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To help support you staying on top of the 2023-24 budget process and materials connected to the budget, CAPPA is hosting all of the materials in one place. For an overview on the budget process, click here.
Click here to access CAPPA's Budget Page. NOTE: CAPPA has created an Excel document to help you track budget actions. Click here.
Governor's May Revision
Every year in January, the Governor presents his budget to the Legislature ahead of the respective fiscal year; however, the Governor can have changes to his proposed budget based on the latest economic forecasts. The revised budget proposal that is released based on these changes is called the Governor's May Revision. It was released on May 12, 2023.
Click hereto watch Governor Newsom's presentation of the May Revision.
Click here to see more details from release of the May Revision including Senate and Assembly overviews.
Answer: These are bills that as soon as voted on and signed by the governor, they take effect. In the early action package are bills to extend from July 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023 the waiver of family fees. Below are early action bills that will impact our programs.
List of Major Early Action Budget Bills:
AB 100 / SB 100 Budget Acts of 2021 and 2022. Includes language to extend waiver of family fees for state preschool.
Includes language to extend waiver of family fees for other child care programs from July 1, 2023 though September 30, 2023. This bill would extend the prohibition on the collection of those family fees through September 30, 2023, and would require contractors to reimburse subsidized childcare providers for the full amount of the certificate or voucher without deducting family fees during this extended period.
This bill would authorize the CDE to issue temporary rate increases to contractors and childcare providers that exceed those existing specified rates and the previously described reimbursement rate supplements.
Follow the above links to find more details about each hearing. If you would like to provide input or testify at a budget hearing, please check on the respectiveSenateand Assembly Committee pages to see if they allow for remote testimony.
California State Legislature:
IMPORTANT DATES, DEADLINES & BILLS
Upcoming dates and deadlines to be aware:
May 18 - Appropriations suspense hearings
May 29 - Memorial Day
May 30-June 2 - Floor session only
June 2 - Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house
June 15 - Budget bill must be passed by midnight
July 14 - Last day for policy committees to hear and report bills; Summer recess begins upon adjournment
August 14 - Legislature reconvenes from summer recess
Informational Hearings:
None
If you would like to provide input or testify at a hearing, please check on the respectiveSenateand Assembly Committee pages to see if they allow for remote testimony.
Click hereto find a full list of Senate Committee chairs and assignments. The Assembly Committee chairs and leadership can be found here, and the committee assignments can be viewed using this link.
2023 State Legislation:
See below a short list of bills of interest that have been introduced this legislative year. You can follow these bills and more on CAPPA's on our website. For a comprehensive list of bills of interest, visit CAPPA's State Legislation page.
Click here to view all the bills that the Assembly and Senate introduced this legislative year,
Child Care Fact of the Week
Question: What is the status of the $1,442 per child one-time stipends approved in 2022?
Answer: The funds have been released to the community based Alternative Payment Programs (APPs) by mid-May. The APPs are in process of getting the $1,442 stipends out to those providers that have completed the ARPA survey. Click here to read more on the stipends and the ARPA survey.
Question: If a licensed provider completed the April survey but currently are not serving children would they still receive the stipends?
Answer: Yes. They are technically still open.
Question: If a licensed exempt provider completed the April survey but currently is not providing care would they still receive a stipend?
Answer: No.
Question: If a licensed exempt provider completed the April survey but they are not permanently closed based on a phone call to the provider can they still receive a stipend?
Answer: No. Since their not serving a child is not due to a public health, financial hardship or a reason related to COVID-19 they are not eligible.
NOTE: Alternative Payment Programs implement payments of the stipends following rules developed by the California Department of Social Services. Concerns with any of the information above should be emailed to CCPB@dss.ca.gov.
Federal Update
Federal Update
National Women's Law Center
This week, President Biden met with Congressional Leadership, and while the meeting was described as constructive, no consensus was reached to address the debt limit. Staff will continue to meet to discuss a path forward to prevent default. Speaker McCarthy continues to press for harmful cuts to non-defense discretionary programs; changes to mandatory programs including SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid; rescinding COVID relief dollars; and, repealing Inflation Reduction Act climate provisions.
Minority Leader McConnell (R-KY) continues to defer to the Speaker, and Senator Lee (R-UT) led a letter with 42 other GOP Senators to Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) opposing passage of a clean debt limit bill, calling for both spending cuts and structural budget reforms as a starting place to address the debt ceiling. President Biden and Leaders Schumer and Jeffries (D-NY) have been clear about rejecting proposals that increase poverty and take away food assistance and healthcare, but we need to keep advocating for the White House and lawmakers to protect funding for non-defense discretionary (NDD) programs that benefit women, families, children, and early educators and reject harmful changes. Structural budget changes – caps on discretionary spending – are clearly still part of the negotiations, and early childhood programs are disproportionately discretionary. Even as some GOP members would say they are addressing the looming debt for the sake of children, that is deeply troubling at best when they target huge funding cuts for the very programs and services that we know benefit children.
Federal programs benefitting women, families, and early educators are caught up in this debate. It’s our job as advocates to tell Congress that they have another option. They have a responsibility to both avoid a self-imposed economic disaster by paying the country’s debts and lifting the debt ceiling, and to invest in, rather than cut, the programs that women, families, and early educators rely on. More: Raise the Debt Ceiling, Raise Revenues, and Invest in the Care Economy - National Women's Law Center (nwlc.org)
This week, ZERO TO THREE and Morning Consult are releasing new poll findings showing that the vast majority of parents of infants and toddlers believe that addressing the needs of children and families in the upcoming 2024 federal budget should be a priority. As the President and Congressional leaders meet to discuss the debt limit, it’s clear that babies can’t afford a default on the debt and families are against cuts to the programs they rely on.
Key poll findings include:
Nearly 9 in 10 of parents with infants and toddlers believe that addressing the needs of children and families in the upcoming 2024 federal budget should be a priority.
84% of parents with infants and toddlers would be concerned if Congress cut funding for child care in the 2024 federal budget.
82% would be concerned about cuts to special education.
83% would be concerned about cuts to food assistance and nutrition.
82% would be concerned about cuts to affordable housing.
87% would be concerned about cuts to healthcare.
If Congress fails to address the needs of and challenges facing children and families, two thirds of parents with children age 0-3 anticipate experiencing difficulty finding high-quality, affordable child care, struggling to work due to lack of child care options.
Thousands more providers, parents and allies joined 50+ Day Without Child Care events in 19 states and Washington D.C. to draw attention to the need for child care funding and demand investments for a 21st-century childcare system centered on racial and gender justice.
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Most Sweeping Set of Executive Actions to Improve Care in History
Too many families and individuals struggle to access the affordable, high-quality care they need. The cost of child care is up 26% in the last decade and more than 200 percent over the past 30 years. For the elderly or people with disabilities long-term care costs are up 40% in the past decade. The result is many Americans – particularly women – stay out of the workforce to care for their families, making it hard for businesses to attract and retain a skilled workforce and for the economy to grow. ABCG brief forecasts losses of $290 billion each year in gross domestic product in 2030 and beyond if the U.S. fails to address the lack of affordable child care.
The National Early Care and Education Workforce Center’s research and technical assistance activities will work together to build a career pipeline for the early care and education workforce, including support for pursuing credentials and degrees while maintaining the sector’s diversity and identifying and implementing sustainable ways to increase workforce compensation and benefits.
The Administration for Children and Families within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a cooperative agreement to establish and operate the National Early Care and Education Workforce Center for the next 5 years to Child Trends, the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, BUILD Initiative, ZERO TO THREE, the University of Massachusetts–Boston, and the University of Delaware.
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.
We invite you to submit a workshop proposal to this year's Hybrid Joint Conference. Please see the 2023 Call for Presentations Announcement for more information.
Please share the below Call for Presentations links with others you feel could present workshops which would be of benefit to conference attendees.
Workshop proposals are due, Wednesday, May 17, 2023.
2023 Conference
Save the Date and join your peers for an amazing 2023 Joint Conference! The California Child Care Resource & Referral Network and the California Alternative Payment Program Association are excited to announce that we heard you and we will offer a joint conference in 2023 that has both an in-person and virtual option this Fall!
We are working with the Conference Committee to offer thoughtful, user-friendly options with keynote presentations, workshops, networking opportunities, and connection time with vendors. For those that are ready to connect in-person, we will once again be at the Double Tree Hotel in Sacramento. And for those that are not quite ready for in-person or like the conveniences that come with virtual attendance, we’ll have an option that is similar to the last three years. Regardless of the option that works best for your agency, we look forward to connecting, supporting and partnering with you!
Registration information, along with a preliminary conference program, will be released soon! At that time, online registration will be open, and attendees will be able to select from the in-person conference or the virtual conference. Those that register for the in-person option will also receive access to the virtual conference. Due to the cost of the in-person option, we are limiting the registration to 250. When registration opens, all agencies will have an opportunity to register a limited number of people by a specific deadline. If spaces remain after the deadline they will be made available to interested agencies.
In-Person Conference Details
Date: September 27 – 29, 2023
Time: Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. to Friday at Noon
Location: Double Tree Hotel
2001 Point West Way
Sacramento, CA 95815
Cost: Member Agencies, 3 or more staff – $450
Member Agencies – $475
Non-Member Agencies - $650
Virtual Conference Details
Date: October 4 – 5, 2023
Time: Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. to Thursday at 4:30p.m.
Cost: Member Agencies, 5 or more staff - $285
Member Agencies - $309
Non-Member Agencies - $435
We hope you can join us!
Partner Update
"Stand for Children Day"
Parent Voices California Rally
Parent Voices hosted an incredible event this week with their 27th Annual Stand for Children Day at the Capitol Building. This really served as an important moment for awareness and advocacy as parents, legislators, and child care providers take action in California to fight for this year's budget to include significant investment in child care.
The rally included a press conference with Senator Monique Limon, Assemblymember Eloise Gomez-Reyes, parent leaders, and child care providers.
Nonprofit Equity Initiatives
The Nonprofit Equity Initiative is a package of 7 bills related bills to improve the way the state contracts with nonprofits. A lack of advance payments, long delays in payments, and low overhead rates result in several of our members having to lend to nonprofits to bridge reimbursement by the state for services.
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AB 590 (Hart) Advance payments for all: Ensures nonprofits can secure up to 25% of contracted funds up front, with a priority on nonprofits serving vulnerable communities or those with modest reserves. Passed Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review, re-referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AB 619 (Fong, V) Flexibility during emergencies: Avoids disruption of community services during declared states of emergency by easing the contract modification process. Passed Committee on Emergency Management, re-referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AB 860 (Valencia) Streamlines small grant programs: Reduces application and reporting requirements for small grants. Passed Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review, re-referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AB 885 (Rivas, L) Fairness in contracting: Requires the state to pay nonprofit partners the full costs of delivering programs and services – including administrative costs, fair wages and benefits; also encourages multi-year contracts and expedited contract renewals. SB 336 (Umberg) Standardizes indirect cost coverage: Requires the state to pay nonprofits the same rate the organization has negotiated with the federal government (if it has one), and establishes a standard indirect state rate for nonprofit partners of no less than 10%. Passed Committee on Governmental Organization, re-referred to Committee on Appropriations.
SB 557 (Limon) California Prompt Payment Act: Extends the state’s Prompt Payment Act to all state contracts with nonprofits, sets a discrepancy threshold, removes the existing eligibility cap on nonprofit contracts, and simplifies late penalty payments from the state. Passed Committee on Appropriations.
Child care in the United States is inaccessible and unaffordable for many working families. At the same time, child care workers—overwhelmingly women and disproportionately women of color—are severely underpaid. With too little funding available, child care providers struggle to maintain staffing levels necessary to keep classrooms open, resulting in growing waitlists and dwindling supply that limits families’ choices for care.
As child care advocates continue to push for increased federal investments,1 the Biden administration has taken steps to improve access and affordability through its fiscal year 2024 budget proposal.2 This includes $980 million in additional funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG); child care requisites attached to companies seeking significant CHIPS and Science Act funding; the economic report to the president,3 which highlights the vital economic role of child care; and a recent set of executive actions designed to improve care and support care workers.4
Play builds social, emotional & behavioral skills and competencies in young children. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, ore play drives a higher IQ, and leads to changes at the molecular, cellular, and behavioral levels. The United Nations lists play as one of the basic rights of every child. Yet, children nowadays play outdoors 50% less than their parents did. Some pediatricians in the U.S. are now calling for "prescriptions for play" during well child visits.
In that context, it was encouraging to see several start-ups in the Anjal Z cohort focused on play. Peekapak for instance helps early childhood centers, schools and districts meet academic standards while teaching important social emotional learning competencies with playful characters and curriculum.
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is pleased to announce the convening of a Rate and Quality Advisory Panel to support California in a new approach to setting child care reimbursement rates using an alternative methodology, rather than a market rate survey. We anticipate that the Panel will have the same membership as the former Rate and Quality Work Group. The panel will serve as advisors to CDSS and its contractor, Prenatal to Five Fiscal Strategies.
The Advisory Panel meetings will be held virtually (on Zoom) every other month for 12 months, with the first meeting on on May 15,2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. All meetings will be open to the public so that community members can participate and share advice and ideas and each meeting will have plenty of time for meaningful public comment. The meetings will include interpretation and translation in Spanish, Chinese and American Sign Language (ASL) and additional translation support will be added to later meetings if needed.
Please save the following details for the first meeting:
The California Department of Social Services, Child Care and Development Division (CDSS-CCDD), in partnership with WestEd’s Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC), is providing an upcoming webinar series: Exploring Updates from the 2023 Infant/Toddler Caregiving: A Guide to Social-Emotional Growth and Socialization, Third Edition.
PART 1: RESISTING THE MARGINS: ADVANCING AN IMPERATIVE TO ATTEND TO RACE AND CULTURE AND THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND LEARNING OF INFANTS AND TODDLERS
Early childhood educators and service providers fill important roles in their communities: facilitating children’s healthy development and early learning, supporting parents and families, and implementing practices that promote quality, health, and safety. Over the last several years, the early childhood community experienced unprecedented levels of stress—too often while working long hours and without the pay and support they deserve. Many early childhood educators and providers continue to experience heightened stress, burnout, exhaustion, and even depressive symptoms.
Learn more on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at3:00 –4:15 p.m. ET byregistering here.
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website: CCB 23-12: Subsidized Provider Report Requirements.
The purpose of this CCB is to provide guidance and instruction to counties and child care and development contractors who are statutorily required to collect and submit to the State specific business and personal information pertaining to individuals who operate family child care homes and license-exempt child care providers, otherwise known as the monthly Subsidized Provider Report (SPR). The timeliness and accuracy of the data provided in the SPR is of the utmost importance. Counties and contractors are required to ensure that the data submitted via the SPR is accurate, complete, and timely.
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website:CCB 23-12 Subsidized Provider Requirements.
The purpose of this Child Care Bulletin is to provide guidance and instruction to counties and child care and development contractors who are statutorily required to collect and submit to the State specific business and personal information pertaining to individuals who operate family child care homes and license-exempt child care providers, otherwise known as the monthly Subsidized Provider Report (SPR).
The purpose of this Child Care Bulletin is to provide guidance to counties opting to participate in the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children (Bridge Program) funding in Fiscal Years (FY) 2023-24 and 2024-25. The opt-in period is biennial but is subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act and funding is allocated annually.
Dual Language Learner Support Webinar Series Part One: Identifying Dual Language Learners (DLL) in California State Preschool Programs
The California Department of Education (CDE), Early Education Division (EED) will be hosting a Dual Language Learner Support Webinar Series. The series will include:
Data Reporting Dual Language Learners in California State Preschool Programs , May 16, 2023, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Supporting Dual Language Learners in California State Preschool Programs , June 13, 2023, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
Information for May 16th Webinar on Data Reporting for Dual Language Learners in CSPP:
The Dual Language Learner Support Webinar Part Two: Data Reporting Dual Language Learners in California State Preschool Programs will be held on Tuesday May 16, 2023, from 3:00-4:30 p.m. This webinar will address Data Reporting For Dual Language Learners in CSPP and will:
· Review the Preschool Language Information System (PLIS)
· Review updated PLIS data reporting instructions
· Review the PLIS reporting schedule
· Provide information on new PLIS Report data fields
· Address select PLIS frequently asked questions
· Share Dual Language Learner Management Bulletin and PLIS Resources
· Include a live Question and Answer Session
Log-in information for the webinar is below:
Date of Webinar: Tuesday May 16, 2023
Time of Webinar: 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Topic: Dual Language Learner Support Webinar Series Part Two: Data Reporting Dual Language Learners
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.
Parent Voices held their Stand For Children Day, last Wednesday to demand:
"Davis Streethas been a key community leader in guiding families out of poverty and into productive lives since 1972. We provide programs and services encompassing: primary care (including medical, dental, pediatric, behavioral health and women’s health services), child care, programs for adults living with developmental disabilities, free food and clothing, housing information, utility assistance and more. Our full range of services is unique from any other local organization."
Get to know them and the full scope of their work with their 2022 Impact Report highlighting how they are supporting the needs of family child care providers and families in Alameda County.
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!
Implementation Of Assembly Bill (AB) 321 (Chapter 903, Statutes Of 2022): Change In Child Care And Development Priority Order For Children From Families In Which The Primary Home Language Is A Language Other Than English
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