"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
January 2, 2023 | Issue #1
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2023 ADVOCACY DAY
Join Child Care & End Child Poverty in CA Advocates for a day of day of advocacy lifting up the needs and programs that strengthen the safety net for families that we all serve!

Whether you can attend in person or virtually, come prepared to hear from legislative champions committed to strengthening our safety net programs, protecting the progress we have made in the last couple years, and committing to do more in 2023-24. For families to be successful then the programs that lift them up must be adequately funded and coordinated. No longer can we only talk about child care or housing or food insecurity. Moving forward, advocates in this space are linking arms to lift up the needs of families and support them with achieving stability and self-sufficiency.

Following the presentations, all are being encouraged to schedule either a face-to-face or ZOOM call with their elected officials. 

This advocacy day will be virtual and online. In-person attendance will be limited due to space. Please indicate on the registration whether you will be virtual or interested in attending in-person.
Planned Schedule of Events
A packet of information and will be sent tomorrow.

9:30 am - 9:45 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:45 am - 11:00 am:  Strengthening Families and Safety Net Champions
11:00 am-4:00 pm:
Legislative Visits (see registration on how to schedule your own visits)

CLICK HERE TO GO TO EVENT LANDING HOME PAGE. When on the page, you can scroll down to click in the district packet prepared for every Assembly Member and Senator.
California State Legislature:
2023 Calendar

Assembly Speaker Rendon has announced the committee chairs for the upcoming session. Click here.

Upcoming January dates to be aware:


While in session on December 5th, the Senate and Assembly introduced a number of bills to consider for the upcoming session. Below are some of the highlighted bills that could affect our field. You can follow these bills and more on CAPPA's State Legislation page on our website.

Child Care and Early Education
  • AB-51 (Bonta) Universal Early Care.
  • AB-14 (Davies) Income Tax: Childcare Savings and Investment Accounts.
  • SB-9 (Cortese) Raising the Age for Extended Foster Care Act of 2023.
  • SB-28 (Glazer) Education Finance: School Facilities: Public Preschool, K-12, and College Health and Safety Bond Act of 2024.
  • SB-60 (Umberg) Child health and safety: “Have a Heart, Be a Star, Help Our Kids” license plate program

Homeless and Housing

Healthcare
  • AB-85 (Weber) Social determinants of health: screening and outreach

To view all the bills that the Assembly and Senate introduced in the past week, click here.
Federal Update
Federal Update: National Women's Law Center

Congressional leaders released their final FY2023 omnibus spending package, which includes more than $2.8 billion in funding increases for federal child care and early learning programs, including the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), Head Start and Early Head Start, and the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDGB5). The increase to CCDBG, in particular, is almost twice the amount we had hoped for, which shows the prioritization of the issue for Congress. We know that while this is an exciting day for ECE, we know that the amount of investment still falls far short of what is needed, so our fight for robust, sustained federal funding continues.

We are also thrilled that the Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act (MIECHV) was also included.
 
Early childhood education programs received an increase of over $2.8 billion above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level:
  • Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program: $8 billion 
  • An increase of $1.9 billion above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level
  • Head Start and Early Head Start: $12 billion
  • An increase of $960 million above FY2022
  • Preschool Development Grant Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) program: $315 million 
  • An increase of $25 million above FY2022
  • IDEA Part B Preschool Grants: $420 million 
  • An increase of $10.4 million above FY2022
  • IDEA Part C Grants for Infants and Toddlers: $540 million  
  • An increase of $43.7 million above FY2022
 
Unfortunately, other important priorities like the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the extra meal for child care through The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) were omitted. Democrats were able to hold the line on proposed corporate tax breaks, so we remain hopeful that we can continue to use it as leverage in our fight for the CTC in the future. You can read more in NWLC’s statement on the omnibus here: NWLC Reacts to 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill
 
Report - State Child Care and Early Education Updates 2022: Progress on a Long Path
 
The National Women’s Law Center is excited to share our new report, State Child Care and Early Education Updates 2022: Progress on a Long Path. The report provides state-by-state summaries highlighting key actions taken by states in the past year to expand access to affordable, high-quality child care and early education opportunities and to better support the early childhood workforce. As shown in the report, many states took steps to make more families eligible for child care assistance; improve compensation and increase professional development opportunities for child care workers; build the supply of child care; expand investments in prekindergarten programs; and/or establish paid family leave programs. Many thanks to all of the state advocates who shared the updates included in this report. And congratulations to everyone who advocated and worked to make this progress happen! We look forward to working with you next year to build on those successes.

 Blog - Considerations for reducing child poverty for our youngest children
 
From Child Trends:
 
In 2021, in the United States, 18 percent of children from birth to age 5 lived in families with incomes below the federal poverty level. The effects of poverty—including chronic stress, limited access to learning experiences and health services, and challenges to securing nutritional food and safe housing—can have detrimental long-term impacts on children's development. Child Trends’ new brief—which complements our recent report on child poverty—discusses how policymakers and practitioners can support young children living in poverty when designing and implementing anti-poverty efforts. The authors outline several issues facing young children in poverty and recommend four ways to address them: 
  • Families with young children need family leave and affordable, accessible, and high-quality early care and education to support stable parental employment. 
  • Federal, state, and local leaders should invest in early education system coordination and the early childhood workforce to improve access to high-quality early care and education. 
  • Publicly funded supports designed to mitigate the impact of poverty on families with young children must receive funding sufficient to support all eligible children. 
  • Governments must address children and families’ barriers to accessing safety net programs and supports. 
 
 
Report - 2022 50-State Progress and Landscape Report

From the Alliance for Early Success:
 
Recently, the Alliance for Early Success released the 2022 50-State Progress and Landscape Report, our annual report on policy wins and trends in state early childhood policy across the country.
 
The report draws on our year of working with advocates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as on a 50-state (plus DC) advocacy survey. You can find the report here. 
 
In the report, you'll find trends and analysis of 2022 state policy developments in maternal and child health, early care and education, and family economic supports. There is also a look a state appropriations trends and a dive into the role of power equity in state advocacy.
 
There's potential in every state to advance opportunity for young children and their families, and the Alliance is committed to supporting advocates in all 50 as they pursue these crucial supports these families need to thrive, no matter the landscape.
 
We hope you'll join us in this closer look at wins, opportunities, and headwinds in state early childhood policy.
 
 Resources - New America
 
From New America:
 
Report - Infants and Toddlers Experiencing Homelessness: Prevalence and Access to Early Learning in Twenty States
 
From SchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan:
 
SchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan have released a timely report analyzing data from 20 states that have formed broad-based coalitions to move prenatal-to-three priorities forward. The report, titled:“Infants and Toddlers Experiencing Homelessness: Prevalence and Access to Early Learning in Twenty States,” describes the prevalence of homelessness among infants and toddlers in these states. It also glaringly reveals the gaps in access to early childhood programs and offers recommendations for increasing enrollment and support, along with several recommended action steps for early childhood programs and providers, federal and state agencies, and Congress. Read the full report here.
 
Resources - Harvard Center on the Developing Child
 
From the Harvard Center on the Developing Child:
 
Newly released from Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child comes a trio of helpful new resources: A resource guide, “Health and Learning Are Deeply Interconnected in the Body: An Action Guide for Policymakers,” a scholarly brief, “Moving Upstream: Confronting Racism to Open Up Children’s Potential” and a vivid infographic, “How Racism Can Affect Child Development.” The infographic effectively illustrates the ways that racism, in particular, gets “under the skin” and impacts learning, behavior, and lifelong health. 
CDSS & CDE Information & Updates
The California 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) 22-34: Implementation of Assembly Bill (AB) 210 (Chapter 62, Statutes Of 2022): Removal Of 2:1 Local Match Requirement.
The purpose of this CCB is to notify Resource and Referral (R&R) Programs participating and receiving Child Care Initiative Project (CCIP) funding of the implementation of the provisions of Assembly Bill (AB) 210 (Chapter 62, Statutes of 2022) pertaining to CCIP.

The AB 210, signed by the Governor on June 30, 2022, deleted and redesignated WIC section 10223(d), effective July 1, 2022. The R&R Programs participating and receiving CCIP funding are no longer required to meet the local match requirement. Removal of the local match requirement removes funding barriers, increases access to CCIP supports, and creates a more equitable system.
To read the entire CCB document, click here.
Happening This Week, January 2nd - January 6th:

Tuesday, January 3rd:
-CAPPA Weekly Connections Member Call. Email CAPPA for more information and to register.

Wednesday, January 4th:

Thursday, January 5th:
-CAPPA Board Meeting

Friday, January 6th:
-Child Welfare Policy Roundtable

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.
Upcoming CAPPA Events
CAPPA, in partnership with DSS Office of Audit Services, will be delivering a virtual training for our field focused on auditing. During the first part of the training, DSS will be presenting an overview of current federal and state fiscal requirements for child development programs, as well as resources related to audit requirements and audit report reviews.
There will also be time set aside for a Q&A session. 
During part 2, there will be a training from an independent auditor on how agencies should be preparing and complying with the different requirements.

 
Agenda:
10:00am - 11:00am
  • Fiscal Requirements
  • Robert Kurokawa, Bureau Chief, Child Development Program Audits Bureau, Office of Audit Services, California Department of Social Services
  • Topics to be covered include:
  • Background for Audits (How audits are initiated), Program Compliance Hierarchy (Fiscal related criteria), Policy and Procedure Requirements, Cost Allocation, Cost Allowability, Selected Items of Cost, Time and Effort Requirements, Subcontract Requirements, Equipment Purchase, Equipment Inventory, Record Keeping
 
11:00am - 11:30am 
  • Q&A Session

11:30am - 1:00pm
  • How to Prepare for an Audit from an Independent Auditor's Perspective 
  • Matt Parsons, Matt Dinsdale & Lauren Haverlock, Moss Adams
  • During this portion of the training, we will be discussing specifics and answer questions from agencies.  
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