"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
February 22, 2022 | Issue #8
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Nationally Governors are Prioritizing Expanding Child Care. Where's Governor Newsom?
by Denyne Colburn, CEO of CAPPA

In a recent compilation of governors across the nation that have prioritized meaningful and real investments to positively impact child care and thus an economic recovery, our great state and Governor Newsom do not make the cut.

Thirty-seven Democratic and Republican governors have prioritized and highlighted in their annual delivered addresses, "critical sections of their remarks to the importance of investing in child care and early learning."

Now Governor Newsom will probably push back and say that he has expanded funding for transitional kindergarten and preschool. Um okay. But splitting up funding and only making real accessible investments when children step onto a school ground is playing politics with the real working needs of families. It continues to be frustrating that Governor Newsom does not recognize the needs of working parents whose jobs oftentimes start before a bell rings on a school campus, that must have accessible options to support work schedules that run later than three or four Monday thru Friday, or need child care on a weekend.

Okay, yes Governor Newsom funded 110,500 NEW child care slots in the 2021 Budget Act and is honoring a past agreement to fund another 36,000 slots in the next fiscal year. However, he failed to fund the outreach and enrollment of families to access these new slots. He funded more NEW child care slots than ever existed before in the subsidized voucher system and expected nonprofits and county offices of education to double their offices and staff to support families with access to these new slots but with no money. Said another way. Governor Newsom expected community-based nonprofits to fully cover the state costs and take out loans for doubling their existing operations. Yet the state has a nearly $45 billion dollar surplus.

Adding insult to injury, Governor Newsom has further put forward a bold $1.7 billion dollar proposal to increase needed work force sectors. Again, what was left out of this work force proposal, child care and early learning teachers.

How is it that nationally Red- and Blue- state governors understand the critical role of child care for families and for an economic recovery but here in California it is lost? California's Chamber of Commerce understands the integral role of available child care has to sustaining a healthy workforce and to supporting parents to rejoin the workforce. Did all of these governors have a retreat or listen to a TED Talk on this issue that Governor Newsom wasn't asked to participate?

As of February 22, 2022 Governor Newsom has a failing grade both in his understanding of the real working needs of California's most fragile of working families and in his understanding of basic supply and demand economics. It is still very early in the 2022-23 budget process. Hopefully there is still time for the governor to learn and understand that simply throwing money at slots for child care will not magically result in children sitting in those slots or a thriving family child care and center-based workforce available to take on these new enrollments.

Governor Newsom, you have time to correct missteps. Help us help you and your staff better understand that available and accessible child care is not a nicety to a functioning and robust economy. It is a necessity.
NEW INFORMATION FOR OUR READERS

We are always looking for ways to improve the information provided to you each Monday morning. Based on your requests, we are going to support you with updates and information specific to questions that we receive or in response to current issues we are hearing about in the field.

Question: I have migrant families that during the pandemic I received a set amount of reimbursement for their child care. Is this permanent?

Answer: Unfortunately, no. Family child care providers and centers are only guaranteed a set reimbursement for providing child care and holding a child care slot open based on enrollment of a child until June 30, 2022. Governor Newsom vetoed legislation that would've allowed guaranteed reimbursement to family child care providers and centers that accept subsidized children into their programs. Legislation has been reintroduced, AB 1649, to bring this issue back hopefully with a different outcome.

If you have a question you would like answered, please email CAPPA.
2022 The Year for Showing Gratitude
The California Budget & Policy Center

This week's gratitude goes out to the incredible staff at The California Budget & Policy Center! They believe that all Californians should thrive and that state budgets should prioritize the needs of those who have been denied the opportunity to share in our state’s prosperity.
Their incredible staff work to make the state budget and policies easier to understand so that all Californians can advocate for a more inclusive and equitable state. Their fearless leader and Executive Director Chris Hoene, Director of Research and excellent fact-checker Scott Graves, and Senior Policy Analyst and early education expert, Kristin Schumacher are a dream team of experienced, diligent, budget policy think tanks who have countlessly supported our field with history, data, and even public briefings and webinars. Kristen even joined our members for a call just a few weeks ago to answer questions about the Governor's budget proposal, and Scott always makes sure we are in the know on twitter!

With longer than normal budget processes, Gann limits, and record budget surpluses, we are grateful to have the knowledge and devotion of the California Budget & Policy Center to help support our work.
If you have someone that you would like to recognize, email CAPPA.
California State Legislature:
2022 Legislative Hearings

Below are hearings if scheduled in addition to any deadlines to be aware. If you would like to provide input or testify at a hearing, please check if they allow for call in options. As more legislation is introduced, bills of interest will be profiled and hosted here

Upcoming Hearings:
No policy hearings this week

Upcoming Deadlines:
  • Deadline to introduce bills has passed (Feb. 18)
  • Apr. 7 Spring Recess begins upon adjournment
Bill of the Week: SB 114 (Budget) COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

SB 114 (Committee on Budget) - The California State Legislature Senate Bill 114, signed by Governor Newsom on February 9, requires employers with 26 or more employees to provide up to 80 hours of supplemental paid sick leave for all employees who are not able to work or telework due to qualifying COVID-19 related reasons. Although the law is similar to last year's supplemental COVID-19 paid sick leave law, Senate Bill 95, which expired on September 30, 2021, there are some significant differences. The biggest changes being the additional 80 hours of leave are split up into two "banks," and that the cost burden of this additional leave falls on the employer, not the state.
NOTE: If there is a piece of legislation that you would like to highlight, to our distribution list of roughly 6,200 email CAPPA here.
2022 State Budget

To help support you with your scheduling to watch or listen in to budget hearings on child care, click here to go to CAPPA's Budget Page. You will see a number of highlighted CALENDAR LINKS for your to click on and add to your calendar. Agendas for the hearings too will be hosted on the budget page. All 2022-23 budget related documents will be hosted on CAPPA's Budget Page.

Hearings for this week below. For a listing of all upcoming budget related hearings click here.

  • Tuesday February 22, 2022
  • ASM Budget Sub 1 Education @ 9:00 - K-12 and Early Education
  • Wednesday February 23, 2022
  • ASM Budget Sub 1 Human Services @ 1:30 - CA Health and Human Services Agency
2022 Elections

With newly drawn districts, and retirements, and an ever changing legislature, there is a lot to keep up with this election year. You can view who is running for each Assembly, Senate, and Congressional seat in California via a crowdsourced tracker HERE.

Election Results:
*Results are reported as of 2/18/22. Election results will change throughout the canvass period as vote-by-mail ballots, provisional ballots and other ballots are tallied. Elections will be certified by February 24, 2022

Upcoming Elections:

Qualified November 8, 2022 Statewide Ballot Measures

To check your voter registration visit the Secretary of State's voter portal.
Report: An Inclusive Frame Work: Designing and Implementing Universal Prekindergarten in California
YMCA San Diego has released their new framework: "Designing and Implementing Universal Prekindergarten in California" to serve as a guide to school districts, policymakers and community leaders to collaborate, design, and implement school-based TK programs that benefit and uplift the entire school community
Blog Post: This inclusive framework serves as a decision-making model for school districts, policymakers, and community leaders to create innovative TK programs that benefit and uplift the entire school community through a whole child, whole family, whole community approach.
Keeping Up: Child-care costs are outpacing inflation — the average cost of daycare for infants now exceeds in-state college tuition fees
"With inflation at a 40-year high, families are feeling the pinch of higher prices at the grocery store checkout, on their home heating bill, and when they pay rent.

But there’s another expense that’s been growing even faster in recent years: child care. The growth in child-care prices exceeded the annual rate of inflation in 2020 and 2019, according to a new report from Child Care Aware."

> Read the full article here.
Social Media Spotlight
Tweet of The Week:
Federal News
Report: Build Back Better Immediately Increases Eligibility for Child Care

The child care provisions in the Build Back Better (BBB) Act will guarantee child care assistance for over 90 percent of working families once it is fully enacted. Under current law, the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) allows families with incomes up to 85 percent of state median income (SMI) to access assistance. However, with limited resources, states often set their initial income eligibility far below that threshold. Moreover, even families that meet the income criteria are not guaranteed assistance because of under investment in the system.

This new analysis by Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) analysis details the current CCDBG initial annual income eligibility threshold set by policy in all 50 states as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia and the income eligibility threshold for the first year of the BBB’s act child care program. It also shows a comparison between the two and details the increase BBB would provide. View the full analysis and data.
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National Women's Law Center

Build Back Better Update 
Thursday night, the Senate approved a stop-gap spending bill to fund the government through March 11 and avert a government shutdown. The short-term punt is intended to buy lawmakers time to work out a more comprehensive spending agreement that would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Top negotiators on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees say they have reached an agreement on a spending framework that will need broader approval in the coming weeks.
 
The Build Back Better update this week is similar to last week. Work continues on the priorities outlined in the House-passed Build Back Better Act behind the scenes in the Senate. With respect to timing, we’re hearing that the Senate is unlikely to revisit Build Back Better priorities until April. As always, timing remains uncertain. Please click here for a resource compilation on the child care and early learning provisions in the Build Back Better plan.   
 
As a reminder, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee released updated text of the Build Back Better Act. Please see this resource from the First Five Years Fund to see the line-by-line changes from the House version and their updated FAQs.

 
Webinar: Scholars of Color Series - Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III: The Man, The Mindset, & The Relevance for Today
The Foundation for Child Development is hosting a webinar dedicated to highlighting the life and timeless work of Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III (1933–2007) on Wednesday, February 23rd. This special virtual event launches the Foundation’s Scholars of Color Series featuring the contributions of scholars of color in the early care and education field and the vital relevance of their work in improving the lives of young children today. The Foundation for Child Development hopes you can join them and register for the webinar using this link:https://fcd-us.org/asahilliard/ 
 

First Children's Finance Memo: Innovative Licensing: Infinite Possibilities to Grow the Supply of Child Care
First Children’s Finance shares their memo, “Innovative Licensing: Infinite Possibilities to Grow the Supply of Child Care.” Molly Sullivan, Director of National Initiatives, explains: “The purpose of this memo is to encourage state and municipal leaders to think beyond the traditional division between child care centers and family child care homes to license, incubate, and promote systems of small group care in nonresidential locations. It is designed to provoke conversation and innovation in state licensing regulations, quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS), supply building plans, zoning, and community development plans, and staffed networks and other child care business supports.”

 
The National Center for Children in Poverty: What’s in Build Back Better? 
The National Center for Children in Poverty’s Heather Koball, Sheila Smith, and Seth Hartig report on the boost the Build Back Better plan would provide for economic mobility. They state, “Many families that begin to work or pursue higher wages face the ‘cliff effect’ when they lose—or ‘fall off’— eligibility for a public benefit due to small increases in their income, leaving them worse off despite earning more. Often, the costs of employment, such as those related to child care and transportation, outweigh the financial gains of work. Build Back Better increases supports for employment by reducing the cliff effects, making it financially possible for parents to enter the workforce or accept higher wages.” This creates potential long-term economic growth that would overall benefit children and communities. 
 

Committee for Economic Development Report: The Economic Role of Paid Child Care in the U.S.
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) has released a new report, The Economic Role of Paid Child Care in the U.S., which is the first in a 4-part series. 
The initial release reviews who uses paid child care, what percent of household income is spent on child care for those families who pay for it, and what characteristics are associated with families who pay for child care (e.g., maternal labor force participation, reported expenditures for child care, household income, level of education, and age of children in paid care) across states. The report web page also includes the following:
  • Executive Summary,
  • Fact Sheets (by state),
  • Infographics, and
  • Interactive data dashboard with a series of graphs. Depending upon the individual dashboard, the data can be sorted by year, state (or U.S. average), age of children (e.g., age 14 and younger or under age 5), use of paid care, labor force participation of mothers, share of family income spent on child care, and household income of families using paid care compared to families with children of the same age not using paid care.  
The next installment will be a deeper dive into the labor force participation of mothers with a publication date scheduled for late April.


Governors Highlight Child Care as Key to Helping States Recover and Grow
Jane Fillion, First Five Years Fund’s Press Secretary, shares transcripts of 37 governors who have delivered their State of the State addresses thus far and found half emphasized the importance of investing in child care and early learning. Fillion states, “The key takeaway: Regardless of state, political leaning, or geographical location, America’s governors understand that child care is key to helping their communities recover and grow.” 
                   

Op-Ed: Our Approach to Early Childhood Education is Completely Unsustainable
Rebecca E. Gomez, Program Officer of the Heising-Simons Action Fund, shares a piece on turnover issues in the child care field and how the Build Back Better Act would help solve them. She states, “Stabilizing this workforce is an absolute prerequisite for helping communities recover from COVID-19. The work that early educators do enables the rest of us to participate in economic life; without them, many parents, especially mothers, would be forced to leave the workforce to care for their children.” She also emphasizes the need for a Build Back Better plan, writing, “The pandemic has shown us how much social and economic life depends on these early educators. The longer our government fails to act to support them, the greater the damage to communities and their trust in political leaders’ ability to meet the needs of working families and essential workers.”
Most reviewed federal bills this week:

  1. H.R.3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
  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.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
  5. 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.
  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

On February 7th, The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) posted the following document on its Internet website: CCB 22-01: Announcing the Release of the Minor Renovation and Repairs Grant Request for Applications.
The purpose of this communication is to notify center-based providers and family child care home providers of the opportunity to apply for grant funding for minor renovation and repairs to existing facilities.
Informational webinars will be held on February 15, 2022 for this program.  
There will be one session specifically for Center-Based Providers and a separate session specifically for Family Child Care Home Providers. Click Here for login information.
Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 22-04: California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Stage One Child Care – Immediate And Continuous Eligibility Age Requirements

On January 27, 2022 The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website: CCB 22-04: California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Stage One Child Care – Immediate And Continuous Eligibility Age Requirements.
Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 21-26E: Erratum to Direct Service Contract Reimbursement Changes

On January 27, 2022 The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website: CCB 21-26E: Erratum to Direct Service Contract Reimbursement Changes.
Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 22-03: Guidance on Provider Payments
On January 26, 2022 The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently posted the following document on its Internet website: CCB 22-03: Guidance on Provider Payments.
Service County Enrollment Reporting for California State Preschool Contractors 

This message is to notify California State Preschool Programs (CSPP) contractors that the California Department of Education (CDE), Early Education and Nutrition Fiscal Services (EENFS) has made updates to the Child Development Provider Accounting Reporting Information System (CPARIS) to allow enrollment reporting by service county. 
 
Beginning with the January 2022 report, CSPP contractors are required to submit enrollment data by service county. Management Bulletin 22-01 notified contractors that CPARIS would be updated in February 2022 to allow contractors to report enrollment by service county. As of February 18, 2022, CPARIS will be updated to allow contractors to report enrollment data by service county. To allow contractors reporting in January additional time to complete reports, the January report deadline has been extended to March 1, 2022. 
 
The service counties displayed in CPARIS are based on the approved counties as reflected in the Child Development Management Information System (CDMIS). Any issues with the displayed service counties should be reported immediately to the CPARIS Support email: CPARISSupport@cde.ca.gov. 
 
The CPARIS User Manual has been updated to reflect the changes in the system, and to provide CSPP contractors with instructions specific to service county reporting. The updated User Manual will be posted this week on CDE's website here: https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/cd/. A webinar will be held on Thursday, February 24, 2022, to review the system changes. Information regarding this webinar will be released via a separate email. 
 
Contractors are also reminded to review the Rate Reform Resources webpage, which provides guidance to CSPP contractors on the first stage of rate reform implemented on January 1, 2022. The Rate Reform Resources webpage can be accessed at https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/cd/ratereformresources.asp. 

This MB revises and replaces MB 21-15. For ease in determining what has been revised from MB 21-15, all new text can be seen in bold italic font with difference marking around the additions. Any deletions can be found as bold italic font that is struck through, also with difference marking around the deletions.

All changes/additions found in this MB supersede the guidance found in MB 21-15.
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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 held a PPE distribution event last week for child care providers, parents, and children with the help of many partners.
Let us know what your organization is doing, we would love to feature you in the coming weeks!        
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February 2022 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.






Serving Sacramento County since 1976. See a newsletter from Child Action, Inc., highlighting how they are supporting the needs of family child care providers and families in their community.
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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

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
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.
Click here for detailed instructions on how to submit a support or opposition letter on a bill using California's Position Letter Portal.

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Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo

Child Action Inc.

4Cs of Alameda County

YMCA Child Care Resource Service San Diego

CocoKids, Contra Costa County

Marin Child Care Council

Controltec

Solano Family and Children's Services

International Institute Los Angeles
Of Interest