Passcode: 635565
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Dial by your location
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+ 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)

Miércoles,
23 de Septiembre, 2020
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

¡Acompáñenos para en este evento virtual GRATUITO para que los proveedores del hogar discutan formas de mejorar su programa de cuidado infantil!
Los proveedores de cuidado de niños en el hogar, aprenderán sobre:
• Los Subsidios para el Cuidado Infantil
• El Programa de Alimentos para El Cuidado Infantil Y CalFresh
• La Actualización de los Contratos y las Políticas

Si es un proveedor nuevo, recibirá una carpeta CCIP para ayudarlo a comenzar.

¡Este taller online es para cualquiera quien cuide niños en su casa, incluyendo los que no tengan licencia!

Espacio limitado,
llamar para registrarse
(707) 444-8293

Meeting ID: 997 8786 4173 Passcode: 635565
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+ 14086380968,,98817593807# US (San Jose)
Dial by your location
+ 1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+ 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)
Are you looking for positive ways to support all families? Join us as we explore how Trauma-Informed practices can support all children in your program.

These workshops are from:
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

RSVP TODAY!
PLEASE CALL CHANGING TIDES FAMILY SERVICES
TO REGISTER AT 707-444-8293 OR
MESSAGE US ON FACEBOOK!


Join us from your Smart Phone:
Download the Zoom application, enter Meeting ID: 988 1759 3807
and Password: 019200 Audio only by phone: Dial in to 1-408-638-0968 or 1-669-900-6833, Enter Meeting ID 988 1759 3807 and Password: 019200
9th Annual BIG Chili Cook-Off Week
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Coast (BBBSNC) is hosting our 9th annual BIG Chili Cook-Off and making it our Big Chili Cook Off Week! We invite you to help us celebrate our 51 years of serving the youth in Humboldt County by signing up to serve a signature chili dish. We are looking for local restaurants, chefs and foodies who think they can take on the challenge.

In the past this was an in person event in Blue Lake but we have take our fundraiser in a new and safe direction. We are signing local restaurants who would be interested in featuring a chili dish on their menu the week of October 11th-17th and a portion of sales would go to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Coast.

The Big Chili Cook Off is one of our most important fundraisers and we understand this year is a very tough year, especially for the service industry. We want this to be mutually beneficial and make a wave of business for local restaurants.
Health, Safety & Quality in Child Care Settings
During Covid-19 Series!
--  Part 1 - 5/15/20 General Overview of Health and Safety for Being Open and/or Reopening During COVID-19 - featuring Q&A with Community Care Licensing.  Click to view video on YouTube

--  Part 2 - In case you missed this, Part 2 - 5/27/20 Completing a Plan for Reopening/Being Open During COVID-19, including how to read EPA Labels for Cleaning Products, and featuring Center-Based Care Q&A with Wendy Hill, Director, CR Child Development Center .  Click to view video on YouTube 

-- Part 3 - 06/11/2020 Completing a Plan for Reopening/Being Open During COVID-19, including EPA Labels for Cleaning Products. School Age Care featuring 5 Q&A panelist from local after school programs. Click to view video on YouTube 

-- Part 4 - 06/22/2020 A Special Health, Safety & Quality session tonight on staying open during COVID-19 – Stories from the Field

-- Part 5 - 08/07/2020 A Special Health, Safety & Quality session featuring Recovery and Response After COVID-19 Positive Exposure. Click to view video on Click to view video on YouTube! 
 
Local Child Care Planning Council
The next Local Child Care Planning Council meeting is October 14th 5 pm via zoom with Community Care Licensing! If you would like to attend, email jandersen@hcoe.org for the link.
Job Opportunities
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The Deadline is coming up on October 1, 2020!
Are you a licensed (or tribal license-exempt) childcare facility in Humboldt County that has stayed open or reopened during the shelter-in-place? First 5 Humboldt and the Humboldt Area Foundation have teamed up to bring you a little help. See applications attached. Please share widely and send in your application right away!

Please mail or deliver to the office at First 5 Humboldt 325 2nd Street, suite 201, Eureka CA 95501.
Federal Updates
Call the Senate TODAY to Support Coronavirus Relief
It’s been more than three months since the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Heroes Act, an emergency relief bill that would provide crucial economic, nutrition, and health supports and fill major gaps in earlier legislative responses. Last week, an insufficient, narrow COVID relief bill failed to pass the Senate. Every day without a comprehensive relief package further threatens the health and economic security of people with low incomes, communities of color, and immigrant communities.

Call your Senators TODAY – (888) 496-3502 â€“ and tell them to pass a comprehensive COVID Relief bill that gets desperately needed support to individuals, families, and states.
State Updates
State Legislation Update
Attached is the matrix of legislation that was of likely interest to the field of early care and education updated as of today – Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Due to COVID-19, there was very little to no action on non-COVID-19-related legislation during this session and most are now dead as the August 31st deadline to send bills to the Governor for action has now passed. Please note that the summaries of each bill that died has been edited to only include its title. Beginning on page 6, the matrix contains the list of budget bills with a brief synopsis of items of likely interest to the field of early care and education approved by the Governor (highlighted in yellow) and the addition of the education clean-up trailer bill, SB 820, that passed the legislature and is now on Governor Newsom’s desk pending his action. The Governor has until September 30th to take action on the bills that make it to his desk.
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