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February 15, 2023 @ 9:30 am - ASM Joint Oversight Hearing - Coordinating California's Homelessness Services: 2023 Landscape
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2023 State Legislation:
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Lori D. Wilson is the first Black female Mayor to serve in all of Solano County. First elected to the Suisun City Council in 2012, she served as Vice-Mayor for six years before winning the Mayor's race in 2018.
During her tenure, she has worked tirelessly to make Suisun City a welcoming and safe place to call home. Lori has a track record of fiscal responsibility while leading efforts to bring more housing, jobs and diversity to Suisun City. She is committed to fighting for the residents of California’s 11th Assembly District with a track record of creating good jobs, keeping the community safe and improving the quality of life for all her constituents.
Follow this link to read Assemblymember Wilson's full biography.
You can find information about her staff hereand check out this link to see which committees she sits on. Fill out this form if you would like to contact Assemblymember Wilson's office.
Updates From Our Partners
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
The California Child Care Resource and Referral Networkreleased their 13th biennial California Child Care Portfolio. These resources include statewide and county-by-county data showing the state of child care supply, demand, and cost as well as information on employment, poverty, and family budgets.
See county by county data here and statewide data here.
The Scorecard is an interactive tool that delivers data on how kids are doing in each of California’s 58 counties and tracks over 40 key indicators of children’s well-being – over time, by race/ethnicity and relative to other counties – from prenatal to the transition to adulthood. Six new indicators have been added to capture a whole-child perspective of the well-being of children in California.
On Tuesday January 31st, Children Now will be hosting a webinar to explain the features of the scorecard and how it can be used to improve outcomes for kids.
Question: How are child care providers reimbursed if they accept vouchers from parents?
Answer: California reimburses subsidized child care providers who accept vouchers to help pay for care based on a Regional Market Rate (RMR) Survey that measures prices charged by child care providers and paid by parents within a given child care market region. The median hourly pay for a California child care worker in 2019 was $13.43, according to data from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at the University of California Berkeley. The existing RMR cited to reimburse child care providers is from 2018 and based on data from 2017. As an aside, California’s minimum wage in 2017 was $11.00 per hour. As of January 1, 2023, California minimum wage is now $15.50 per hour.
Field Q&A's
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Answer: No. The following one-time, lump-sum payments based on October 2021 data are pending:
Payment amounts were calculated based on the number of children served in that month, at $700-$1,031 per child, depending on provider region.
Regions are identified as Northern, Bay Area, Central, Los Angeles, or Southern. The per child supplemental rate is regionalized as follows:
Northern County Rate Per Child: $700 • Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba
Bay Area County Rate Per Child: $1,031 • Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma
Central County Rate Per Child: $741 • Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, Tulare
Los Angeles County Rate Per Child: $930
Southern County Rate Per Child: $823 • Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Have a question you would like answered, email CAPPA.
Federal Update
Federal Update: National Woman's Law Center
Federal Update
This week, Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) announced Senate Democratic committee memberships for the 118th Congress. A full list of Senate Democratic committee memberships can be found here. Senator Sanders (D-VT) will be chairing HELP, and Senator Murray (D-WA) will chair Appropriations. Republicans have not yet assigned Committee members, preventing the Senate from advancing legislation or moving nominees to the floor. Senate Minority Whip Thune (R-SD) said that he expects this to get worked out by early next week. Senate sashays back to work - POLITICO
Right now, we are focused on securing the highest possible number for child care and early learning programs in President Biden’s FY2024 budget, now expected to be released mid-March. We are also working to ensure that child care is included in his forthcoming State of the Union address on February 7th. We continue to educate Congress on the need for additional investment in child care and early learning programs, especially as states are running out of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds, with some expiring in September of this year.
ICYMI:
The PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act was recently signed into law, giving millions more working people the right to break time and a private space to pump breast milk during the workday, and providing access to remedies for workers who are not provided with these essential accommodations. The PUMP Act has gone into effect.
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, also recently signed into law, gives workers the right to receive reasonable accommodations, like light duty, breaks, or a stool to sit on, for pregnancy, childbirth recovery, and related medical conditions, including lactation, unless it would be an undue hardship on the employer. The PWFA goes into effect on June 27, 2023.
Please feel welcome to reach out with any questions or opportunities for collaboration as we begin the 118th Congress.
Launch of the Congressional Dads Caucus
Things we love to see: Dads championing policies that allow all families to thrive!
This week, Representatives Jimmy Gomez, Rashida Tlaib, Joaquin Castro, Andy Kim, Jamaal Bowman, Rob Menendez, Dan Goldman, Joe Neguse, and advocates from Paid Leave For All, National Alliance for Caregiving, and MomsRising held a press conference to launch the Congressional Dads Caucus.
The Congressional Dads Caucus will provide a forum for Members of Congress to advocate for legislation that supports working families. Caucus members believe in policy solutions that help working families thrive, including, paid family and medical leave policies for all parents, expanding the Child Tax Credit, increasing access to childcare, and other policies that reduce poverty and ease the burden on working parents.
In addition to supporting legislation that advances these solutions, the Caucus will host briefings and events designed to educate and inform Members of Congress and the public about the needs of working parents, including a national paid family and medical leave program and affordable childcare. These events will allow Members to interact with children and families directly to hear the stories of the challenges and opportunities they experience.
Together with the earlier reports, 2021 Child Care Landscape Analysis and 2021 Child Care Affordability Analysis, the Year in Child Care report provides a comprehensive look at the child care system’s recent challenges and opportunities.
Key findings from the report include:
The number of child care slots available falls short of this country’s need; though 12.3 million children had all parents in the workforce, there were only 8.7 million licensed child care slots available, resulting in a gap of 3.6 million slots.
Though child care is unaffordable for large swaths of families in the U.S., child care is significantly less affordable for single-parent households and Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander households.
Child care providers need support to combat persistent staffing challenges; while 79% of child care program directors reported concern about the child care staffing crisis, 81% of program directors reported that federal support would allow them to provide higher wages to their employees.
Interested in learning more? Join us for a conversation on February 8 at 2 PM ET with the CCAoA team to discuss the new report, what it means for the child care sector, and how we move forward together. Register today.
Childcare prices are expensive and burdensome for many U.S. families. Today, the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau released a suite of resources – including the newly launched National Database of Childcare Prices (NDCP) and a new brief –which underscore the urgent need for more federal investment in child care.
The NDCP, the most comprehensive federal source of childcare prices in the United States, offers childcare price data for center- and home-based providers caring for children ages 0-12. New interactive maps provide childcare prices in over 2,300 counties throughout the country.
What Are Some of Our Key Findings?
Child care is a significant expense for families with children in paid care all throughout the country.
In 2018, the median yearly childcare prices for one child ranged from $4,810 to $15,417. Adjusted for inflation, this equals between $5,357 and $17,171 in 2022 dollars. Prices varied based on care provider setting, children’s age group, and county size.
These childcare prices represent about 8.0% to 19.3% of median family income per child.
Child care is most out of financial reach for families with young children, who have multiple children needing care, and for lower-income families.
Our new brief shows that where childcare prices are high, mothers are less likely to be employed outside the home. The NDCP will allow researchers and policymakers around the country to measure potential economic impacts of childcare affordability and identify strategies for enhancing employment options and economic security for women.
How Can You Access the Data?
Today’s release includes a brief summarizing the key highlights, interactive maps, a blog, and access to the NDCP's publicly available data.
The goal of this OPRE-funded resource is to assist CCEE leaders in using maps to make data-driven decisions about how to improve CCEE access.
In Part 1, we describe how leaders can use maps to make decisions about CCEE access across four areas: policy effects, resource allocation, supply building, and supporting families. We also outline how CCEE leaders can engage partners to inform this decision-making process.
In Part 2, we outline technical considerations for developing maps about CCEE access. These considerations are organized into three areas: selecting the appropriate data to include for ease of decision making, choosing an analytic approach that supports decision making, and displaying map contents to support decision making.
ACF Announces Close to $300 Million Awarded for New Preschool Development Birth to Five Grants to 42 States
Please see the below announcement from the Administration for Children & Families:
Background
The PDG B-5 Planning Grants and Renewal Grants provide funds to states and territories to support the early childhood workforce, access to high-quality early care and education programs, and early childhood programs that offer parents a range of options. These grants help states, and territories assess their existing early childhood system and implement a strategic plan to address needs. In so doing, awarded jurisdictions can pursue goals to expand access to high-quality early childhood services and allow returning PDG B-5 Initial and Renewal Grant applicants to build on previous work.
Topline Messages
The Preschool Development Grants Birth Through Five (PDG B-5) provides competitive grants to states and territories to support children from birth to five, including improving access to high-quality early care and education programs.
States and territories can use this funding to improve compensation and support the early care and education workforce, mental health services, and other strategies that improve.
There are two types of grants awarded: 1) Planning grants that provide one year of funding for states and territories to conduct a comprehensive, statewide, birth through five needs assessment and related strategic plan for system improvements based on that assessment and 2) renewal grants that provide three years of funding so that grantees can implement the strategies they developed with the planning grant funds.
42 states and territories were awarded Planning or Renewal grants in December, for a total investment of $299,871,647.
ACF Announces Close to $300 Million Awarded for New Preschool Development Birth to Five Grants to 42 States
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced the award of nearly $300 million in Preschool Development Grants Birth through Five (PDG B-5) to 42 states, providing critical resources to support the early care and education system that families rely on, including the early childhood workforce that is that backbone of our economy and communities across the country.
Funding from the PDG B-5 grant initiative allows states to invest in strategies that will improve early learning experiences for young children. States will use funds for a range of services that benefit young children and their families, including supports for the early childhood workforce, integrated mental health services, and improved coordination that make programs easier for families to access.
"Here at ACF, we’re committed to making services work better for children and families," said Assistant Secretary January Contreras. "Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five awards allow states and territories the opportunity to invest in holistic early childhood systems that meet the unique needs of families where they are. These funds are one of the many ways ACF is promoting equitable access to early childhood services.”
Blog - What You Can Do to Help Kids Stay on Medicaid in 2023
From the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP):
State administrators, service providers, advocates, and parents/caregivers must take proactive steps to ensure that children are not improperly disenrolled from Medicaid when states restart the re-enrollment process in the coming months. More here.
H.Res.57 [117th] Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for abuse of power by enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors.
A federal program critical to helping low-income families pay for child care got a historic boost late last year.
Congress approved a $1.9 billion increase for the Child Care Development Block Grant, bringing its funding to $8 billion for 2023. The block grant, commonly called CCDBG, is distributed to states, which then help low-income families pay for child care.
CCDBG has been integral to providing more families with access to child care, said Sarah Rittling, executive director of the nonprofit First Five Years Fund. The additional funds will help expand the reach of the program; nationally, only about 1 in 6 children who are eligible for a CCDBG subsidy actually receive one.
The Year in Child Care: 2021 Data, Analysis and Recommendations is the final report of Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA)’s Catalyzing Growth: Using Data to Change Child Care series. Together with the earlier reports, 2021 Child Care Landscape Analysis and 2021 Child Care Affordability Analysis, this report presents a comprehensive look at the child care system’s recent challenges and opportunities.
In The Year in Child Care: 2021 Data, Analysis and Recommendations, we aim to:
• Understand how different groups of stakeholders (families, the child care workforce and Child Care Resource and Referral agencies (CCR&Rs)) have coped with child care challenges throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Give readers a fuller picture of child care affordability by comparing child care prices to median household income by marital status and race/ethnicity.
• Show how child care supply does not match with potential demand through an analysis of licensed capacity.
Throughout these three sections, we will also highlight child care-related findings from other researchers over the past year. These findings will help readers better understand the current state of child care and be better equipped to push for changes to our child care system. Child care is an issue that affects the entire U.S. economy.1 When families have access to affordable, high-quality child care, we grow a stronger economy.
REMINDER: Child Care and Development Infrastructure Grant Program (CCDD-IGP) Reminder: Request for Applications, Due Tomorrow!
On November 22, 2022, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) announced the availability of $150 million for the New Construction and Major Renovation Grant Program.
The New Construction and Major Renovation Grant Program application is closing in one week and all applications must be received on or before 11:59 p.m. on January 31, 2023.
The purpose of this Child Care Bulletin is to remind Alternative Payment Programs (APPs) contractors, CalWORKs contractors, General Child Care and Development contractors (CCTR), and Family Child Care Home Education Networks (CFCC) that partner with licensed Family Child Care Homes that they cannot limit a family child care home to choosing from fewer options or require a family child care home to choose a different option in fulfillment of the requirement for liability coverage.
The purpose of this Child Care Bulletin is to provide counties and contractors with initial guidance and information regarding requests for the deduction of dues and political contributions by the Child Care Providers United (CCPU) union.
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS)CDSS released their January 2023 report summarizing the steps the department has taken in the last 3 months to continue working towards goals outlined in the Early Childhood Development Act of 2020.
California has provided significant federal relief funding to the child care and development workforce. A total of $2.03 billion from ARPA funding was used for subgrants included stipends, supplemental rate payments and Covid-19 flexibilities.
CDSS announced the release of the Fiscal Year 2022–23 CCTR Expansion Request for Application. The program expansion funding will be available for child care centers, family child care home education networks and public agencies.
The Governor and Legislature enacted the Child Care and Development Infrastructure Grant Program (IGP), detailed in Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) section 10310.1, a $250 million investment in the child care infrastructure across the State of California
The Executive Summary of this report can be found here.
This Management Bulletin (MB) notifies and provides guidance to California State Preschool Program (CSPP) contractors of the changes to eligibility, priority for services, and the definition of “adjusted monthly income” for CSPP.
Beginning July 1, 2022, contractors operating part-day CSPP must certify a family eligible for the remainder of the current program year and the following program year when enrolling children, provided the child continues to meet age eligibility requirements. Note that contractors can begin enrolling families 120 days prior to the beginning of a new program year, and in those cases the child will be enrolled for two full program years.
To read the entire Management Bulletin document,click here.
Happening This Week, January 30th- February 3rd:
Tuesday, January 31st:
-CAPPA Weekly Connections Member Call. Email CAPPA for more information and to register.
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.
The Resource Connection held their January Provider Night last weekfor all Amador & Calaveras child care providers! Providers could borrow from their Lending Library, shop their Consumable Closet, or take care of other business and grab craft supplies to create these 'Straw Balloons' with the children in their care!
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.
Our commitment to you is to have scheduled at least once per week a call wherein we can all connect. As questions arise, forward them to CAPPA so that we can address them on these calls. Look for a weekly email to register. Recording and Q&A will also be posted on the Member's Only page.
Job Descriptions and Salary Information
CAPPA has collected more than 85 job descriptions from member agencies that you can view and use when you create your agency's next job posting!
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