"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
October 25, 2021 | Issue #43
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Families & Child Care Providers are put in Harm's Way

As we have been reporting since the enactment of the 2021-22 State Budget, although historical investments were put into child care slots and rates, these actions cannot undo the neglect of over a decade. Further, many of the "investments" were from federal dollars, have an expiration date and do not reflect a commitment from Governor Newsom to use state dollars to make investments, meaning child care slots and rate increases, permanent.

In the next months, we will be supporting parents, community partners, family child care home providers and centers sharing their perspectives of being left behind in these unprecedented times. Unfortunately, Governor Newsom vetoed a bill last week that will now guarantee that on July 1, equitable access to quality child care by many subsidized low income working families will be denied, thousands of babies and toddlers will be disenrolled from stable child care and child care businesses will no longer be assured of full reimbursement for caring of a subsidized child.

If you would like to share an opinion or your story, email CAPPA.
Time to Advance Equity in California’s Child Care
By Denyne Colburn, CEO of CAPPA

Passed during the pandemic was the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) with allocated funding streams to the states and visionary executive orders enacted by Governor Newsom. During this very specific declared COVID emergency, both on the federal and state levels, actions were taken to bring immediate relief and support to all in this nation and specific supports to those living in California. Many of the changes were long overdue, but were able to be immediately implemented due to their positive outcomes of stabilizing specific constituencies. A very specific constituency that benefitted from the bold leadership of Governor Newsom were subsidized working parents all being provided fair and equitable access to stable child care.

This specific constituency is made up of working poor parents many deemed as “essential” during the pandemic. This “essential” label came about because many of the jobs subsidized working parents had were in the fields harvesting produce, nursing aids and janitors in hospitals, workers that stocked food in grocery stores and more.

The background on this issue is that California has for to long allowed inequity and discrimination to prevail in its subsidized child care system. During the last recession, changes in law were pursued to save the state money while at the expense of the some of our poorest working parents. And let us not forget that these working parents are mainly single moms and moms of color. Specifically, a law was changed that allowed subsidized poor parents with a stable job to have access to all types of high-quality child care with a guarantee to their chosen provider that a set payment would be received.  However, for poor parents with unstable work hours, they were provided a child care voucher that did not guarantee reimbursement to any child care provider that accepted their baby or child into care.

The outcome of the above policy is that family child care providers and high-quality centers that have set operational costs cannot run the risk of accepting a subsidized baby or child into care without certainty of a reimbursement amount. For subsidized parents with fluctuating work schedules, they are relegated to access of a lower quality of care. Their children are being subjected to starting school farther behind than their peers. And the likelihood of the child continuing in generational poverty is heightened.

If our legislators and the governor do not commit to providing working parents equal and fair access to all child care settings, then come June 30, 2022 when Governor Newsom’s commitment to equity ends, hundreds of thousands of babies and children will be disenrolled throughout California from stable child care. See last week’s editorial from a Central California center-based child care provider poised to disenroll hundreds of children just within his service area of Fresno, Madera and Clovis.

The systemic inequity put into place as a response to cutting costs during the recession now must be reversed. Last week, Governor Newsom touted another “historic budget surplus” for next year. A fraction of this historic surplus should be allocated to addressing the systemic inequity prevalent in the law and the treatment of the poor. And let us not play the semantics game wherein we are told these surplus dollars are one-time. We all know if there is the political will, then there will be found a way.
California State Legislature:
Governor Newsom's Impact on Child Care and Families:
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed 770 new California laws and vetoed 66 from the 2021 session of the California Legislature. While we are thankful for the immense investments in childcare included in this years budget, we were disappointed to see that most of the monies allocated to childcare are only temporary, sunsetting within 1-2 years. CAPPA also saw our sponsored Bill, AB 865, prioritized by the Legislative Women's Caucus get vetoed this year. We are thankful to Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva for authoring, her staff all Assemblymembers and Senators that put party politics aside and came together to support a bill that delivers equitable access to subsidized childcare for working families. We hope to build even more momentum moving forward as we look to reintroduce this meaningful proposal to address systemic inequity and discrimination in the subsidized child care field. While we celebrate and work to implement this year's wins, we must continue to fight for permanent solutions to the decades-long child care crisis facing California's families. Investing in our workforce to make new slots a reality, codifying policies that give all low-income parents equity in access to childcare, and long-term, sustained state funding are among the many child care solution we strive for. Here’s a look at what’s coming in the Golden State, and what opportunities were missed for childcare and families:

Signed into Law:
  • AB 1363 (Rivas): requires the state to develop a process to identify dual language learners in the State Preschool program.
  • SB 393 (Hurtado): increases access to childcare for migrant workers.

Vetoed:
  • AB 865 (Quirk-Silva) CAPPA sponsored bill and Legislative Women's Caucus Priority, this bill would have ensured that families eligible for subsidized childcare vouchers would receive full reimbursement (based on enrollment vs. attendance, rather than being penalized and receiving less, solely for having a variable work schedule - another barrier for parents and providers.
  • See Veto Message: Here.
  • AB 123 (Gonzalez) would have removed barriers to California's Paid Family Leave program and revise the formula for calculating certain leave benefits by requiring the weekly benefit amount be increased to equal to 65% or 75% of the highest wages paid to an individual.
  • See Veto Message: Here.
  • SB 50 (Limon) would have opened the State Preschool program, which currently enrolls 3- and 4-year olds from low-income families, to kids as young as 18 months old and up to 5-years-old.
  • See Veto Message: Here.

2-Year Bills:
These bills were all or somewhat included in this year's budget, but may likely come up again next year for clean-up and/or further advocacy

NOTE: The Legislature will reconvene on January 3, 2022.
State Update:
New Reimbursement Ceilings Posted

The Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted an updated Regional Market Rate (RMR) ceilings calculator on its website. These ceilings will go into effect on January 1, 2022. 
The calculator can be accessed the following webpages: 
Tweet of the Week
Social Media Spotlight: Parent Voices

Calling all #CareEconomy Advocates, Partners, Families, & Noisemakers!
 
Let’s get even louder for care investments in Build Back Better! Decisions are happening next week and we have 450 reasons why we need $450 billion NOW for the Care Economy! 
 
Join in this Tuesday, October 26, at 4:50pmET/1:50PT: Parent Voices CA is hosting the #450BillionNOW Treats Not Tricks Twitter chat, with support from Community Change Action and partners. ⇒ Click here to add your email to the distribution list. 
 
Their goal is to gather child care providers, families, youth, and domestic workers, alongside advocates for child care, paid leave, care work, and the Child Tax Credit, to shout from the rooftops about investing in the Care Economy in Build Back Better NOW. No cuts. No compromises. NO TRICKS. JUST TREATS. Invite your friends, partners, elected leaders and media contacts.
 
We all have A LOT to say about how critical Build Back Better is for real kids, families, and caregivers. Let’s say it TOGETHER on Tuesday at 4:50pm ET. Attached is a promotional graphic, with sample tweet below. And click here to take a sneak peek at the Twitter chat questions to brainstorm what you might say. 
Watch: Essential Worker Women Child Care Panel
ICYMI watch the recording from the Essential Worker Women Summit coinciding with Latina Equal Pay Day. Two powerhouse Latina leaders in the movement: Micaela Mota of PV Contra Costa and Miren Algorii from CCPU spoke about what it means to be essential and why they are fighting for women of color and the entire community to win justice in this system. Watch here: https://we-are-essential-summit.happily.events/work-with-childcare
Save the Date!
If your organization would like to participate in the January 19, 2022 event, please send your logo and email CAPPA.
ICYMI: Last Week's Must-Reads:
1 in 3 working families is struggling to find the child care they desperately need Natalie Saldana would love to put her 1.5-year-old daughter in a quality child care program while she works and goes to school, but the $700 monthly price tag makes it impossible.
"Seven-hundred dollars is almost my rent," Saldana said.

Across the country, there is a growing child care crisis. It's a crisis made worse by the pandemic and stagnant wages.
Federal News
Federal Update:

1.       Reconciliation Update 
Another fluid week in child care! On October 18th the US Senate Committee on Appropriations released the FY22 Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. The bill makes major investments in high-quality child care and early education programs by including $19.8 billion, an increase of $2.8 billion over fiscal year 2021 levels.  
 
The bill includes $7.31 billion, an increase of $1.4 billion, to support high-quality child care for working families through the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG). This investment in CCDBG will allow the program to serve over two million children in fiscal year 2022. The bill also includes $11.9 billion, an increase of $1.18 billion, to help all Head Start programs provide high-quality early childhood education for children and families beginning before birth through age five. Additionally, the bill includes $450 million, an increase of $175 million, for Preschool Development Grants. The additional funding will allow states to build capacity to offer preschool and early childhood education programs to children from the time they are born to the age of 5 from low to moderate income families. 
 
On the reconciliation front, we’re now just 9 days out from the October 31st deadline House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has set to vote on the infrastructure package and, hopefully, the Build Back Better Act – although this deadline isn’t binding. There continues to be speculation about what the topline number for the Build Back Better act will be. Recent reports say that President Biden is targeting a topline number of $1.9 trillion, but nothing is certain. This again puts all of the included programs, including child care, at risk to be cut by an unknown amount.  
 
Just like last week there are reports about which child care priorities to fund over others and the impact the plan will have on families. We know that the Build Back Better Plan would lower child care costs for families and raise wages for child care workers. And we also know that funding pre-k and child care are equally important to creating the child care system that we need. On October 21st, Senate champions sent a letter to the White House, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Leader Chuck Schumer outlining the importance of the $450 billion investment in child care and early learning included in the build back better act. The letter emphasizes the importance of investing in both universal pre-k and child care to build an equitable system.      
 
We are continuing to push for full funding of the Build Back Better Act and investments in child care, home and community-based services, paid family and medical leave, the child tax credit, and more. We need Congress to keep their promise because our communities have waited long enough. It is critical that the top-line numbers remain in place because those numbers directly impact how meaningful the investments in child care will be.  
 
Negotiations are still ongoing and there is a once-in-a generation opportunity to push for the biggest investment in child care and early learning in decades. Thanks, as always for your partnership: the child care field events calendar is here, the form to add an event to the calendar is here, and the updated memo is here.    
  
2.       #CareCantWait in DC Thursday 10/21/21 
On October 21st Members of Congress, MomsRising, and the Care Can’t wait coalition held a rally to support the care infrastructure in the Build Back Better agenda, including: Paid family/medical leave, child care, home-and community-based services, a fully refundable Child Tax Credit (CTC), living wages and a path to citizenship for all care workers in the reconciliation package. The speakers shared stories that lift the urgent need for a care infrastructure to lift businesses, families, and our economy. #CareCantWait! House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remarked about the importance of child care and early learning, stating, “And it’s so essential to this, whether it's children or child care, child care, universal pre-K, in that bucket or whether it's in the home care bucket or how they overlap – very, very essential. And of course, I mean, it's a complete mystery to me how anybody can be opposed to paid family, parental, medical leave, paid leave. What is it you don't get about that?”
 
3.       Debate Over Which Democratic Proposals to Invest In Shortchanges Our Needs 
A CBS News poll reports that most people know what Biden’s Build Back Better plan would cost but are less familiar with what the plan would cover. With existing debate over the price tag of the plan, Helaine Olen argues that the focus on the price tag stems from one, the lack of conversations around how expanding social welfare programs can contribute to the economy, and two, because workers would benefit, especially women. During lockdown, many women quit or scaled back their jobs to take on family responsibilities, serving as a safety set for the country. Olen states, “all these programs and investments are needed. When our national conversation devolves into whether, say, universal pre-k or family leave is more necessary, we’re not so much debating priorities as playing political ‘Hunger Games.’ It’s a contest all Americans stand to lose.” 
 
4.       The powerful message behind “Maid” 
Amy Matsui, Director of Income Security at the National Women’s Law Center shares insight on the new Netflix series, “Maid” that follows a single mother, Alex, struggling to escape poverty, and domestic violence. Matsui explains that many women like Alex exist in America, and are demonized for relying on public benefits like child care subsidies, especially BIPOC women. Matsui shares the reality that existing benefits often have difficult and confusing requirements the often do more harm than good and subsequently perpetuate stereotypes on how women use assistance to avoid work. Matsui cites the University of Connecticut found increases in the CTC led to increases in labor force participation for single mothers. Matsui states, “The mythology of poverty often looms larger in our politics than the reality of poverty. The truth for millions of single mothers is laid bare in "Maid," which is that work is no guarantee against poverty... we should do everything we can to invest in the potential of parents like Alex and their children instead of further adding to their hardship.”    
 
In another article, Constance Grady interviewed Stephanie Land, the author of her memoir “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive” which then became the Netflix series, “Maid.” In the interview, Land sheds further light on topics Matsui spoke about. Topics about difficult hoops to jump through just to receive government assistance, and judgement from others about taking assistance. Land goes onto describe the mental fatigue of constantly budgeting, the dangers of domestic abuse, and the lack of benefits as a housecleaner. Land hopes that, “[the people who watch the series] gain some empathy for people who are in poverty, especially the people who are experiencing homelessness. I think we have this idea in our heads that it’s always the person who is sleeping on a sidewalk, when that’s really not the case.” 
 
5.       Stabilizing the Economic Well-Being of Family, Friend, Neighbor Providers 
Homegrown believes that greater support and inclusion for FFN providers is needed. They share: “a national sample of family, friend and neighbor (FFN) child care providers, collected by the University of Oregon via their RAPID-Child Care survey, reveal a grim reality facing FFN caregivers in this country: 
  • 34% of FFN caregivers are experiencing hunger  
  • FFN caregivers are struggling to afford basic necessities:  
  • 12% are unable to pay the full amount of gas or electric bills  
  • 19% are unable to afford food  
  • 7% are unable to afford mortgage or rent payments.” 
 
FFN providers are at high financial risk due to the fact most caregivers serve low-income, marginalized families in diverse communities, are unpaid, those that are paid struggle to gain predictable income, and because they are excluded from systems of support. Many of these care providers are locked out of receiving access to state or federal subsidies. Homegrown offers the following recommendations for further support of these providers: 
 
  • “Include FFN care in ECE systems of support: create differentiated and appropriate  systems to support and strengthen health and safety, quality, financing and access to comprehensive services for FFN caregivers and the children and families that they serve.  
  • Ensure FFN caregivers can access critical supports for children such as the  Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) to ensure caregiver hunger does not exacerbate child hunger. 
  • Prioritize the economic well-being of FFN caregivers as a foundation for meeting parents’ needs and engaging providers in quality supports, including:   
  • Provide regular, stable income to FFN caregivers via subsidy programs 
  • Provide benefits counseling to FFN caregivers that assures that newly realized income does not jeopardize existing benefits  
  • Provide benefits counseling to FFN caregivers and they families they serve to maximize available income and resources such as the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit.   
  • Support asset building activities once income is stabilized (debt reduction, saving, homeownership, retirement preparation) 
  • Invest in the creation of comprehensive networks  of support on behalf of FFN caregivers that are able to engage caregivers in quality supports that are differentiated and appropriate to their setting.” 
Partners Helping Field to Understand Issues


On slide 7, there are noted Child Care: Payments to Providers. California's reimbursement rates clearly do not cover the "full cost of child care."

Thank you to our partners for helping us better understand.
Most reviewed federal bills this week:

  1. H.Res.57 - Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for abuse of power by enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors.
  2. H.R.4980 - To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that any individual traveling on a flight that departs from or arrives to an airport inside the United States or a territory of the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and for other purposes.
  3. H.R.5123 - American Freedom and Internet Access Act of 2021
  4. H.R.3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
  5. H.R.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
  6. H.R.6666 - COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act
  7. H.R.3884 - MORE Act of 2020
  8. H.R.1996 - SAFE Banking Act of 2021
  9. H.R.133 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
  10. H.R.4 - John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021

Click here to find and contact your representative in congress.
CDSS & CDE Information & Updates
CDSS First Quarterly Update: Share your thoughts!

In October, CDSS released their first Child Care Transition Quarterly Report. CAPPA is invested in helping ensure this transition is as seamless and successful as possible. We are excited for this new partnership and everything that is on the horizon. Now that one quarter has passed, CAPPA would love to hear your feedback. What about the transition has been working well, and what areas of opportunity have you identified? Feel free to send your thoughts in an email here. Note - these responses will not be shared without your permission.
CCB 21-12: One-Time $600 Stipend for Child Care Providers Caring for Children Receiving a State Child Care Subsidy
The Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website: Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 21-12: Implementation of Assembly Bill (AB) 131 (Chapter 116, Statutes of 2021), One-Time $600 Stipend for Child Care Providers Caring for Children Receiving a State Child Care Subsidy.
The purpose of this Child Care Bulletin is to notify counties and child care and development contractors of the implementation of AB 131 regarding the distribution of flat-rate, one-time stipends to child care providers in the amount of $600 per child enrolled in state subsidized child care based on the enrollment data for March 2021.
In partnership,
Child Care and Development Division
California Department of Social Services

Dear Child Care and Development Contractors,
 
As a reminder, in accordance with Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) section 10233.5, alternative payment programs (APP) must provide notice to child care providers of a change in reimbursement amounts for child care services, a change in hours of care, rates, or schedules. The APP must provide the notice, as well as the effective date of any of these changes, on the same day a NOA is issued to the family. If the change in policy outlined in Child Care Bulletin (CCB) Nos. 21-14 or 21-15 results in an amended child care schedule for school-age children on school days, or changes to reimbursement amounts or hours of care, adequate notification is required.

Child Care Bulletin 21-16: California Resource and Referral Policies
The Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website: CCB 21-16: California Resource and Referral Policies.
The purpose of this Child Care Bulletin is to provide guidance and direction on existing California Resource and Referral (R&R) policies, and to remind R&R contractors of their responsibilities as they relate to the provision of R&R services.
California State Preschool Program Reimbursement to Subcontractors

This email is to notify California State Preschool Programs (CSPP) contractors of the reimbursement requirements to their CSPP subcontractors during fiscal year (FY) 2021–22. 
Management Bulletin (MB) 21-11: Reopening, Reimbursement, Distance Learning Plans, and Distance Learning Requirements for CSPP Contractors notifies and provides guidance to CSPP contractors regarding the requirements for reopening, reimbursement, distance learning plans, and distance learning services when children and families are unable to receive in-person services due to written state or local public health orders or guidance related to the COVID-19 pandemic specific to early education or childcare. 
To ensure continuity of care and access to the CSPP and address the impacts on reimbursement resulting from low child attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related public health directives, CSPP contractors who meet the requirements set forth in MB 21-11 are to be reimbursed at the lesser of 100 percent of the contract’s maximum reimbursement amount (MRA), or net reimbursable program costs without regard to enrollment or attendance. CSPP contractors must also reimburse their subcontractors in the same manner, so long as the subcontractor meets the requirements set forth in MB 21-11, which can be accessed at https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/mb2111.asp.The subcontract agreement may need to be amended to reflect adherence to this provision. 
If the CSPP contractor has reimbursed subcontractors based on enrollment and/or attendance during FY 2021–22, the CSPP contractor must redetermine the correct reimbursement amount, based on the lesser of the subcontract’s MRA or net reimbursable program costs, and issue the difference as applicable, provided the subcontractor met the requirements set forth in MB 21-11. 
If you have programmatic questions regarding this subject, please contact your assigned ELCD, Program Quality Implementation (PQI) office consultant. A listing of ELCD, PQI consultants and their contact information can be accessed at https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/assignments.asp. 
If you have fiscal questions regarding this subject, please contact your assigned Child Development and Nutrition Fiscal Service (CDNFS) analyst. A directory of CDNFS fiscal analysts can be accessed at https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/cd/faad.asp. 
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.
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. 
Children's Council hosted their City Kids Family Fair last weekend. Kids and parents enjoyed yoga, dance, music, a martial arts demo, bubbles and more!
Let us know what your organization is doing, we would love to feature you in the coming weeks!        
Article of the Week
Child care shortage holding back workers & economy


Of the five million jobs estimated to be open across the United States, 126,000 open positions in the child care and early childhood education fields are proving to be some of the heaviest weights dragging the economy down, according to Ph.D. economist Tatiana Bailey.
“This was an issue even before the pandemic because child care is incredibly expensive. A lot of the child care industry, some of those workers have just decided to leave the workforce all together,” Bailey said.
There can be several reasons, Bailey says, like workers’ own children, working conditions, and pay.


Read the full article here.
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October 2021 Featured Agency Highlight
Community based public and private Alternative Payment Programs (APPs) support the needs of working moms and dads with access to child care and other supports earmarked to lift families up from poverty. During the pandemic, these programs have distributed emergency essential worker child care vouchers, family child care and center stipends & PPE, diapers, food and clothing. Throughout California, these APPs may also support parental choice to CalWORKs Stages 2 & 3, preschool and center-based programs, general child care, After School Education and Safety (ASES), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), Family Child Care Home Education Networks (FCCHENs), transportation, behavioral & mental health services, respite, regional centers, health and safety, 21st Century, resource libraries, and Trustline.

See a highlight from Pathways LA's website, supporting the needs of family child care providers and families in their community.
How is your agency staying connected to your families and providers? Let us know!
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CAPPA's 2021-22 Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Gina Fromer
Children's Council of San Francisco 

VICE PRESIDENT
Karen Marlatt  
Valley Oak Children's Services 

SECRETARY
Kendall Hirai
Crystal Stairs, Inc.

TREASURER
Beth Chiaro
Child Care Resource Center

PAST PRESIDENT
Rick Richardson
Child Development Associates

PUBLIC POLICY CO- CHAIR
Leslie Reece
Family Resource & Referral Center

PUBLIC POLICY CO- CHAIR
Joie Owen
Glenn County Office of Education- Child and Family Services

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
Jeanne Fridolfs
Napa County Office of Education

MEMBER AT LARGE
Michelle Graham
Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County 

MEMBER AT LARGE
LaVera Smith
Supportive Services Fresno

MEMBER AT LARGE
Martin Castro 
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation 

MEMBER AT LARGE
Tina Barna 
Catalyst Community

MEMBER AT LARGE
Jessica Kranz
Go Kids, Inc.

MEMBER AT LARGE
Mike Michelon
Siskiyou Child Care Council

MEMBER AT LARGE
Marco Jimenez
Central Valley Children's Services Network

MEMBER AT LARGE 
Tracey Strack
Child Action, 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 
DSS & CDE Updates
October 20, 2021
CCB 21-12: One-Time $600 Stipend for Child Care Providers Caring for Children Receiving a State Child Care Subsidy
October 18, 2021
October 18, 2021
October 13, 2021
Child Care Bulletin 21-15: Reimbursements for Center-Based Programs - Effective 11/15/2021
October 13, 2021
Child Care Bulletin 21-14: Reimbursement for School-Age Children: Voucher-Based Program - Effective 11/15/2021
October 4, 2021
Child Care Bulletin 21-10: Equipment Purchase Approval Request
September 23, 2021
Child Care Bulletin 21-11: Guidance to State Subsidized Early Learning and Care Programs on the Notice of Action, Parent Appeals
September 17, 2021
September 14, 2021
September 13, 2021
CCB 21-06: Revised Family Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22
September 1, 2021
Child Care Bulletin 21-04: California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Stage One Child Care Reimbursement Report Revision
August 26, 2021
usage of the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) Modified Essential View for Implementing the DRDP for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021–22
July 20, 2021
Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 21-02: Fiscal Year 2021-22 Apportionments
July 1, 2021
Child Care and Development Transition Updates
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