"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
Issue #27                                                              July 2, 2018  
CAPPA is pleased to continue our monthly "Featured Agency" segment to highlight amazing work being done by Alternative Payment Programs (APPs) child development contractors throughout the state of California. From border-to-border, APPs support working families and children with services to support self-sufficiency, stability of children in child care, and a host of services coordinated to help break the cycle of poverty.  Many APPs also have been called on to serve as a community life-support of information and resources during natural disasters.  We are pleased to continue this tradition and bring focus to the untapped potential that is the 40 plus year APP community-based system. 

If you would like to be featured, please  email us!   
July 2018 Featured Agency of the Month  
Changing Tides Family Services

WHO IS CHANGING TIDES FAMILY SERVICES?

Nestled on the "Lost Coast" side of the "Redwood Curtain," Changing Tides Family Services is a dynamic full service agency dedicated to increasing the health and success of children, youth, families and individuals in Humboldt County. Guided by a dedicated staff and a committed Board of Directors, our organization was established in 1975 as the Humboldt Child  Care Council, and has grown to employ over 200 full and part time staff who cover more than 4,000 square miles in providing an array of child care, behavioral health, and special needs services. We are proud of our knowledgeable and caring employees - some of whom have more than two decades with the organization - and of the wide range of services we provide to thousands of people in our community.

Our passion for the wellbeing and success of children and families in our community has been rooted in diverse representation on our Board, in our staff, and from our partnerships from almost every public and private sector of Humboldt County, including local industry, higher education, private business, healthcare, and our local tribal nations.

We are dedicated to helping children,  families and parents find and make best use of the resources within and around them while strengthening our community's ability to improve the quality of life for all families.

WHAT SERVICES ARE OFFERED?
  • Services for almost 1,000 children across our network of child care programs, including FCCHEN (CFCC and CCTR), EHS-CCP, CAPP, and CalWORKS Stages 1, 2 and 3 funding streams, so their parents can work, attend school, or obtain training
  • Early Head Start services for over 50 children 0-3 in conjunction with placement with Family Child Care Home providers
  • Emergency child care and related support for resource/foster families
  • Professional development training and support to over 300 child care and ECE professionals, including professional coaching support through the Quality Counts Humboldt QRIS program
  • Resource & Referral Agency for our area, providing child care referrals to almost 1,000 parents and caregivers
  • Respite and parent support services to over 200 families and individuals with disabilities
  • Specialty mental health services, including mental health case management, individual and group therapy
  • CalFresh Outreach Services to families, child care providers, playgroups, and other local community organizations about CalFresh benefits, while supporting healthy lifestyles through family events and active play demonstrations
  • Supervised Visitation services to 62 families
  • Business startup and technical assistance to increase the supply and quality of licensed and exempt child care throughout Humboldt County
  • Reimbursement of almost 300,000 meals and snacks served to 1,540 children throughout Humboldt County's family child care home system
  • Therapeutic behavioral services to over 200 children and youth in 24 schools and 19 community locations
  • In-home visiting services, including parent education and skill development for parents and families where at least one of the parents has a developmental delay.
  • Therapeutic mental health services focused exclusively on children ages 0-5 and their families
Changing Tides Family Services 2259 Myrtle Avenue, Eureka, CA 95501. Call 707-444-8293 or 1-800-795-3554 or visit

* Big THANK YOU to Kerry Venegas for the submission

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CAPPA's
2018-19 Board of Directors
President
Rick Richardson
Child Development Associates

Vice President

Karen Marlatt
Valley Oak Children's Services

Treasurer

Beth Chiaro
Child Care Resource Center 

Secretary
LaVera Smith
Supportive Services Fresno

Past President
Martin Castro
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation

Public Policy Co-Chair
Jeffrey Moreira
Crystal Stairs, Inc.

Public Policy Co-Chair
Phillip Warner
Children's Council San Francisco 

Members-at-Large
Tina Barna
Choices for Children

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

Jeanne Fridolfs
Community Resources for Children
 
Mike Michelon
Siskiyou Child Care Council

Marco Jimenez
Central Valley Children's Services Network

Jasmine Tijerino
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
EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
June 5, 2018
The State Advisory Council on Early Learning and Care (SAC) will have a public meeting on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. Click Here for agenda and more information.
June 1, 2018
May 10, 2018
Implementation of Statewide Accounting System: FI$CAL
The Child Development and Nutrition Fiscal Services (CDNFS) Office is forwarding you a copy of the "Implementation of Statewide Accounting System: FI$CAL" letter.
This is to inform all CDE, EESD contractors that seven more answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) relevant to 12-month eligibility have been posted on the Budget Implementation
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The Importance of Community Organizing and Advocacy

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Field Happenings!
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.
CAPPA Monday Morning Update Partner






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 
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What's Happening
California 
State Budget

Last Wednesday, Governor Brown signed a 2018-19 State Budget and trailer bills.  A listing can be found here.

Child care:
  • Clarification for distribution of additional CAPP funds - The federal fund slots (11,307) begin July 1, 2018.  The General Fund slots (2,100) begin September 1, 2018, to reflect available funding in 2018-19.  (Alternative Payment Program Expansion-Increases of $15.8 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund and $204.6 million federal Child Care and Development Fund for a total of 13,407 new voucher slots, of which 11,307 are available until June 30, 2020.)
  • $48.373 million General Fund and $59.216 million Proposition 98 General Fund for the final augmentations associated with the multi-year funding agreement adopted as part of the 2016 Budget Act.
  • $39.668 million General Fund for increases to the Standard Reimbursement Rate adjustment factors for infants, toddlers, children with exceptional needs, and severely disabled children.
  • $15.833 million General Fund and $204.590 million Federal Fund for a total of 13,407 new voucher slots.
  • $167.242 million Proposition 98 General Fund for the Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program.
  • The Budget includes both a 2.71% COLA for all (aside from CalWORKs) and another SRR increase of 2.795%, for a total increase to the SRR of approximately 5.6%.
Child Care and State Preschool
The state funds nine child care and early education programs as well as dozens of other programs that support child care quality and access, including family resource and referral agencies and local child care planning councils. These programs are administered by the  Department of Education and the Department of Social Services. Families can access child care and early education subsidies through providers that contract directly with the Department of Education, local educational agencies, or through vouchers from county welfare departments or alternative payment program agencies.
 
During the economic downturn, state child care and early education programs experienced significant cuts, with reductions of almost $1 billion in funding. However, since 2013, the state has increased funding by $700 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund and $600 million Proposition 98 General Fund. These investments have improved services by:
 
* Increasing Provider Reimbursement Rates-The state updated child care provider reimbursement rates to pay child care providers that accept vouchers rates that reflect the current cost of care. Prior to these rate increases (which began in 2014), providers received
reimbursement rates that were based on the cost of care in 2005. The state also increased the rates of providers that contract directly with the Department of Education by more than 26 percent.  
* Expanding Access for Families-From 2013 to 2018, the state added more than 58,000 subsidized child care and early education slots. The state also increased income eligibility ceilings for families receiving child care subsidies, both for initial and continuing eligibility  determinations. For families with inconsistent incomes or work schedules, the state reduced the frequency of eligibility redeterminations from several times a year to annually. Finally, the state increased State Preschool income eligibility ceilings for children with disabilities to improve inclusivity in that program.   
*  Reducing Costs for Families-In 2014, the state eliminated fees for families participating in part-day State Preschool. In addition, by increasing income eligibility ceilings for families (described above), the state also increased the number of families exempt from paying fees in all state child care programs.  
* Improving the Quality of Care-To increase the quality of subsidized child care, in 2014-15 and 2015-16 the state provided: (1) $50 million ongoing Proposition 98 General Fund for local block grants for State Preschool quality improvement; (2) $24.2 million one-time non-Proposition 98 General Fund for local block grants for quality improvement in infant and toddler care; (3) $10 million one-time Proposition 98 General Fund to provide loans for State Preschool facility expansion; and (4) $25 million one-time Proposition 98 General Fund for State Preschool and transitional kindergarten teacher training. From 2011-12 to 2015-16, the state also invested $75 million one-time federal Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge funds into the creation of a state/local quality rating and improvement system for child care providers. Further, to verify that transitional kindergarten teachers are appropriately trained to provide instruction for four-year-olds, in 2014-15 the state increased the educational
requirements for transitional kindergarten teachers to include 24 units of early childhood education. Finally, in 2018-19 the state increased the frequency of inspections for licensed child care providers from once every three years to annual.   
* Streamlining Program Requirements-To improve the experience of participating providers and families, the state: (1) authorized the use of electronic applications for child care subsidies, making it less burdensome for eligible families to access care and more efficient for providers to process applications; (2) eliminated duplicative licensing requirements for State Preschool providers utilizing facilities that meet transitional kindergarten facility standards; and (3) simplified eligibility determinations for providers accepting both state and federal subsidies and serving homeless children by aligning the eligibility requirements for these subsidies.

Included in these investments are augmentations in the Budget that increase provider reimbursement rates and expand access for families. Specifically, the Budget makes the final augmentations associated with the multi-year funding agreement adopted as part of the 2016 Budget by increasing the reimbursement rate for providers that contract directly with the Department of Education by approximately 2.8 percent, and making permanent a temporary hold harmless provision to the 2016 Regional Market Reimbursement Rate Survey for providers accepting vouchers. Additionally, the Budget increases the reimbursement rate adjustment factors for child care providers serving infants, toddlers, children with exceptional needs, and severely disabled children. The Budget also provides the final of three scheduled 2,959 full-day slot increases to the State Preschool program, totaling 8,877 slots over three years, and increases the number of available child care vouchers by 13,407. Overall, the Budget includes approximately $1 billion in new child care investments for 2018-19 and 2019-20.
 
Finally, the Budget creates the Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program, providing $167.2 million one-time Proposition 98 General Fund through a competitive grant program to increase the availability of inclusive early education and care for children aged zero to five years old, especially in low-income areas and in areas with relatively low access to care. Grant recipients will commit that all children benefiting from grant funds, especially those with disabilities, have access to appropriate settings that support their educational and developmental growth.
 
Significant Adjustments:
 
* Alternative Payment Program Expansion-Increases of $15.8 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund and $204.6 million federal Child Care and Development Fund for a total of 13,407 new voucher slots, of which 11,307 are available until June 30, 2020.  
* Provider Reimbursement Rate Increases-Increases of $31.6 million Proposition 98 General Fund and $16.1 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund to increase the Standard Reimbursement Rate by approximately 2.8 percent, in addition to cost-of-living adjustments. The Budget also provides $34.2 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund beginning in 2019-20 to make permanent the existing limited-term Regional Market Reimbursement Rate hold harmless provision. Finally, the Budget includes $39.7 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund to increase the reimbursement rate adjustment factors for child care providers serving infants, toddlers, and children with exceptional needs, beginning January 1, 2019.  
* Child Care Quality Investments-An increase of $26.4 million federal Child Care and Development Fund in both 2018-19 and 2019-20 to increase inspections of licensed child care providers from once every three years to annual. Additionally, $20 million in available one-time federal Child Care and Development Fund carryover is allocated to the County Pilot for Inclusive Early Care, the Child Care Initiative Project, and licensed child care teacher professional development.  
* Full-Year Implementation of 2017 Budget Investments-Increases of $32.3 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund and $28.4 million Proposition 98 General Fund to reflect full-year costs of new policies implemented part-way through the 2017-18 fiscal year. These costs are associated with an update of the Regional Market Reimbursement Rate to the 75th percentile of the 2016 regional market rate survey (beginning January 1, 2018), and an increase of 2,959 slots for full-day State Preschool (beginning April 1, 2018).  
* CalWORKs Stage 2 and Stage 3 Child Care-A net increase of $109.2 million non-Proposition 98 General Fund in 2018-19 to reflect increases in the number of CalWORKs child care cases. Total costs for Stages 2 and 3 are $559.9 million and $398.6 million, respectively.  
* Federal Child Care and Development and TANF Funds-A decrease of federal TANF from $120.1 million in 2017-18 to $70.6 million in 2018-19. Total TANF and federal Child Care and Development Fund is $938 million.

Community Care Licensing
Beginning with the 2014 Budget, additional resources have been provided for the Community Care Licensing program to improve program quality, strengthen enforcement, and increase the frequency of licensed community facility inspections. The additional funding, which totals approximately $27 million ($21 million General Fund) and 240 positions in the Budget, provides the necessary resources for DSS to perform inspections of child care facilities every three years; children's residential care facilities every two years; and adult and senior care facilities every year. The Budget also includes $26.2 million from the federal Child Care and Development block grant in both 2018-19 and 2019-20 to ultimately achieve annual inspections for child care facilities.
 
Home Visiting Initiative
The Budget includes $26.7 million for a voluntary CalWORKs Home Visiting pilot program, which will provide pregnant women and families with a child under the age of two with home visitation services for up to 24 months, with priority given to first-time pregnant women and parents. The goal of the home visiting pilot is to help young families reach self-sufficiency by improving family engagement practices, supporting healthy development of young children living in poverty, and preparing parents for employment. The pilot will leverage existing, evidence-based program models currently being implemented across the state. A total of $131.6 million in one-time federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant funds is being reserved for the pilot's total costs through calendar year 2021.
 
Other Poverty-Focused Efforts
California has an extensive safety net for the state's neediest residents who live in poverty. Since 2012, the General Fund has newly committed more than $20 billion annually in poverty-focused programs (see Figure INT-07). In addition to full implementation of the K-12 Local Control Funding Formula-which heavily emphasizes services to the state's neediest students-the Budget increases funding for programs designed to counteract poverty, focusing new efforts in CalWORKs and child care. In total, the Budget funds:
 
* The rising state minimum wage, which increased to $11 per hour in 2018 and is scheduled to eventually rise to $15 per hour.
* The expansion of health care coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act, which provides millions of Californians with coverage, and expansion of full medical coverage to about 200,000 undocumented children.
* The restoration of various health benefits to low-income Californians that were eliminated during the recession, including adult dental services.
* The continuance of the state's Earned Income Tax Credit, which was created in 2015, and enhanced and expanded in 2017 and 2018.
* The increase in CalWORKs grants and the repeal of the maximum family grant rule, which denied aid to children who were born while their parents were receiving aid.
* The elimination of the SSI/SSP "cash out" policy expanding federal funding for food assistance to approximately 370,000 households, while holding harmless households potentially affected by the change.
* The increases in child care and early education provider rates and the number of children served, totaling $1.3 billion.
 
To read the full summary, click here.  More details to come later.

State Legislation 
California Senate and Assembly floor sessions will convene on Monday and Thursday this week. 
 
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.  
Below are the bills of interest that have been scheduled for a hearing:
New Release
   
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
Conducting 
research and proposing policy solutions aimed at improving how our nation prepares, supports, and rewards the early care and education workforce since 1999.

Last Wednesday,  we released the  Early Childhood Workforce Index 2018, a comprehensive update to the inaugural 2016 edition on the progress made by states to improve conditions for the early care and education workforce.

The Index resources include an interactive map that shows current wages and changes over the last two years and whether states have been assessed as stalled, edging forward, or making headway across key policy indicators.

The report finds that strides have been made in improving education and training levels of the ECE workforce, but they are largely not linked to policies and resources that address teachers' economic well-being. This condition persists despite widespread recognition of the importance of early care and education in shaping children's development, promoting the health of families, and building a strong economy.

The report also includes an updated About the Workforce snapshot, utilizing national and selected state-level data to illustrate the diversity, but also stratification within the workforce, as well as draw attention to the need for more nuanced workforce data. Specifically, the report documents multiple points of disparities that disproportionately impact women of color and those working with infant and toddlers.The report also features new analysis on earnings and economic security.
Highlights from the Index include:
  • State-by-state data on earnings for the ECE workforce are available for three groups: child care workers, preschool teachers, and center administrators. More than half the states saw a decrease in preschool teacher and center director median wages when adjusted for inflation. Child care workers' wages, on the other hand, have slightly increased.
  • States that raised their minimum wage between 2015 and 2017 were more likely to show wage increases for child care workers than those that had not.
  • Nationally, 86 percent of center-based teaching staff working with infants and toddlers earned less than $15 an hour.
  • Women of color, who comprise about 40 percent of this workforce, earn the least. Even after controlling for educational attainment, African American early educators still earn $0.78 per hour less than their white counterparts.
  • Teachers with bachelor's or graduate degrees can face a wage gap as high as $6 an hour, depending on their program's funding source and sponsorship.
The Index provides practical policy solutions that policymakers, business and labor leaders, and educators can use to address the crisis of low wages and economic insecurity among early childhood teachers and the lack of affordable, high-quality services for children and families in the United States.

For more information, visit our website.
Of Interest
Blue Ribbon Commission

PLAN TO PARTICIPATE

The Assembly Blue Ribbon Commission hearing on July 11, 2018 in Fresno, CA has been confirmed. As I mentioned before, this will be out only hearing in the Central Valley so we hope to get as many early learning partners to attend and speak. There will also be ample time for public comment, though please keep in mind our hearings can run over time.
 
What: Blue Ribbon Commission Hearing on Accessing Child Care
When: July 11, 2018 from 1-3pm
Where: Fresno Unified School District Board Room;  2309 Tulare St., Second Floor;  Fresno, CA 93721

Please check our website for additional updates, including hearing materials as they become available: https://speaker.asmdc.org/blue-ribbon-commission-hearings

Information from CDE
EESD Contractor Applications Save The Date Information
SAVE THE DATE

This notice informs EESD contractors of key SAVE THE DATE events:
1. The Continued Funding Applications (CFAs) will be released in early September 2018. Please note this date has changed from prior years.
  • The EESD will host a webinar in mid-September 2018 to provide information on completing the fiscal year (FY) 2019-20 CFA. Further information will be provided prior to the webinar.
2. The California State Preschool Program (CSPP) Expansion Request for Applications (RFA) will be released in mid-September 2018.
  • The EESD will host a webinar in late September 2018 to provide information on completing the FY 2018-19 CSPP RFA. Further information will be provided prior to the webinar.
3. The General Child Care and Development (CCTR) Request for Applications (RFA) will be released in early November 2018. Priority for the funds will be given to full-day/full-year Infant/Toddlers.
  • The EESD will host a webinar in mid-November 2018 to provide information on completing the FY 2018-19 CCTR RFA.
Further information will be provided prior to the webinar.
Upcoming CAPPA Events 

CAPPA "Everything Fiscal" Training
August 15, 2018
University of Phoenix
2860 Gateway Oaks Drive
Bldg. B, Ste. 100
Sacramento CA  95833
Classrooms 121/122/123 
9:30am-2:30pm


Planned Workshops:
  • Fiscal Essentials, CDE
     
    CDFS representatives will present a variety of fiscal topics, from the basic to the advanced, affecting AP contractors. This workshop will present the basics for both CalWORKs Stages 2 and 3 and Alternative Payment (AP) contracts. A wide variety of topics will be covered including reporting requirements, revenue, expenses, apportionments, administrative and supportive services allowances, augmentations/reductions for CalWORKs, and requests for AP contingency funds.  CDE will also discuss how CalWORKs fiscal and caseload report data are used. Whether the attendee is new to the agency or a seasoned accountant, everyone will benefit from this session. Additionally, CDFS will also address CAPP multi-year contracts and the change in apportionment schedule. 
  • Fiscal Projections:
    Come prepared to hear how some agencies are doing their budget projections and data and trends that ought to be considered as part of any budget forecasting exercise.  This workshop will help you better monitor your contracts and learn best practices that work efficiently. This workshop will take you step by step with interactive worksheets and templates.
     
  • 3rd Fiscal Workshop TBD:
    If you have a suggestion for a fiscal workshop that you would like to see during this training, 
    please let us know!
Interested in sponsoring this event?  Learn more here.
 
We look forward to seeing you!

Joint logo
Network and CAPPA Joint Annual Conference 2018
October 17-19, 2018
DoubleTree Hotel Sacramento
Sacramento, CA

Registration:
The preliminary program and final conference registration form, including the ability to list all conferees individually and to select workshops, will be released early August.
We are hard at work creating a conference program that includes a variety of workshops to meet the needs of staff working with parents; staff providing training and technical assistance to child care providers; staff administering AP programs, program staff-supervisors; managers and directors. 

About the Conference
The California Child Care Resource & Referral Network and the California Alternative Payment Program Association look forward to hosting our 6th Joint Conference together this fall.
Registration information, along with a preliminary conference program, will be released in July. At that time, online registration will be open and attendees will be able to indicate their workshop selections when they register for the conference.
Conference registration includes four meals, two plenary sessions, over 60 workshop selections and all conference materials.

Hotel Reservations:
Our room block at the DoubleTree is already sold out. If you are still in need of a room, please email 
Danielle.

Partnership Information: 
Exhibitor and Sponsor Information is now available!

Upcoming Field Events 
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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.
Register Today for an Entire Year's Worth of Training!


All New Early Learning & Child Care Webinar Series for 2018!

Build or Add to your  Resource Library!
This is Your Opportunity to Receive Professional Development in a Format Convenient to You.

Topic for July 2018:
The Importance of Community Organizing and Advocacy
Susan Roll, Associate Professor of Social Work & Director of Civic Engagement, California State University, Chico
There is nothing more powerful than grassroots advocacy in the non-profit sector. Non-profits are valuable community hubs that often have greater impact than they realize. Learn how to maximize and utilize this impact through increasing your advocacy and community engagement efforts. Whether you are already involved in advocacy and would like to advance your efforts or if you are interested in beginning to engage in more advocacy efforts, this webinar will go over basic tenants of community organization and advocacy and help you utilize your unique niche to ensure that your voice is being collectively heard.

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.