"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
April 26, 2021 | Issue #17
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Family Child Care Provider Updates

On April 19 , CCPU members, as part of their COVID Workgroup, ratified their newest tentative agreement with the State of California. This agreement will allow hundreds of millions of dollars in much-needed financial support to reach thousands of child care providers, helping many stay open or re-open.
 
This is their second and largest COVID-specific tentative agreement with the state, and we know how vital these funds are to making sure the needs of both families and providers are met without delay.
 
Yet this is only the beginning. Over the next several weeks, they will continue negotiating the first long-term contract with the state, seeking to build a high-quality, affordable child care system that is available to all families, treats providers with respect, and addresses systemic sexism and racism often embedded in decisions made about child care.
 
Through online actions, phone calls, and in-person events, we’ve shown the power we have when we stick together and fight for what is right. We know child care is a critical part of our social infrastructure, and it’s time California’s leaders finally acknowledge this fact too

The second COVID-specific tentative agreement:
  • Waives family fees and reimburses providers in full for Fiscal Year 2021-22.
  • Offers financial support to all licensed providers and FFN providers serving subsidized children to address higher costs, fluctuating enrollment, and other economic hardship operating during a pandemic:
  • Provides a $600 stipend per subsidized child enrolled in an FCC home for all state-subsidized programs.
  • Provides a $3500 stabilization stipend for all licensed providers, including those temporarily closed.
  • Provides 16 additional paid COVID closure days for all subsidized providers for FY 2021-22.
  • Continues child care subsidy policies to stabilize child care:
  • Reimburses providers based on enrollment, not attendance, including providers serving families on variable schedules and exempt providers providing part-time care.
  • Waives signatures for families sheltering in place (until public health declaration ends).
  • Invests $25M in the Child Care Initiative Project (CCIP) to expand child care capacity and address unmet child care needs in geographies and with infants and toddlers. Funds will support new providers opening and assist closed providers in reopening.
  • Funds mental health supports designed to support the expertise, best practices, and well-being of providers and the families they serve impacted by COVID.
  • Grievance and arbitration process for any disputes that arise related to the agreement.

  • STIPEND UPDATED TIMELINE - Checks are in process of being received by providers throughout the state.
Advocates Deliver Child Care 101 Information Briefing to Legislative Women's Caucus


On Friday April 23rd, CAPPA and fellow child care and early learning advocates delivered a virtual Child Care 101 informational to the members and their Capitol and district office of the California Legislative Women's Caucus. The event featured an overview of topics such as child care funding, provider types and history, as well as other supports for families. The aim of the webinar was to support legislative and district staff with information to make impactful budget and policy decisions.

The webinar provided more detail on the various parts that make up California’s child care system, including an overview of how its funded, how programs are reimbursed, and the capacity of different program types. Also covered was the 2021-22 ECE Coalition budget ask. Over 50 legislators and staff were in attendance.

CAPPA CEO Denyne Colburn summed up the importance of the information shared during the event. "Child care is a critical component - for the economy, to keep families working, and to keep families thriving. We look forward to continuing our partnership with all of those in the legislature," Colburn said to wrap up the event.

Each legislative office received a special packet full of district specific data on the families served amid the varying array of child care programs. Further in the packet is information regarding the cost of child care, eligibility and capacity. Also included is information about the different regional child care supports in each district, as well as a handy acronym sheet explaining some of the dizzying array of terms used in this field. Click here to see a sample packet. Click here to view and download a copy of the slide show presentation. All packets may be found on the CAPPA website.

If you are from a legislative office and would like a customized profile for a particular legislator, email CAPPA.

A video recording of the webinar can be found below.
Special thanks to fellow contributors and presenters:

Nina Buthee - EveryChildCA
Valerie Denero - EveryChildCA
Keisha Nzewi - R&R Network
Heidi Keiser - Child Action, Inc.
Eileen Calderon - Child Development Associates
Jamie Mauhay - Head Start CA
Elizabeth Holloway - Head Start CA
Jessica Guerra - Child Care Alliance, LA
Margot Grant Gould - First 5 Association of CA
Coalition Sign On Opportunity

AB 863 will be heard before the ASM Education Committee this Wednesday April 28 at 9am. If you would like to join the over 40 organizations who have signed on, email CAPPA. To see a list of signatories click here. This bill is a top priority of the Legislative Women's Caucus. If you would like CAPPA to email you the call in information the morning of the hearing to communicate your support, email CAPPA.
2021-22 State Budget Updates

Click here to read information on the governor's 2021-22 proposed budget.

The right to recall proposal that was included in AB 1074, was amended into two budget bills last week – AB 84 and SB 93: Bill Text - AB-84 Employment: rehiring and retention: displaced workers. (ca.gov)
 
The budget items will be heard tomorrow morning in budget committee. Click here to read hearing analyses.


To see the most up to date budget related information, click here.

Below is great information put together by the Child Care Law Center providing more details on federal requirements and funding provided for child care and early learning.

If you have budget information that you would like to share with the field, email CAPPA.
Meaningful child care provider rate reform must be a priority. The numbers speak for themselves. Could you survive on what we expect them to survive on? SEE BELOW.
Bill of the Week

To date, 2633 bills have been introduced. Of the 2633, 1727 are Assembly Bills (ABs) and 906 Senate Bills (SBs).
Nancy Skinner - SB 364 School Meals for All

SB 364 would make school meals available to every public school student without red-tape or paperwork, and provide meals for students when schools are closed. SB 364 will cut school administrative costs, improve learning, help families and support California farmers and food producers.

To read full fact sheet click here.
Elected in November 2016, state Sen. Nancy Skinner represents California’s 9th Senate District, which includes the cities of Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, El Sobrante, Hercules, Kensington, Oakland, Piedmont, Pinole, Richmond, Rodeo, San Leandro, and San Pablo.

A social justice advocate, energy and climate change trailblazer, and accomplished legislator, Skinner completed three terms in the state Assembly.

In the Assembly, she served as chair of three key committees: Budget, Rules, and Natural Resources. As Budget chair, she oversaw the largest funding boost to childcare and preschool in over a decade; an increase in state support for our CSU and UC systems; a reduction in the number of juveniles incarcerated in state facilities by half; and the creation of a new dedicated fund to reduce prison recidivism. Click here to read more.
Other bills of interest to the field:
NOTE: If there is a piece of legislation that you would like to highlight, email here. Remember the distribution of this update is roughly 6,200.
Upcoming Hearings for bills of interest

Monday April 26, 2021 ASM - REVENUE AND TAXATION Add to Calendar
Burke, Chair 11:00am - State Capitol, Room 4202
  • AB 65 (Low) California Universal Basic Income Program.

Monday April 26, 2021 ASM - HUMAN SERVICES Add to Calendar
Calderon, Chair 2:30pm - State Capitol, Room 4202

Wednesday April 28, 2021 ASM - APPROPRIATIONS Add to Calendar
Gonzales, Chair 9:00am - State Capitol, Assembly Chamber

Wednesday April 28, 2021 ASM - EDUCATION Add to Calendar
O'Donnell, Chair 9:00am - State Capitol, Room 437

Monday May 03, 2021 SEN - APPROPRIATIONS Add to Calendar
Portantino, Chair 9:00am - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203)
Submitting input on legislation

To help support you going on record supporting or opposing a piece of legislation, you must submit a letter through a portal. Below are links on tips how to communicate your position and then instructions on how to make sure your position is reflected on a bill analysis.
Tweets of the Week
Federal News
Biden to use address to Congress to lay out plans for child care, police reform
The Hill

President Biden will use his address to a joint session of Congress next week to lay out his next legislative proposal focusing on child care and education, the White House said Thursday.

Biden is also expected to use the Wednesday address to call for police reform and expanding access to health care, press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters.

“A core of that will be him laying out the specifics of the American Families Plan, his commitment to child care, to education, and to delivering on those middle class priorities,” Psaki said.

“On his mind are issues like police reform, health and his commitment to expanding access to health care,” she continued. “So I expect he’ll talk about a range of issues.” Click here to read more.
CCWFA Reintroduced
On Thursday, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, introduced the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation to address the child care crisis and ensure that working families can find and afford high-quality child care. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Murray in introducing the Senate bill, along with 23 additional cosponsors. Representative Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan joined Congressman Scott in introducing the House bill, along with 64 additional cosponsors. 
 
AMERICAN FAMILIES PLAN  
A recent Washington Post report indicated that the Biden administration could release a second spending package, the American Families Plan, focused on child care, paid family leave, and other domestic priorities. The plan may come out ahead of President Biden’s joint address to Congress on April 28th and could include at least $1 trillion in new spending and $500 billion in tax credits. The plan is reported to include $225 billion for paid family and medical leave, $225 billion for child care funding, and $200 billion in universal prekindergarten instruction, among other things.  

WAYS AND MEANS HEARING  
The Ways & Means Committee held a hearing on Wednesday titled “In Their Own Words: Paid Leave, Child Care, and an Economy That Failed Women.” The hearing centered the powerful personal narratives of Agnes Braga, Bethany Fauteaux, Rebecca Gonzalez, Molly Moon Meitzel, and Joy Spencer, who shared their own experiences as working mothers struggling with inadequate access to high quality, affordable childcare and sustainable, job protected paid leave.  
 
Listen to the hearing and read the testimonies here. 

NWLC: What State Child Care Advocates Need to Know About Taxes  
The National Women’s Law Center invites you to a webinar designed to give advocates tools to help families file their taxes and take advantage of recent tax credit expansions on Thursday, April 29th from 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. ET.  
 
The American Rescue Plan Act passed critical expansions to the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit. These expansions will benefit millions of low-income families who have been devastated by the COVID-19 crisis. It also enacted a third round of Economic Impact Payments (aka stimulus payments, which are technically refundable tax credits). However, families need to know what to do during this tax filing season and next year’s, so they don’t miss out on the full amount of benefits for which they are eligible.   
 
The panel will feature:  
·       Diana Orozco, CLASP  
·       Rebecca Thompson, Prosperity Now  
·       Kat Menefee, National Women’s Law Center  
·       Amy Matsui, National Women’s Law Center  
 
What State Child Care Advocates Need to Know About Taxes  
Thursday, April 29, 2021, 1:00-2:00 P.M. Eastern   
Register today! This webinar is free, but participants must register in advance.
Most reviewed federal bills this week:

1.H.R.1319 [117th]American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
2.H.R.1 [117th]For the People Act of 2021
3.H.R.127 [117th]Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act
4.H.R.57 [117th]No Free Rent for Freeloaders Act of 2021
5.H.R.5 [117th]Equality Act
6.H.R.6 [117th]American Dream and Promise Act of 2021
7.H.R.7120 [116th]George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
8.S.937 [117th]COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
9.H.R.133 [116th]Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
10.H.R.7 [117th]Paycheck Fairness Act

Click here to find and contact your representative in congress.
Meeting Announcement: Early Childhood Policy Council- TODAY
Please join us for a special session of the Early Childhood Policy Council.
 


Monday, April 26, 2021
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST
 
For those who would like to participate:
Register in advance for this meeting:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
 
Meeting materials:
A meeting agenda will be posted 10 days prior to the meeting at: https://www.chhs.ca.gov/home/committees/early-childhood-policy-council/
 
Reasonable accommodations:
We ask that any person who wishes to receive meeting materials in an alternative format, which would enable that person to participate at the meeting, please contact Chelsea Rau at Chelsea.Rau@chhs.ca.gov at least five business days prior to the meeting for this request.
CDE/DSS Information & Updates
CDSS Notification to Child Care Providers

CDSS plans to send a follow-up Everbridge messages to Stage 1 providers through email and robo-calls in Spanish and English later today. The Stipend Website will reflect this information. The message is below:
 
You are receiving this email from the California Department of Social Services. As a CalWORKs Stage One child care provider, you received an phone call and email yesterday morning. In the email—attached here, we stated that you are eligible for a stipend payment. Some recipients thought that this message, delivered through our Everbridge notification platform, was an attempt to steal your personal information; therefore, we are reaching out today to confirm the legitimacy of the request. Below are the key points regarding your Stage One stipend:
 
  1. Please enter your tax information to this W-9 form. The form is secure, and your personal information will be kept confidential.
  2. We are working with Foundation for California Community Colleges to issue and distribute these checks.
  3. If you need assistance, please call the Foundation for California Community Colleges’ hotline at 866-470-6792. 
 
To learn more about these stipends, please visit our Child Care Stipend Website.
 
In Partnership,
The California Department of Social Services
Management Bulletin 21-06: Updated Reimbursement Requirements for Alternative Payment Programs and Providers
 
Attention: Executive Directors and Program Administrators of California Alternative Payment Programs (CAPP), including California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Stage 2 (C2AP), CalWORKs Stage 3 (C3AP), and California Migrant Alternative Payment Programs (CMAP)

Management Bulletin 21-06 is available at https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/mb2106.asp, and notifies CAPP, C2AP, C3AP, and CMAP contractors about updated reimbursement requirements to providers for up to 16 additional non-operational days for closures related to COVID-19, as authorized by Assembly Bill 82. These 16 non-operational days for closures related to COVID-19 are in addition to the 14 non-operational days of closure that were previously authorized by Senate Bill 820.
Management Bulletin 21-07: Updated Reopening and Reimbursement Requirements for Direct Service Contractors

Management Bulletin (MB) 21-07 is available at https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/mb2107.asp, and notifies CCTR, CSPP, CFCC, CHAN, and CMIG contractors about updated reopening and reimbursement requirements for direct service contractors. This MB rescinds and replaces MB 20-18 and provides updated guidance based on the passage of Assembly Bill 82. The updated guidance in this MB is in bold lettering and provides directives to CFCC contractors and CCTR, CSPP, and CMIG contractors who provide services through family childcare home education networks on reimbursing providers for up to 30 non-operational days for closures related to COVID-19. Additional updated guidance includes attendance and expenditure reporting requirements for CFCC contractors, and CCTR, CSPP and CMIG contractors who provide services through a family childcare home education network. All other guidance in this MB is aligned to the guidance previously issued in MB 20-18.
CCLD has released a new Provider Information Notice: PIN 21-12-CCP: Local Licensing Call For Child Care Providers Regarding Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) And Hot Topics

Primary Audience:
ALL CHILD CARE FACILITY LICENSEES

Summary:
PIN 21-12-CCP Provides information about the Coronavirus COVID-19 guidance and hot topics to support child care providers.
 
An electronic copy of the PIN is available for viewing/downloading by clicking on the following link:
 
 
Previous PINs are available at the CCLD website
CCLD has released a new Provider Information Notice: PIN 21-05-CCLD NEW BACKGROUND CHECK WEBSITE
 
Primary Audience:
ALL CCLD PROVIDERS AND LICENSEES
Summary:
PIN 21-05-CCLD introduces a new website to assist with checking an applicant’s background check status. 
An electronic copy of PIN 21-05-CCLD NEW BACKGROUND CHECK WEBSITE is available for viewing/downloading by clicking on the following link:
New Contractor’s and New Program Director’s Resources
Click Here to see resources and CDE Department Contacts
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- TOMORROW!
To better support our field, CAPPA, in partnership with CDE, will be hosting an informational training for our field virtually!
This Statewide Meeting will bring our field together to share insights and experiences, explore ideas, shape policy, and discuss best practices.
During this training we will kick-off our day with a keynote presentation, before we move into our two breakouts; one for line staff and one for managers. You will have the option of selecting which breakout you will be attending after our kick-off session.  
We hope you can join us!
 
Agenda
9:30am-10:30am- Kick-Off Presentation
Let Joy Hold Your Heart: The 5 Essential Foundations to a Strong &
Successful Life
Michelle Graham, CEO and author of Undefined More Than the Sum of my Losses

10:30am-11:30am- Breakout Session #1 (choose between two workshops)
A) Managing and Motivating Today’s Remote Employees- Part 1
Patti Cuthill, Director of People and Culture, NextLevel Internet
B) Income Calculations, CDE Staff

11:30am-12:30pm- Lunch Break
 
12:30pm-1:30pm- Breakout Session #2 (choose between two workshops)
A) Managing and Motivating Today’s Remote Employees- Part 2
B) GAU Updates, CDE Staff
 
Thank you to our event sponsors!
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 Inc. held their 2021 Parent Empowerment Day on April 21 & April 22. This was a two day event, held virtually via Zoom. They provided workshop options around mental health, financial wellness, finding your voice, time management, and professional development. They also had activities designed to provide attendees with resources, educational materials, giveaways, and raffle items.

This was a free event open to all community members.
Let us know what your organization is doing, we would love to feature you in the coming weeks!        
Field Happenings and Resources
Recognizing how our agencies continue to engage and communicate with families and providers.

Children's Council San Francisco

Let us know what your organization is doing, we would love to feature you in the coming weeks!        
Interesting Reads
Child Care Providers Spotlight Child Care Deserts Across California

Two days after announcing a landmark tentative agreement with Governor Newsom to stabilize child care for working families and support California’s recovery from COVID-19, members of Child Care Providers United (CCPU) gathered virtually and in-person in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Santa Clara counties to put a spotlight on communities still in need of robust investments to strengthen the workforce caring for California’s youngest learners. 
Mayors, school superintendents, and city councilmembers were among the supporters who joined providers to discuss the need for targeted investments in communities that were child care deserts even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Child care deserts are areas where demand for early education far outstrips the number of providers able to care for young learners. Statewide, 6 in 10 families couldn’t find affordable, available child care in their zip codes. For communities of color, that number was even higher, with 70% of families struggling to access care. 
Local leaders emphasized that without quality, affordable child care, families and communities will not recover economically from this devastating pandemic. 
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April 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.

Click Here for an informational highlight from Del Norte Child Care Council 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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COVID-19 Weekly Zoom Calls:
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. 
Best Practices
CAPPA has been working on Best Practices and policies to support you during this challenging time.
Visit the Member's Only website to view today!
Sample of webinars available on the Member's only website:
HR Webinar on Telecommuting, Best Practices for Program Integrity (Fraud Prevention), Provider Reimbursements, Adults & Trauma, Enrollment

Visit the CAPPA Member's Only website for more information on this webinar series and other benefits available to CAPPA Members.  
CAPPA's 2020-21 Board of Directors
President
Rick Richardson
Child Development Associates, San Diego

Vice President
Michelle Graham
Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County

Treasurer
Beth Chiaro
Child Care Resource Center 

Secretary
LaVera Smith
Supportive Services Fresno

Past President & Public Policy Advisor
Martin Castro
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation

Public Policy Chair
Gina Fromer
Children's Council of San Francisco 

Members-at-Large
Karen Marlatt
Valley Oak Children's Services

Tina Barna
Catalyst Community

Abby Shull
YMCA Childcare Resource Service 
 
Leslie Reece
Family Resource & Referral of San Joaquin County

Jeanne Fridolfs
Napa County Office of Education

Mike Michelon
Siskiyou Child Care Council

Marco Jimenez
Central Valley Children's Services Network

Joie Owen
Glenn County Office of Education

Tracey Strack
Child Action, Inc.

Kendall Hirai
Crystal Stairs, 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 
ELCD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
April 16, 2021
-Management Bulletin 21-06: Updated Reimbursement Requirements for Alternative Payment Programs and Providers
-Management Bulletin 21-07: Updated Reopening and Reimbursement Requirements for Direct Service Contractors
March 19, 2021
Management Bulletin 21-05: Fiscal Year 2020-21 Program Self-Evaluation
February 2, 2021
Management Bulletin 21-04: California State Preschool Program Free or Reduced-Price Meal Eligibility Criteria to Enroll Four-Year-Old Children - REVISED
February 2, 2021
Management Bulletin 21-03: Revised Guidance on 12-Month Eligibility 
January 19, 2021
Management Bulletin 21-02: Guidance on Implementation of Program Quality Requirements during the COVID-19 Pandemic
January 13, 2021
Management Bulletin 21-01: COVID-19 Guidance regarding Local Planning Councils and California Resource and Referral Programs
January 13, 2021
Job Openings
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Colusa County Office of Education

Child Action, Inc.

Child Care Resource Center

Valley Oak Children's Services, Butte County 

International Institute Los Angeles

Child Care Resource Center (CCRC)

Davis Street Family Resource Center, Alameda County

Solano Family and Children's Services
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