Greetings!
We hope your Spring season is off to a great start with longer days and the possibility of more ways to come together with friends in the warm outdoors.
This newsletter has information for the current round of CARES 2.0 (April 1-30) for teachers working at Early Learning SF/Preschool for ALL (ELS/PFA) funded sites, as well as the Continued Funding Application (CFA) for programs. Early Learning SF (ELS) now has ongoing enrollment. See the SF Office of Early Care & Education Join ELS webpage with informational sessions and eligibility requirements.
ECESF is a grassroots organization bringing San Francisco early care educators together across diverse ECE community and public sites. We are peers supporting each other, making sure we all know what's happening, and ensuring that new programs implemented to help us and the important work we do really do make a difference. If you are passionate about child care and education and know that a well-paid, stable workforce and great working conditions are essential to deliver great services, you won’t want to miss out on the discussions happening in our ECESF community including:
- Educator focus groups
- Core leadership meetings
- Teacher-only advocacy meetings
- Special events & community discussions
In community,
Sara & Anna
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ECESF Black Teacher Focus Groups |
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ECESF currently has specific outreach for Black/African American teachers. Click the flyer linked below for more information—and share with teachers you know:
Focus Group dates will be scheduled based on availability of our participants. The sessions will be facilitated by ECESF core leaders who provide discussion prompts and a space for learning through relationship, self examination, and community sharing.
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ECE Funding Opportunities |
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Spring '22 CARES Application is OPEN! |
Spring Application period is April 1-30, 2022
CARES 2.0 Application Support for Educators:
For support with updating your registry profile please reach out to the Help Desk at Children's Council at 415-343-4669 or support@childrenscouncil.org. For questions about eligibility or application support, please contact the CARES 2.0 team: ECEStipend@sfgov.org, 415-355-3668.
*IMPORTANT* Compensation Initiative - Preparing for Upcoming Changes
As the Department of Early Childhood ("DEC" = OECE & F5SF) gets ready to unveil the finalized compensation initiative (launched in July), they want to prepare educators to submit degree and transcripts including any qualified professional development or units to the ECE workforce registry. Unofficial transcript documents are accepted. Educators will not be required to have a degree or ECE units to receive compensation funds from this new initiative but funding amounts will vary based on the verified degree and ECE units information on the registry. Please note that it is not required for educators to have these documents uploaded and verified by the registry for the current Spring 2022 round. There will also be scheduled trainings in multiple languages available in the coming months. For now, educators are encouraged to check what information has been verified by the registry and prepare to access transcripts as needed.
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All programs must complete a CFA by April 30th in order to continue in the ELS/PFA network.
The application is an opportunity to update information and includes a self-assessment on your program’s implementation of the Quality Standards.
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The CDSS, CCDD announced the availability of ~$25 million in funding for the Child Care Initiative Project (CCIP). These funds will be available from August 1, 2021, to June 30, 2023.
This one-time funding from the federal ARPA provides funds to Resource and Referral Programs (R&Rs) for the purpose of supporting family child care home providers who have closed due to COVID-19 and would like to reopen. Additional priority will be given to new family child care home providers who serve families of infants and toddlers located in child care deserts.
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The CDE Early Education Division (EED) is pleased to release the Early Education Teacher Development (EETD) grant request applications (RFA) to both increase the number of highly-qualified California State Preschool Program (CSPP) and Transitional Kindergarten (TK) program teachers, and to increase specific educator competencies for CSPP, TK, and Kindergarten (K) teachers.
Funding is available to eligible local educational agency (LEA) applicants which includes school districts, county offices of education (COEs), and charter schools, or a consortium of the aforementioned entities, beginning in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022–23. To be eligible, LEAs must have met the requirement by submitting an LOI or be a member of a consortium that submitted an LOI, by February 2, 2022, by 5 p.m. The RFA is due on Friday, May 6, 2022, and agency responses to the RFA will be provided through an online platform called SnapSurvey.
Webinar this Thursday April 14, 2022, from 3:30-4:30 PM!
The CDE Early Education Division (EED) is hosting a Technical Assistance webinar for the EETD grant to orient applicants to the RFA's purpose, content, and requirements. Click here to register.
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In case you missed it!
Public Service Loan Forgiveness for the ECE Workforce
Watch the recording of the webinar hosted by the Office of Early Childhood Development. This webinar will benefit anyone in the ECE workforce with Federal student loans and/or administrators who want to support their ECE staff, including those working in Head Start and Early Head Start programs and in other ECE settings. Find more information on the Federal Student Aid website.
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Supplemental Rate Payments for FCC Providers
Subsidy stipend | Estipendio de Subsidio | 補貼津貼
Family child care providers are eligible for a one-time payment in Spring 2022 if they meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Licensed family child care home providers who have cared for at least one subsidized child for three months between May and October 2021.
- Family, friend, and neighbor (i.e., license-exempt) providers who have cared for at least one subsidized child between August and October 2021.
One-time payments will be issued in the following amounts: Small licensed FCC: $8,000, Large licensed FCC: $10,000, License-exempt child care provider: $1,500.
The Foundation for California Community Colleges (FCCC) has been selected to issue these payments to providers. If eligible, you will be receiving instructions by email to verify your contact information and preferred method of payment (check or direct deposit), and provide a W-9. Complete information must be provided in order to receive the one-time payment for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. For additional information, please visit the FCCC’s Supplemental Rate Payments web page.
Los proveedores de cuidado infantil familiar son elegibles para un pago único en Primavera 2022, si cumplen los siguientes criterios de elegibilidad:
- Proveedores autorizados de cuidado infantil familiar en el hogar que hayan cuidado al menos a un niño subvencionado por tres meses entre mayo y octubre 2021.
- Proveedores que sean familiares, amigos y vecinos (es decir, exentos de licencia) y hayan cuidado al menos a un niño subvencionado entre agosto y octubre 2021.
Se otorgarán pagos únicos por las siguientes cantidades:
Proveedor autorizado de cuidado infantil familiar de tamaño pequeño: $8,000
Proveedor autorizado de cuidado infantil familiar de tamaño grande: $10,000
Proveedor de cuidado infantil exento de licencia: $1,500
La Fundación de Universidades Comunitarias de California (FCC por sus siglas en inglés) ha sido seleccionada para emitir estos pagos a los proveedores. Si es elegible, recibirá por email las instrucciones para verificar su información de contacto y su método de pago preferido (cheque o depósito directo) y proporcionar un formulario W-9. Debe proporcionar la información completa para poder recibir el pago único para el Año Fiscal 2021-2022. Si necesita información adicional visite la página web de Pagos de Tasas Suplementarias de la FCCC.
CDSS 最近發送了電子郵件告知家庭托兒服務提供者，如果符合以下條件，則有資格在 2022 年春季獲得一筆一次性付款：
- 持牌照家庭托兒提供者在2021年5月至10月期間曾照顧至少一名受資助兒童，並持續三個月。
- 家庭、朋友、鄰居（即免牌照）托兒提供者在2021年8月至10月期間曾照顧至少一名受補貼兒童。
一次性款項將按以下金額發放：
小型持牌照家庭托兒服務提供者：8,000 美元
大型持牌照家庭托兒服務提供者：10,000 美元
免牌照托兒服務提供者：1,500 美元
加州社區學院基金會 (FCCC) 已被選為向提供者發放這些款項的單位。如果您符合條件，您將通過電子郵件收到操作說明，要求驗證您的聯繫信息和首選付款方式（支票或直接存款），並提供 W-9表格。必須提供完整的信息才能收到 2021-2022 財年的一次性付款。
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CDMIS Reporting Webinar
Thursday, April 14, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m
California Department of Social Services (CDSS), Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) will be hosting a training for childcare and development contractors to provide an overview of the CDMIS Reporting. These trainings are appropriate for new staff as well as for staff who need a refresher on the topics. All webinar presentations are presented free via Zoom and will be recorded and made available on the CDSS’ website for continuing education purposes.
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Changes to Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 – 2022 General Child Care (CCTR)/California State Preschool (CSPP) Intra-agency Transfer Period
The California Department of Education (CDE) and California Department of Social Services (CDSS) will be moving the spring CCTR/CSPP Intra-agency Transfer application period for FY 2021-22. Typically, CCTR/CSPP Transfers are submitted between May 1 and May 15; however, for FY 2021-22, the CDE and CDSS will be accepting requests between April 1 and April 15. This will help ensure that contract amendments for all CCTR/CSPP Transfer are processed prior to the end of the Fiscal Year. The Voluntary Temporary Transfer (VTT) application period for FY 2021-22 will remain May 1-15.
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Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) |
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CDE created the Universal PreKindergarten (UPK)/P-3 Group on the California Educators Together platform to share resources and guidance for local education agencies and partners to use in preparation for the implementation of UPK in California. It is a free platform designed to streamline communication between educators and education leaders and allows them to access and share a vast library of content, resources, strategies, and supports. This group is open to state and local implementers, leaders, and practitioners of UPK, including Transitional Kindergarten and early elementary school settings as well as the California State Preschool Program, Head Start, and additional PreK program providers and extended learning and care partners.
The California Department of Education, Early Education Division (EED) will be hosting virtual office hours weekly on Wednesday afternoons targeted for local education agencies (school districts, charter schools, county offices of education) so that attendees can come and ask questions and receive technical assistance about UPK implementation. The first 15 minutes will be a quick review of UPK and the latest developments. Registration will be limited to 500 participants per session and will be open to all regions of California. Registration for each week’s Office Hours opportunity will open the Friday afternoon before each Wednesday’s event.
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Are you an Early Care Educator in San Francisco?
¿Es usted un educador de cuidado infantil en San Francisco?
您是舊金山的早期護理教育工作者嗎？
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