"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
October 11, 2021 | Issue #41
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R&R Network and CAPPA Virtual Joint Conference - A HUGE SUCCESS!!!
A BIG Thank you to all who attended and participated in the Joint Virtual Conference!
First, let us say, you are all AMAZING! We are beyond thankful for the support from each of you, for your willingness to adapt to our virtual platform, your patience with technological glitches, eagerness to learn and engage, investing your time and most of all, for everything you are doing for children and families during this time!  
Almost 1,000 of you from all over the state attended this Conference to learn, share and grow!

Remember, the Conference Platform will be available until November 7th!
That is 1 Whole Month! All workshops will be transitioned, in order of the corresponding letter, to the "On-Demand Workshops" tab at the top of the platform. You will have access to ALL 66 workshops, 3 keynotes and our wonderful exhibitors. Take this opportunity to watch and learn from a number of workshop sessions- more than you could ever attend if you were at an in-person conference.

In order to access the platform during the month, Use the same link and log-in information.

CAPPA and the R&R Network would like to give a BIG thank you to our 2021 Virtual Joint Conference Partners! We are so grateful for their continued support year after year!
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.
Governor Newsom's Veto brings back Inequity to California's Poorest Subsidized Working Families on July 1
By Rick Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer
Child Development Associates

Many of us were shocked last week to see a veto by Governor Newsom of Assembly Bill 865. This was especially shocking after so many parents, child care providers and community organizations sent a clear message that the current subsidized child care system is outdated and inequitable. Even more surprising, this important bill was vetoed despite unanimous bipartisan support in the State Assembly and Senate.
One of the most important goals of AB 865 was to bring fair and equitable access to child care for all income eligible working families. For decades, subsidized working families faced discrimination in accessing high-quality child care arrangements simply because they worked in industries with jobs that had on-call, fluctuating or unstable work hours. Prior to the pandemic, parents with flexible or unstable work schedules could secure a subsidized child care voucher. However, these specific vouchers were reimbursed based solely on the attendance of the child, and not on enrollment. Because these vouchers did not guarantee a set reimbursement, higher-quality family child care providers and centers with set operational budgets could not risk serving these families and suffer a financial loss.

During the pandemic, Executive Order N-45-20 and subsequent budget bills enacted (until June 30, 2022) access for all subsidized families - regardless of work schedules – to choose the best family child care provider and/or center to meet their family needs. This choice for families also guaranteed the providers that accepted their children would be reimbursed a set certificated amount that could be budgeted. This historical action created a level playing field of equity wherein all income eligible families had the same level of access to all child care settings, eliminated the discriminatory practice of not accepting a voucher from a family with a flexible work schedule, and most important of all provided children with stable care consistent with both federal and state law.
Because AB 865 was not enacted, the outcome on July 1, 2022 will be thousands of children whose parents do not have set work hours will penalized and have limited access to stable high-quality child care settings. This outcome has the potential to change the upward trajectory for these earliest learners to a downward spiral of uncertainty.

For too long, the state has divided vulnerable families into two unequal classes. Those who had stable jobs known as set schedules (often “9 to 5” type jobs) received one child care benefit and those that had what are known as variable schedules had a reduced benefit. Without AB 865 to make a permanent change, this inequitable system will continue for California parents and children. This will also continue harm to child care providers who will receive less compensation when holding open a time slot for children with variable schedules, reducing their compensation and discouraging acceptance of state child care vouchers.
The veto of the bill will also result in the continuation of several longstanding limitations that simply penalize child care providers who accept vouchers. Including a limitation that child care providers may only alter their rates charged for child care once per year which is out of touch with the private child care market. And eliminating a requirement to receive payment via direct deposit instead of a paper check.
Despite the veto of this important bill, California parents and child care providers must rally their elected representatives to reintroduce legislation to try again to implement these important changes. We are far from economic recovery and the veto of this bill has taken us one step back, but in the coming year stronger advocacy and support is needed to convince Governor Newsom that real policy improvements are needed for families and providers.
LEGISLATIVE SPOTLIGHT: Governor Newsom VETOES AB 865 (Quirk-Silva)
See Veto Message: Here.

AB 865 was carried this year by Assemblymember Quirk Silva and prioritized by the Legislative Women's Caucus. We are thankful to the author, her staff, all the legislators that supported and all of the proponents of this bill who stood beside us to fight for equitable access to childcare and for working families. We hope to build even more momentum moving forward as we look to reintroduced legislation to address systemic inequity and discrimination in the subsidized child care field.
Governor Newsom SIGNS SB 393 (Hurtado)
In a big win for childcare, and for California's migrant families, Governor Newsom on Monday signed SB 393, by Senator Melissa Hurtado into law. Via Governor Newsom’s signature on SB 393 is recognition that our migrant workers, who show up every single day to work in the fields so that families and children will continue to have food on their table, deserve fair and equitable access to child care that supports their critical work and allows them to support their own children.

See Senator Hurtado's Press Release: Here
See Governor's Press Release: Here
Tweets of the Week
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THE NEED FOR $450 BILLION IN FEDERAL INVESTMENTS FOR EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION

As you may have seen in media reports, there is increasing pressure to cut child care, paid leave, and/or the child tax credit from the Build Back Better package. All of these investments work together to form a strong foundation for young children and their caregivers. 

An equitable economic recovery effort, one that will not further exacerbate inequities by race and gender or further entrench occupational segregation and wage disparities, requires that Congress invest at least $450 billion in direct spending for child care and early learning. The $45 Billion that would come to California from this investment would help realize the widely respected recommendations created during a two-year-long process by the Assembly’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Early Care and Education (ECE). Many of those recommendations have remained on the pages of that report because of a lack of funding.

The President's Build Back Better plan, reflected in the Congressional budget resolution, is essential to building a strong child care and early learning system that can achieve these goals. A 10-year federal investment of $450 billion could serve 8.27 million young children a year across the United States (when fully implemented) through both child care assistance and preschool. That's 11 times more than those served without expansion. In California, we would have an additional 995,177 children served!

To learn more and to sign-on in support of this needed investment, click the links below:


A special thanks to the Low Income Investment Fund, Build Up California and Head Start California for elevating this hugely important funding issue and providing an opportunity to sign on.
Federal News

1. Reconciliation Update 
 
Now that the Senate has passed the bill to raise the debt ceiling through early December and the House will take it up Tuesday, the deck is cleared for negotiations on the Build Back Better reconciliation package. Forward movement hinges on agreement to a top line number, believed to be in the $2 to $2.3 trillion given opposition from Democratic moderates, namely Senators Manchin (D-WV) and Sinema (D-AZ) to the budget framework the House passed at $3.5 trillion. 
Most recently, Senator Manchin reportedly has asked progressive to choose one priority to fund between the expanded child tax credit, paid family medical leave, or subsidies for child care. This is, of course, ridiculous – no one should have to choose between buying books for your kids, taking time off to care for a loved one, or affording child care.  Reminder the Build Back Better Act includes the spending proposal for child care and early learning, separately. Please see our $450B justification memo here for helpful talking points.  
 
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 talking points are here. 
 
2.  "It's Time to Deliver for Women" Ads 
 
The National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) placed full-page color ads in the New York Times, POLITICO, and the Hill - and as a POLITICO homepage takeover today (October 7th) telling lawmakers that it’s time to deliver for women. NPWF are grateful for the organizations that were able to sign on such short notice during an extremely busy week. NWLC and 48 women’s labor, health, and caregiving orgs signed on to demand Congress address the needs of women in the Build Back Better Act.  
 
NPWF hopes that you will join them in amplifying the message that “Women deserve more than half-hearted solutions and sweet talk. It’s time to deliver for women.” The ad is available here and you can use a social toolkit to amplify the ad and the message today and throughout the Build Back Better process.  
 
3. Congresswoman Speier: Women Are Tired of Being America’s Fallback Plan 
 
Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA-14), cochair of the Democratic Womens’ Caucus, published a new op-ed detailing why women need the investments laid out in the Build Back Better Agenda. She writes, “We expect superwoman feats, with super-small investments. And this has never been more obvious than during the pandemic, when 1.6 million women left the workforce, taking us back to 1988 levels of women’s labor force participation. Women were forced out of the workforce because their care infrastructure—which was already hanging by a thread—was torn asunder, with no recognition of their needs or realities.” She then goes on to highlight the importance of the Build Back Better Act, stating “the Build Back Better Act is essential for setting up our economy and the next generations for success. Without adequate care economy investments, we are choosing to leave women behind—again.” 
 
4. National Survey Shows Small Businesses Hurt by Lack of Affordable Child Care and Owners Support Federal Child Care Investments 
 
A national survey of more than 1,000 small business owners in, Small Business for America’s Future’s small business network finds that small businesses are being hurt by a lack of affordable child care, and small business owners support increases in federal funding for child care.  
 
The survey found 72% of small business owners surveyed said they have employees with at least one child under 13 or that have a need for daily child care services and just 28% offer benefits related to child care. The survey also found:  
 
·         66% of small business owners surveyed nationally believe the federal government has a role in supporting universal access to affordable, high-quality child care 
·         64% support direct, ongoing financial assistance to families for child care services  
·         70% support federal funding dedicated to providing child care services to underserved communities 
·         55% of small business owners surveyed believe that the lack of affordable, high-quality child care for employees has had a negative impact on their business 
·         52% have experienced employee turnover as a result of a lack of affordable child care 
·         80% of small business owners surveyed said the Covid-19 pandemic has made balancing child care and work responsibilities more difficult for their employees (56% said it was significantly more difficult), and 64% report having to adjust employee policies or business operations to account for these challenges.  
 
You can read the full survey results here. 

5. Including Family Child Care in State- and City-funded Pre-K Systems  
 
On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 11:30-12:30 Eastern, join Home Grown, NIEER, state and city Pre-K leaders, and special guests from the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Early Childhood Development for a conversation about the inclusion of Family Child Care (FCC) in public Pre-K systems. This session will include a discussion of findings from the newly released report from NIEER, funded by Home Grown, Including Family Child Care in State- and City-funded Pre-K Systems: Opportunities and Challenges. As the nation looks to make historic investments in pre-K, FCC programs can help ensure that we reach traditionally underserved communities, including Black and Brown, rural, and low-income families and those who work nontraditional or unpredictable schedules, groups that are more likely to use home-based care. Pre-K in FCC programs exist around the country and there is much to learn from these places as we consider how best to design more inclusive systems.  
 
Please use this Digital and Social Media Toolkit which includes ready-to-use social media content and an email template to promote the event with your network. 
 
6. The Pressure Is On, On Paid Leave 
 
We wanted to share this article from Politico, which highlights two dozen advocacy groups, including NWLC, sending a letter to the members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable. Wharton Professor Stewart Friedman, who organized the letter, states “As we rebuild in the pandemic’s wake, paid family and medical leave is an economic necessity for working families that stimulates growth, strengthens our competitiveness, promotes gender equity, and reduces racial disparities.”  

7.Make Child Care More Affordable: States Should Use Relief Funds to Increase Income Eligibility 
 
This article by Alyssa Fortner from the Center for Law and Social Policy provides insight into how states can use their COVID relief funds to improve affordability of child care and expand access by increasing income eligibility. Citing the National Women’s Law Center, “a family of three in 2020 making 150 percent above the federal poverty level (FPL)—only $32,580—would not qualify for child care assistance in 13 states.” During the pandemic, Virginia used their federal funds to increase edibility to 85% of the state median income for families with at least one child under 5 who is not in kindergarten. This has helped 1,000 families obtain child care assistance. Another example includes Kansas, who used the state’s Hero Relief Child Care Assistance Program to increase eligibility up to 250% of the FPL. Lastly, another example of this would be New Mexico using the ARPA emergency funds to increase eligibility for its Child Care Assistance Program. The income eligibility was raised to 350%. This means that a family of three’s eligibility would raise from $43,920 to $76,860. 
Treasury says U.S. child care system is a market failure

It’s a busy month in Washington, with deadlines on the debt ceiling and government funding. Plus, there’s the Joe Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to get Congress to pass that big infrastructure bill and a budget reconciliation package that includes more of the “human” infrastructure agenda.

To push that last bit along, the Treasury Department released a study on the child care industry Wednesday, arguing that the system is basically in a state of market failure, with significant consequences for the overall economy.
Just about any parent who’s been on a waiting list for day care or a child care center has experienced those difficult economics.

“I think it was in a state of market failure before the pandemic. And I think it’s in a state of market crisis now,” said Gina Adams, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute who has studied child care for years — and a parent herself who has dealt with it.

“The market failure is that we count on parents to pay for the bulk of the cost of child care, yet to provide good-quality care costs far more than many parents can afford,” she said. Click here to read remainder of story. Click here to read the US Treasury Report.
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!

Last week, 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.
Child Care Bulletin 21-10: Equipment Purchase Approval Request
The Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website: CCB 21-10: Equipment Purchase Approval Request.
The purpose of this Child Care Bulletin is to notify counties and child care and development contractors of the process for submitting Equipment Purchase Approval Requests (EPAR) for contractors with multiple early learning contracts with both the California Department of Education (CDE) and the CDSS.
In partnership,
Child Care & Development Division
California Department of Social Services
Fall 2021 Community Care Licensing Updates

We are pleased to announce that the Fall 2021 Quarterly Updates have been published and are available on our website. Please share this information with anyone that you feel would benefit.
CCLD has released a new Provider Information Notice: PIN 21-26-CCP: WEBINAR FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS

Primary Audience: ALL COMMUNITY CARE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
Summary: PIN 21-26-CCP Provides guidance and resources during the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic to support child care providers.
 
An electronic copy of PIN 21-26-CCP: is available for viewing/downloading by clicking on the following link: PIN 21-26-CCP (Webinar for Child Care Providers)

The Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website: CCB 21-11: Guidance to State Subsidized Early Learning and Care Programs on the Notice of Action, Parent Appeals.
The purpose of this communication is to notify contractors of the process for issuing the Notice of Action (NOA) to families, and the parent appeal process at the respective Departments beginning July 1, 2021.
California State Preschool Program Regulations 
 
All California State Preschool Program Executive Directors, Program Directors and other interested parties: 
 
This notice is to inform interested parties that pursuant to the requirements of Government Code section 11346.4(a), the proposed California State Preschool Program Regulations have been posted to the CDE Proposed Rulemaking and Regulations web page for a 15-day public comment period and can be found on the CDE’s California State Preschool Program Rulemaking web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/re/lr/rr/elcdcspp.asp. 
Any interested person, or that person’s authorized representative, may submit written comments relevant to the proposed regulatory action. Comments must be received by the Regulations Coordinator prior to or on October 19, 2021. 
Instructions on how to submit public comments can be found on the CDE Proposed Rulemaking and Regulations web page listed above. All written comments received by CDE staff during the public comment period are subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. 
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. 
Crystal Stairs launched "Build Your Endgame", a FREE three-part parent tailgate training, on Saturday September 25th @USC. This series was created to help parents climb the ladder to success through mentorship, coaching, engaging, and affirming parents as leaders. Parents that participate in all three workshops and successfully complete the application process, may be eligible to win a $1,000 parent scholarship! Learn more and register today at bit.ly/psspbye!
Let us know what your organization is doing, we would love to feature you in the coming weeks!        
Family Engagement and Cultural Effectiveness Conference, October 20-22, 2021
Virtual & On-Demand

The 2021 Family Engagement and Cultural Effectiveness Conference is designed to celebrate the different cultures, traditions, and practices that are reflected in the modern family. In doing so, participants learn how to use the strengths and attributes of culture to aid a child’s own successful walk through the world. Our theme this year is Elevating Families: Exploring Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
In this conference, nationally and internationally known practitioners, researchers, and motivational speakers share their knowledge, to teach us and to learn from us, about parent engagement through the lens of Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
 
Article of the Week
How Other Nations Pay for Child Care. The U.S. Is an Outlier.

Typical 2-year-olds in Denmark attend child care during the day, where they are guaranteed a spot, and their parents pay no more than 25% of the cost. That guaranteed spot will remain until the children are in after-school care at age 10. If their parents choose to stay home or hire a nanny, the government helps pay for that, too.
Two-year-olds in the United States are less likely to attend formal child care. If they do, their parents pay full price — an average $1,100 a month — and compete to find a spot. If their parents stay home or find another arrangement, they are also on their own to finance it, as they will be until kindergarten.

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!
CAPPA Member Only Benefits

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Best Practices
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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 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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