"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
September 7, 2021 | Issue #36
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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 how Bananas is highlighting how they are supporting the needs of family child care providers and families in their community in their 2021 Fall Catalog for Parents, Families and Child Care Providers.

How is your agency staying connected to your families and providers? Let us know!
Budget Committees Meet Today

The Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee and the Assembly Budget Committee are meeting today.

The good news is that Foster Care Bridge Providers are being budgeted with General Fund dollars to allow them to access the 16 additional non-operational days if associated with COVID and applying a Hold Harmless extension to allow them to be reimbursed regardless of attendance.

The bad news is that the budget committees have chosen not to take action to extend MB 20-15a, see below for more information. This failure to address this issue means that as schools close down due to a COVID related quarantine or positive exposure, income eligible families that rely on child care subsidies to work will continue to be forced into the untenable situation of caring for their children or going to work. As of this writing parents throughout the state have been forced to quit their jobs because they cannot afford to pay for child care when the schools close down.

Click here to see the schedule for today's hearings, public testimony call in information, and bills of importance.

The Department of Finance has released the two detailed documents below:

NOTE: As of this writing, there is lack of clarity on how the slots were allocated, the shortfall in the number of voucher slots and tracking where the monies are coming from, whether the funding is from federal or state. Further, there continues to be Proposition 64, Marijuana tax dollars, earmarked for child care. However, these monies were not fully realized in previous years and there are concerns whether the slots allocated to be funding in this fiscal year are even real.

Since the Department of Social Services are just now receiving the details from DOF on the child care numbers, it is going to take some time for them to prepare contract allocations and slot distribution to community partners and centers. Bottom line, the over 110,000 child care slots allocated to begin rolling out in October will be delayed. For how long? Unknown. However, it has taken over two months for the details to be released. If we use that two month delay as a starting point, then new slots will not be known or ready until December.

Field Updates to be Aware

MB 20-15a (Expired June 30, 2021) – Although this issue of reimbursing providers for providing distance learning expired on June 30, many agencies received July attendance sheets/invoices for reimbursement of distance learning hours. Please see scenarios below:
  • School is accessible and children can physically attend but parent chooses not to send child to school, NOT REIMBUSEABLE. Reason is that families had access.
  • School requested the parent choose either in person or distance learning. Parent chose distance learning. NOT REIMBURSEABLE.
  • School shifts to virtual learning and therefore the child needs care and provider is supporting, IS REIMBURSEABLE because the child could not physically attend. Child did not have access to instructional minutes in person.
  • School has an in person and virtual learning option. When there is an option, at this point, DSS will NOT REIMBURSE for child care.  

New provider stipends - Agencies are projected to have funds for distribution by the end of September. Community Care Licensing will support distribution of the capacity stipends and are anticipated to follow the same timeline.
Family fees - although family fees have been waived for FY 2021-22, there has yet to be received any direction on how to support communications to families when certifying or recertifying for their services as the family fees waiver would have expired.
New child care slots - at this time, agencies have not been aware of either how much and/or how many slots will be available to support specific counties or service areas.
Foster care Bridge Providers -
  • Will receive stipends
  • WILL NOT be provided 16 non-operational days
  • WILL NOT be covered by “hold harmless” policy

If there are updates you would like to share with the field or you would like for us to look into an issue, submit an email here.
2021-22 State Legislative Updates
Click here to view the Senate and Assembly Calendars
Child Care WIN: SB 393 (Hurtado) PASSED
SB 393 to support greater access of migrant workers to access child care passed on unanimous consent in the Senate last Thursday, its final destination in the legislative process. It now is pending enrollment to the Governor for signing! See more info about the bill below.
Upcoming Hearings:

Tuesday, September 7th, 2021 SEN - BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW SKINNER, Chair
Upon adjournment of Session - Senate Chamber Add to Calendar
  • AB 154 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021.
  • AB 155 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 162 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 163 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 165 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 166 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 167 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 168 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 169 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 170 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 171 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 172 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 173 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 174 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 175 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 176 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 177 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 178 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021. 
  • AB 179 (Committee on Budget) Budget Act of 2021

Tuesday, September 07, 2021 SEN - EDUCATION LEYVA, Chair
Upon Call of the Chair - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) Senate Floor - 2 PM Add to Calendar
  • SB 330 (Durazo) Los Angeles Community College District Affordable Housing Pilot Program.

Tuesday, September 07, 2021 SEN - EDUCATION
LEYVA, Chair Upon Call of the Chair - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203) 

Tuesday, September 07, 2021 SEN - GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE
MCGUIRE, Chair Upon Call of the Chair - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203)
  • AB 500 (Ward) Local planning: coastal development: streamlined permitting.

Tuesday, September 07, 2021 SEN - PUBLIC SAFETY
BRADFORD, Chair Upon Call of the Chair - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203)

Wednesday, September 08, 2021 SEN - ELECTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
GLAZER, Chair Upon Call of the Chair - John L. Burton Hearing Room (4203)

Wednesday, September 08, 2021 ASM - INSURANCE
DALY, Chair 9:30 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 437
  •  AB 1511 (Committee on Insurance) Insurance: omnibus.

Upcoming Deadlines:
  • Sept. 6 Labor Day Holiday
  • Sept. 10 Last day for each house to pass bills (J.R. 61(a)(14)). Interim Study Recess begins at end of this day’s session (J.R. 51(a)(4)). 
2021-22 State Budget Updates

To see all budget related items, click here.
Report: LAO Released The 2021-22 Budget Overview of the Spending Plan
Each year, The Legislative Analysts Office (LAO) publishes the "California Spending Plan" to summarize the annual state budget. This publication provides an overview of the 2021‑22 Budget Act, then highlights major features of the budget approved by the Legislature and signed by the Governor. All figures in this publication reflect actions taken through July 15, 2021. In addition to this report, the LAO plans to release a series of issue‑specific, online posts that give more detail on the major actions in the budget package. To view the fill packet click here
Submissions

CAPPA encourages original submissions from legislators and all about topics related to Child Care, Working Families, Early Ed, etc. If you would like to submit an editorial for the Monday Morning Update, email CAPPA.
Note: Positions and arguments reflected in submissions are the unique perspectives of the authors and do not denote CAPPA's endorsement or agreement.
Legislators giving voice to the critical needs of child care
Cristina Garcia on the importance of AB 865 - Valuing Child Care Providers
Bill of the Week

To date, 2721 bills have been introduced. Of the 2721, 1779 are Assembly Bills (ABs) and 942 Senate Bills (SBs).
SB 393 (Hurtado) - Human Right to Food

SB 393 aligns the Migrant Childcare program’s funding stream with other voucher-based programs. The bill supports greater access of migrant agricultural workers to child care in the 19 counties where they migrate throughout the year.

  • Status: Passed Senate Floor on unanimous consent and heads to Governor's Desk for Signing!
Senator Melissa Hurtado is the youngest woman ever elected to the California State Senate. Her Senate district — in California’s great Central Valley — is home to some of the richest and most fertile farmland in the world, one of the top oil-producing counties in the United States and resilient working-class families who power the Valley economy.

A product of hardworking immigrant parents, Melissa grew up in the tiny rural town of Sanger — located just outside of Fresno in the heart of the Valley. She learned firsthand from her parents that hard work, a good education and perseverance is fundamental to success. Melissa is the first from her family to graduate from college.

Click here to read full biography.

Other bills of interest:

  • SB 108 (Hurtado) - Human Right to Food
  • SB 330 (Durazo) Los Angeles Community College District Affordable Housing Pilot Program.
  • SB 246 (Leyva) - Early childhood education: reimbursement rates.
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.
Tweets of the Week
Federal News
Update: Two weeks ago the House voted to pass the budget framework, which means that House committees can start drafting reconciliation bill specifics. While congress is technically in recess, the agreement reached will kick off a flurry of activity over the next several weeks as top House Democrats work with their Senate counterparts to craft a spending bill that can pass both chambers. Senate and house committees are working out the policy details and specifics of the $3.5 trillion spending bill with a due date of September 15th. after that, we may see a vote on the reconciliation package as soon as the week of September 20th. We hope to see the full $450 billion invested in child care and early learning as part of President Biden's Build Back Better agenda included in this budget. That proposal included:
  • $225 billion investment to address the needs of child care providers and families
  • $220 billion to expand voluntary preschool access to all 3- and 4-year-olds
  • Large investment and expansion in Paid Family Leave
  • Permanent Expansion of Child Tax Credit
Read more here.
Article of the Week:
Working moms are depending on the rectification of the childcare crisis, especially since the outlook for working parents is worse than what it was in 2020. Today, 56% of moms that need childcare still don’t have access to full-time, reliable care. Without question, childcare is often the second-largest monthly expense for families after their mortgage or rent payment. Below we review some of the factors causing the perfect storm that is the childcare crisis.

The Labor Shortage
Unfortunately, employment of childcare workers is projected to grow 2% from 2019 to 2029, a figure lower than the average for all occupations according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Childcare centers simply can’t find the staff to serve the families who desperately need care, and there is also a need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.
Read the full article here.

Reconciliation Update:
As a reminder from last week, last Tuesday the House voted to pass the fiscal year 2022 budget resolution framework, which means that House committees have started drafting and markup reconciliation bill specifics. The vote also set a non-binding deadline of September 27th for the House to vote on the infrastructure bill that already passed in the Senate.   
 
Congressional Leadership has given House Committees until September 15th to draft and markup their respective portions of the reconciliation bill. The markup for the House Education and Labor Committee, responsible for drafting the child care language in the reconciliation bill, will be on Thursday, September 9th. As ever, organizations are advocating throughout the fall to ensure the entirety of the Build Back Better agenda, which includes the $450 billion spending proposal for child care and early learning, is in the reconciliation package intact. Please see our $450B justification memo here for helpful talking points and data. Now that the House has passed the budget framework, we have to push to ensure that child care gets the biggest slice of that pie possible. The $450B memo is meant to help you outline to your representatives and allies why we need the entire $450B included in the Build Back Better agenda to ensure no family pays more than 7% of their income on child care, child care providers are paid a living wage, and families can find affordable, high quality child care no matter where they live. 
 
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. 
 

WEBINAR: Child Tax Credit Navigator Training  
Subject: Training on the Child Tax Credit new application tool for non-filers 
Purpose: To train interested Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grantees, stakeholders, and volunteers on the new U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) tool to help enroll eligible families in the Child Tax Credit 
Dates: Thursday, September 9, 2021, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time [EDT]) or 
Friday, September 10, 2021, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (EDT) 
 
ACF and HHS are engaging with Treasury and the White House to help enroll eligible families in the Child Tax Credit, with a particular focus on families who may not usually file taxes. To do that, ACF is offering the opportunity to participate in a 1-hour training to help you and your teams learn more about the Child Tax Credit and the ways that you can help those in your community enroll. 
 
The webinar will provide an overview of the Child Tax Credit and will walk through the non-filer portal to show everyone how they can help members of their community enroll in this historic Child Tax Credit. 
 
Please select the date and time that you can join and register via one of the links below. You only need to attend one training session. Both sessions will be recorded and made available to all registrants. 
  • Register in advance for the Thursday, September 9th, webinar from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. (EDT) via this Web link. 
  • Register in advance for the Friday, September 10th, webinar from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (EDT) via this Web link. 
 
For more information on the Child Tax Credit, visit this White House webpage.  

GetCTC.org Is Live 
Families that have not filed their taxes can access a new simplified filing portal to claim their Child Tax Credit. GetCTC.org, developed by Code for America in partnership with the IRS, launched today! GMMB has created resources that can help you spread the word to families who have not received their payments. Go to thesocialpresskit.com/ctcoutreach to find outreach messages for social media, text messages, emails and more. We will continue to update this site with new resources in the weeks ahead.  
 
Organizations interested in helping families use the GetCTC.org portal can also access Code for America’s Navigator Resources, featuring training guides, videos and frequently asked questions.
 
Register Now: Sept. 10 Webinar on Parents’ Views of the Child Tax Credit  
GMMB will host a webinar at 2:00 pm ET on September 10 to share findings from focus groups with parents about the child tax credit. Sign up here for the webinar on Parents’ Views of the Child Tax Credit. We will also share outreach materials for parents who have not yet filed to receive their child tax credits.  
If you have questions, please reach out at CTCOutreach@gmmb.com. 
 

Improving Outdoor Learning in Child Care  
Please see these federal and state policy recommendations to build outdoor learning opportunities that help young children learn safely and effectively. These policy recommendations can help federal and state leaders promote healthy child development, support the early childhood workforce, and enhance health equity in communities. 
 
Click here to tweet the following tweet to your audience: 
 
All content is from the think tank New America’s Early & Elementary Education Policy program and the National Wildlife Federation’s Early Childhood Health Outdoors (ECHO) program. You can also subscribe to EdCentral and/or the Early & Elementary Education policy newsletters.  
Please email brosnan@newamerica.org with questions.  
 

Share Your Strategies: Using ARPA and Other Funds to Improve ECE Compensation  
The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) are asking ECE partners for their input on how states/tribes/territories are using policy levers and public funding to a) improve compensation (wages/benefits) and/or b) provide financial relief payments for the early care and education (ECE) workforce? 
  
If you or someone in your network works on ECE workforce policies, please share how your agency or organization uses federal funds for workforce compensation by taking this 5-10 minute survey. Your information will aid our efforts to track how ARPA, CRRSA, CARES, and other federal, state, and local funding streams can advance progress to improve compensation and provide relief payments for the workforce. The information you provide will be compiled and made publicly accessible to the ECE policy field and stakeholders.  
 
If you know someone else who can help provide this information, please share this email or a link to the project information page. 
The survey will stay live and CSCCE team will update the tracker. In the survey you can also request a reminder from the CSCCE team to fill out the survey again at a future date after more legislative and spending decisions have been released.  
 
Questions about the project, how to fill out the tracker, or available relief funds? See About the Project. Please reach out to krista.olson@berkeley.edu with additional related material, questions, or comments and please include “compensation tracker” in the subject line. 
 

Moving the Needle (MtN) on Early Childhood Education Workforce Compensation Project  
The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® National Center has extended the deadline for submitting an application to be part of a new cohort of states interested in addressing early childhood workforce compensation issues through a state team approach. Applications are due Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at midnight. 
Please consider submitting an application. Links to the project information and the application are below. 
 

Upcoming TA Opportunities for Family Child Care  
All Our Kin is promoting two upcoming technical assistance opportunities to support & uplift family child care. Please see below for details about the opportunities and resources.  
 
The Creating the Conditions for Family Child Care to Thrive Cohort (“Creating the Conditions” Cohort) is an opportunity for small teams of state and local leaders to identify a challenge that impacts family child care providers in their community and work together to change systems, policy, and/or practice in a way that leads to better outcomes for family child care providers and the children and families that rely on them. The format will include full Cohort meetings and individual team meetings, peer learning opportunities, and individualized consultation and support from All Our Kin and other national experts. 
Creating the Conditions Cohort Overview 
Creating the Conditions Cohort FAQ 
Creating the Conditions Cohort Application  
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
Child Care Bulletin 21-04: California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Stage One Child Care Reimbursement Report Revision

This Child Care Bulletin is intended to provide County Welfare Departments (CWDs) with policy information and instructions regarding the revised CCP 2145 form. The California Department of Social Services revised the CCP 2145 to reflect implementation of immediate and continuous child care eligibility pursuant to SB 80 (Chapter 27, Statutes of 2019), signed by the Governor on October 2, 2019, and the corresponding guidance in ACL 19-99.
Subject: California Wildfires  
August 31, 2021
Attention: Executive Directors and Program Administrators of California State Preschool Programs (CSPP) 
Dear CSPP Contractors, 
The California Department of Education (CDE), Early Learning and Care Division (ELCD) understands that the catastrophic wildfires across California have had significant impacts on many CSPPs, your staff, and the families that you serve. 
We would like to remind you that if your CSPP has been required to close all sites and/or classrooms, including family childcare homes serving children through a CSPP Family Childcare Home Education Network (FCCHEN), due to these emergency situations, that you may request a closure credit for any reduction in days of operation by submitting a Non-COVID-19 Emergency Closure Approval Request, in accordance with Management Bulletin (MB) 21-10, which can be accessed at https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/mb2110.asp. 
Your assigned regional consultant in the CDE, ELCD, Program Quality Implementation (PQI) office is available to provide technical assistance and support as needed. A directory of the PQI office regional consultants is available at https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/#directory. When time permits, and you may safely do so, please reach out to your assigned regional consultant to notify them of any closures and/or loss of facilities. 
The CDE, ELCD team extends our heartfelt condolences for those that have lost their homes, and/or businesses, or have otherwise been impacted by the fires. We are here to support you where possible and are providing the resources below that are available to you, your staff and the families you serve. 
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.
R&R Network and CAPPA Virtual Joint Conference
Registration Now Open!

Workshops
A workshop program will be available soon. Here is a sample of what will be offered this year:

Workshop Strands:
  • Executives & Managers
  • Managers
  • Demanding Racial and Economic Justice
  • Strengthening Families/Trauma Informed Care
  • Promoting Self-Care and Resilience
  • AP Administration
  • Working with Providers
  • Health & Safety/Supporting Providers
  • Building Knowledge in the Child Care Field
  • Working with Children/Emerging Issues
Here are just a few of the 60+ Workshop Topics that will be offered. There will be topics for everyone!
  • Professional Development & Staff Training in a Virtual World
  • Managing chronic uncertainty 
  • Anti-Bias Education for Children & Adults
  • Serving Our Communities, Serving Ourselves: Collective Healing in Times of Crisis
  • Connecting Self-Care to Self-Compassion: How to be a Resource for Yourself
  • Case Management-Tips and Tricks/Balancing increased caseloads 
  • Growing Through Connections: How to Build & Support Our Community of Family, Friend & Neighbor Caregivers
  • California Emergency Child Care Bridge: Program Outcomes and Policy Implications
  • Connecting the Dots: Online Lending Library

Visit the Conference Web page  for more information and updates as they become available.

Exhibitor and Sponsor Information
For Members of the Network and/or CAPPA: See the Member Sponsorship Packet Here.

Our goal is to continue to ensure the safety of our members and attendees. To do this, we have once again decided that this year we will move forward with a virtual conference. We will certainly miss being able to come together in-person to share and gain information and to meet and connect with colleagues and workshop presenters. We want to once again create a conference event that meets as many of our members’ needs as possible given the parameters that virtual conferences/workshops have. We know how important it is for our community to stay connected, stand united, and continue to meet this challenge
together.

While we won’t be able to meet in-person, what we hope to offer in a thoughtful, user-friendly manner, are keynote presentations, workshops, networking opportunities, and connection time with vendors. With no travel and flexibility, we look forward to new opportunities for R&R Network and CAPPA members from across the state, as well as state partners, joining us as we collectively support our children, families and communities. 

Virtual Conference Details
Workshops will be both live and on-demand, with some speakers available for live discussion during their scheduled presentation time. The Virtual Exhibit Hall will run the full conference with links to company videos, materials on the platform, and live chat and meeting opportunities. We also will be incorporating some networking opportunities to connect you with your peers. Post conference, workshop sessions will be recorded and available for viewing for 1 whole month post-conference, which will provide additional learning opportunities for conferees following the conference dates. This platform will allow you to have access to more workshops than ever before!
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. 
Hively hosted a distribution event where "over 350 families came to get diapers, food, clothes, household goods, even vaccinations! It took 2 U-Haul trucks and several SUVs to get everything to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pleasanton where we hosted our event! The Hively team of volunteers, board members, staff, church elders and child care providers loved being of service to our clients who survived poor air quality and almost 100 degree weather to get essential good for their families. Our mission: to help children and families thrive!"
Let us know what your organization is doing, we would love to feature you in the coming weeks!        
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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 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 
ELCD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
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
April 29, 2021
Guidance Regarding the Extension of Temporary Emergency Childcare Services, Enrolling New Families in Temporary Emergency Childcare, Transition into Ongoing Childcare Services, and Assessment of Family Fees for Essential Workers and At-risk Populations 
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
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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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