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CAPPA's
2017-18 Board of Directors
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Rick Richardson
Child Development Associates
Karen Marlatt
Valley Oak Children's Services
Beth Chiaro
Child Care Resource Center
LaVera Smith
Supportive Services Fresno
Martin Castro
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
Jeffrey Moreira
Crystal Stairs, Inc.
Public Policy Co-Chair
Phillip Warner
Children's Council San Francisco
Tina Barna
Choices for Children
Abby Shull
YMCA Childcare Resource Service
Amanda Al Fartosi
KinderCare Education
Jeanne Fridolfs
Community Resources for Children
Mike Michelon
Siskiyou Child Care Council
Marco Jimenez
Central Valley Children's Services Network
San Mateo 4Cs
Michelle Graham
Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County
Joie Owen
Glenn County Office of Education
Denyne Micheletti Colburn
CAPPA CEO
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Featured Agency of the Month
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EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
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April 2, 2018
March 28, 2018
The EESD will host a webinar for CDE, EESD contractors on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at 9:30am on the Program Self-Evaluation (PSE). Access the webinar
The CDE Child Development Contracts office will begin e-mail distribution of fiscal year (FY) 2018-19 child
development contracts on May
21
, 2018.
February 12, 2018
Bridge Program Monthly Technical Assistance Calls
DSS will be hosting technical assistance calls on the last Tuesday of each month from 1-2 pm, beginning in February. These calls will provide opportunities for counties to share best practices and challenges as they implement the Bridge Program. CDSS staff will also be available to answer questions and address concerns. If you have specific questions or suggestions for topics in advance of the calls, please send them to
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Is Your Organization Hiring?
Post your job announcement here for thousands to see!
There is no charge for CAPPA members.
Non-members will be charged a fee of $75.
Go Kids, Inc., Gilroy
Pomona Unified School District- Child Development
Children's Council San Francisco
Solano Family & Children's Services
North Coast Opportunities-Lake County
Child Care Coordinating Council, Inc. of San Mateo County
Child Development Inc. is Hiring! See the Recruitment Flyer
Here.
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CAPPA Member Benefits now available on the Members Only website:
*BRAND NEW!
CAPPA is excited to announce that our brand new
CAPPA Community Forum is now ready! This Forum is an integrated discussion board and will allow members to engage in online discussion, subscribe to your favorite topics, get your questions answered and upload your agency forms- Find answers, stay informed, and make connections!
Email CAPPA for your log-in so that you can access this forum and all other resources that the member's only website has to offer.
*All new AP branding templates
from CAPPA's Branding Committee are now available for CAPPA members.
Sensory Regulation Strategies to Promote Behavior Management
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Sign up
and check it out today! Once you've signed up as a TechSoup member, you can register your organization and get started requesting donations.
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you'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to CAPPA.
If interested, you can also sign up for an Amazon Business account for free. This is similar to a Prime account and will give you free 2-day shipping. You can learn more
Here.
Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for your support!
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The CAPPA Board has made it a priority to support our field with a coordinated calendar to note upcoming statewide conferences, federal conferences of relevance, CDE and DSS stakeholder meetings and legislative and budget deadlines and hearings.
If you have news to share or an event you want added to CAPPA's website calendar, email us!
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CAPPA Monday Morning Update Partner
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Our Monday Morning Update supports our Early Learning & Child Care field with timely information about what is going on in California and nationally; as well as dates to be aware and upcoming events.
Our weekly (50 times per year) Monday morning distribution is to more than 4,000 federal and state local agencies, resource and referrals, contractors, legislators and their staffs', centers, parents, providers, state departments and advocates.
To help support the continuation of this resource and or advertise in the Monday Morning Update, click
HERE.
You can also make a donation to CAPPA and CAPPA Children's Foundation
The Children's Foundation is a non-profit organization (501(c)3), Taxpayer Identification Number is
03-0521444. Your generous donation is tax deductible.
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California Senate and Assembly floor sessions will convene on Monday and Thursday this week. April 27th will be the last day for policy committees to hear and report to fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house.
Click here
to be directed to CAPPA's website to see all of the legislation that has been identified to be of interest to our field. You can find fact sheets and sample letter templates when available. On this page, CAPPA will also note legislative hearings of interest to our field. To track and/or review legislation or to create your own tracking list,
click here.
This week CAPPA would like to highlight some bills of importance relevant to tax credits that are currently being moved through the legislative process. These bills, although do not directly impact our Alternative Payment Programs, are bills which may be of benefit to low-income families and children- the clients served by Alternative Payment Programs. We know many agencies have gone the extra mile in supporting the families they serve with services such as free tax preparation and by providing information on child care tax credits and the California Earned Income Tax Credit, ensuring that low-income families are getting the most out of the benefits they are entitled to. Below please find a sampling of some current bills relevant to these issues.
*Please note the bills noted are not always necessarily bills that CAPPA is taking active positions on, but rather for information sharing purposes. You can find more information, such as fact sheets and sample support letters by visiting our
website.
- AB 1942 (Santiago) California Earned Income Tax Credit: Earned Income Tax Credit Information Act. This bill seeks to increase awareness of and access to the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC). It does this by seeking to revise the CA 540 tax form to include clear direction for families on how to apply for and complete the necessary tax forms to qualify for the benefit. Currently, many families are not aware that they must complete and additional document to qualify for the credit, as it is not noted on the CA 540 tax form. In addition, the bill would make it so that state departments and agencies that serve families and individuals that could benefit from the CalEITC are to provide information on the CalEITC to their program recipients. This information would include a physical paper copy of the necessary tax forms and the internet web site address to the forms, as well.
- AB 2023 (Caballero) Personal income taxes: working families child care tax credit. Currently, California's Child and Dependent Care Expenses Credit allows families with an annual income below $100,000 to claim a state tax credit equal to a percentage of their child care expenses.The state credit was refundable from 2000 to 2010; however, in 2011 the state made the credit non-refundable due to budget shortfalls. The non-refundable credit only provides benefits to families who owe state income tax. This bills seeks to make the credit refundable again, which will allow working families who do not owe state income taxes to benefit from a tax refund to offset some of their child care expenses. Under a refundable credit, a low-income families with two children could receive a credit of up to $1,050 .
- SB 1213 (Anderson) Personal income taxes: household and dependent care services. California's current dependent care credit is based off of a percentage of the federal dependent care credit, and is tiered based on income. The credit was refundable from 2000 to 2010 but is not refundable today. This means lower-income taxpayers with no tax liability can no longer take advantage of this credit to receive a tax refund. SB 1213 restores the childcare credit as a refundable credit so lower-income families can keep more of their paycheck to support their families, potentially earn a tax refund, and place their children in a child care program of their choice. This bill proposes that the funding mechanism for this can be absorbed by the unused allocation of tax expenditure for the California Earned Income Tax Credit.
State Budget Update
For child care and early education, our need and our ask is quite simple...
WHAT DO WE WANT...
$1 BILLION FOR BABIES!!
100,000 CHILD CARE SLOTS!!!
WHEN DO WE NEED THEM...NOW!!!
- Parents need access to 24 hour/7 days per week affordable child care options that meet the demands of full time employment.
- Children need stable and enriching child care settings to attain greater educational outcomes.
- Child care providers and teachers need to be reimbursed livable rates that value their profession and economic contributions.
- Employers need a reliable workforce.
The Senate and the Assembly Budget Subcommittees that oversee child care, early education, preschool and transitional kindergarten (TK) have wrapped up their first informational hearings. Click here to read the past agendas for each of the respective subcommittees as well as 2018-2019 budget related materials. Click here to read a copy of the Early Care and Education (ECE) Coalition letter.
So what happens now? By May 14, the Governor announces an updated revenue forecast, which accounts for changes in revenues since January. If the forecast changes significantly, the Governor may propose more changes to his January budget proposal. The update is known as the "May Revise" or "May Revision." The Assembly Budget Subcommittee 2 on Education Finance and the Senate Budget Subcommittee 1 on Education will have about a week to consider any new proposed changes.
Click here to see budget related hearings and released information of importance to our field.
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Facts for Upcoming Elections
November 6th election thus far shows the following:
- 27 candidates have filed to run for governor
- 5 statewide ballot measures have qualified for June and 1 ballot measure has qualified for November 6th
April 11th (below) notes the status update of all initiatives
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Follow up Resources on new Child Care & Development Block Grant Funds
as forwarded to CAPPA by Hannah Matthews from CLASP
These resources from CLASP may be helpful in answering your questions about the new funds:
The National Women's Law Center (NWLC) and CLASP are creating a learning community for advocates to facilitate sharing around state strategies for the new CCDBG funds. Click here to fill out the form if you're interested in joining. We will hold monthly calls where advocates can share their best practices, state developments, challenges, and opportunities. This will also be a useful place to discuss maintaining these funds in FY19 and beyond.
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A Compass for Families: Head Start in Rural America
For more than 50 years, Head Start has delivered a broad set of services to rural communities. Head Start helps vulnerable children by providing a comprehensive array of educational, nutritional, dental, medical, and mental health services. The program also fosters parental engagement, offers parent trainings and workshops, and connects families with a variety of social services that counter the innumerable daily challenges of living without consistent access to basic necessities. This comprehensive assessment finds that Head Start represents one third of center based child care programs in rural counties.
Despite sometimes facing significant challenges, Head Start provides evidence-based, locally administered services to hundreds of thousands of rural children each year at one of the most critical stages of their development. This report assesses the scale and scope of Head Start in rural communities by analyzing Program Information Reports (PIR) from several thousand rural Head Start locations across the United States using geographic analysis tools to separate rural providers from their metropolitan counterparts as well as collecting insights via interviews with 20 rural Head Start administrators.
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Greenstein: Conaway SNAP proposals would increase food insecurity and hardship
Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway unveiled his 2018 farm bill proposal. In a statement, CBPP President Robert Greenstein says that the nutrition provisions would:
...increase food insecurity and hardship. The significant proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) would end or reduce benefits for a substantial number of low-income people. Coming just four months after a tax-cut bill that will cost $1.9 trillion over 10 years (including interest costs) and lavishes tax cuts on wealthy individuals and large, profitable corporations, the SNAP proposals would further widen the nation's economic divides.
The Conaway proposal stands in sharp contrast and illustrates the folly of trying to make major changes in SNAP on a partisan basis. It represents a missed opportunity to make bipartisan progress.
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Of Interest
NOTE: If you would like to share your newsletter or items of interest with our field via the Monday morning e-Newsletter, then please
email us a link. Please make sure that you have a link included to an online version or viewing
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County Budgets and the County Budget Process, Explained
Budgeting at the county level in California allocates tens of billions of tax dollars each year and plays a major role in shaping our state's system of public services, from health to road repair to public safety. With the budgeting process for the upcoming fiscal year - which starts on July 1 - gearing up in each of California's 58 counties, a new post from Director of Research Scott Graves briefly lays out several basic principles of county budgeting in California and also highlights the following Budget Center resources:
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California Child Care Study
This is a message from the California Department of Education (CDE), Early Education and Support Division (EESD).
We are writing to announce the beginning of the data collection process of the California Child Care Study, a state-wide study about subsidized child care and the families who use it. As an early childhood organization, you can help by sharing details about the study and encouraging early care and education providers and families to participate. This study is being conducted by Child Trends, Inc., for the California Department of Social Services and the CDE.
The study will collect data about the local agencies that manage child care subsidies, the families who use that care, and the early care and education providers who serve them. State departments will use these data to inform policies and potential changes to child care services for eligible families.
Attached are the California Child Care Study Project Overview, and the joint letter from the Director of the CDE/EESD, and the Branch Chief, CalWORKs and Child Care Branch, CDSS, to all the EESD Contractors, Program Directors, and County Welfare Departments, requesting cooperation and assistance in the data collection.
- California Child Care Study Project Team
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To help the field better coordinate the calendaring of information valuable to all, we are hosting a field calendar. On the calendar will be national, state and regional meetings, legislative and budget hearings, and any other events brought to our attention. To add to the calendar, simply email
CAPPA.
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What: Assembly Blue Ribbon Commission hearing
Topic: Financing Early Learning in California
When: May 3, 2018 at 1:00pm-3:00pm
Where: State Capitol, Room 4202
Sacramento, CA 95814
*Agenda and additional materials will be forthcoming.
Click here to be directed to the website for upcoming meeting notices and materials.
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CAPPA Statewide Meeting-in partnership with CDE
2860 Gateway Oaks Drive
Bldg. B, Ste. 100
Sacramento CA 95833
Classrooms 121/122/123
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To better support our field, CAPPA, in partnership with CDE, will be hosting an informational training for our field in Sacramento!
These Statewide Meetings will bring our field together to share insights and experiences, explore ideas, shape policy, and discuss best practices.
Both locations will offer the same format, agenda and presentations. We hope you can join us!
Agenda:
9:00am
Registration
9:30am-11:00am
Improper Payment Elimination and Recovery Act Results
The purpose of this informational session is to present information and results regarding the Improper Payments and Elimination Recovery Act (IPERA) review for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2015-16.
11:00am-12:30pm
Overview of the Alternative Payment, CalWORKs Child Care and Family Child Care Home Education Networks Review Guide
This workshop presents an overview of the Alternative Payment review guide and provides clear written information that will be used in Alternative Payment monitoring reviews.
12:30pm
Lunch
1:00pm-2:30pm
Attendance Recording, Reporting and Provider Payments (Alternative Payment Programs)
This workshop presents an overview of the changes to attendance reporting as prescribed in AB 274. It will provide information on provider payment requirements and parent and provider responsibilities for attendance recording for reimbursements, proration, monthly maximums, provider examples of actual calculations and how to deal with oddities like if hourly rates exceed daily rates.
A BIG Thank you to our event partners!
Interested in sponsoring these events?
We look forward to seeing you!
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Register Today for an Entire Year's Worth of Training!
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All New Early Learning & Child Care Webinar Series for 2018!
This is Your Opportunity
to Receive Professional
Development in a Format
Convenient to You.
CAPPA Children's Foundation, in partnership with MCT
Technology, brings you an ALL NEW Series of trainings, all for one low price per center or program location.
View the webinar series and be connected without ever leaving your location. This is a fabulous opportunity to train staff, providers and the community on the most requested child care topics for 2018 at an affordable price in an incredibly convenient format.
Click Here
to see more details, topics and to
register for the all new 2018 series.
The 2010- 2017 series' are still available for purchase. Purchase the 2010, 2011 and 2012 webinar CDs for 50% off!!
For more information or to view past topics,
Click Here.
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New Resources From the National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development
The National Center on Tribal Early Childhood Development (NCTECD) is pleased to share updated versions of two key guides for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) grantees. The new guides have been revised
to align with the provisions of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 and 2016 CCDF Final Rule. They include new information about CCDF Final Rule requirements and guidance for CCDF program administration and implementation.
The updated guides are now available on the NCTECD website:
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