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"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
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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!
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May 2018 Featured Agency of the Month
Colusa County Office of Education- Children's Services
 Who We Are
has a respected reputation for providing high quality early care and educational services for children, families, and childcare providers within the rural community of Colusa County. The vision of Children's Services is to promote quality School Readiness within the earliest years in collaboration with our community partners.
We like to say that Colusa County is unique. Colusa County is a small, rural, and remote community located 60 miles north of Sacramento, California. Colusa County has a rich agricultural heritage and serves many families who work in non-traditional hours in the farming industry.
Our Child Care Resource & Referral and Alternative Payment Program
Colusa County Office of Education- Children's Services operates the Child Care Resource & Referral program that is a valuable resource for all families who are seeking childcare and development programs. Families receive referrals for many program options that includes licensed centers and childcare homes, and exempt centers, throughout Colusa County.
Our Resource & Referral staff are highly knowledgeable and will help you become a family childcare provider, begin a new childcare center, and will provide assistance throughout the process. Innovative Professional development trainings and workshops are provided monthly and consist of topics that increase quality, nurturance, and trauma-informed best care practices.
We understand the importance of affordable, high quality care and administer the Alternative Payment Program to provide subsidized programs for families who make a lower income.
The newest focus for our Resource and Referral department is the development of the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for foster children. Collaboration with our local department of health and human services allows our department to place foster children in programs that receive strategies and coaching from our highly trained team.
Our Dedication to Children and Families
Children Services enriches the entire Colusa community with providing high quality programs that develops lifelong success for every child. In addition to our Child Care Resource & Referral, Children's Services provides Early Head Start, Head Start, and State (including seasonal migrant), subsidized programs which allows us to support the unique needs of each family.
Colusa County Office of Education - Children's Services is committed to providing quality early care education and experiences for all children and has proven to be an agency dedicated to enriching our community.
* Big THANK YOU to Vicki Markss
for the submission
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22nd Annual Stand for Children Day This Wednesday!!
22nd Annual Stand for Children Day
May 9, Capitol Steps North (L Street) 10:30 am - noon; March and Rally
See below an inspirational video from 2017.
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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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EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
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May 4, 2018
April 27, 2018
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
April 20, 2018
Public Hearing for the 2019-2021 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State Plan
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.
International Institute of Los Angeles
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 Member Benefit: Hotel Discounts.
Save on hotel bookings through Hotel Engine. Rates exclusive to CAPPA Members.
CAPPA Community Forum
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.
Now up on the forum: Do you have any specific questions on 12-month eligibility stopping you from fully implementing?
*All new AP branding templates
from CAPPA's Branding Committee are now available for CAPPA members.
Conflict Resolution in the Classroom- What it really means and what it looks like
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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
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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.
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.
Click here to see bills scheduled for hearing this week.
*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
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- AB 60 (Santiago) - The Child Care and Development Services Act has a purpose to provide a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of child care and development services for children from infancy to 13 years of age and their parents, including a full range of supervision, health, and support services through full- and part-time programs. The act provides that it is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that recipients and former recipients of CalWORKs are connected as soon as possible to local child care resources, make stable child care arrangements, and continue to receive subsidized child care services after they no longer receive aid as long as they require those services and meet eligibility requirements. The act establishes 3 stages of child care services through which a recipient of CalWORKs will pass.
This bill would prohibit the first stage of child care from being discontinued until the county receives confirmation from the administrator of the 2nd stage of child care that the family has been enrolled in the 2nd stage of child care, in order to ensure that there is no disruption in child care services due to the transition between stages.
This bill will eliminate barriers to continuous, stable CalWORKs child care, streamline the eligibility process and prevent families from falling through the cracks. Several counties have already adopted this technological solution, which helps families keep their CalWORKs child care and prevents unwarranted child care terminations due to bureaucratic shortcomings. A clarification to existing law and one-time administrative money is needed for training CDE contractors on security protocols and practices to ensure confidentiality of parents' information.
- AB 2292 (Aguiar-Curry) - This bill will strategically invest in California's child care system by increasing state rates for infant and toddler care, creating a grant program to fund implementation and startup costs of new child care facilities, and establishing a fund to recruit a new generation of family child care providers. This bill has passed two hearings by a unanimous vote.
- a) Deletes the adjustment factor specific to children between the ages of 0 and 36 months in family child care homes, and instead applies the separate adjustment factors for infants and toddlers to all applicable child care settings. AB 2292
- b) Increases the adjustment factor for infants who are between the ages of 0 and 18 months from 1.7 to 2.44 regardless of the setting.
- c) Increases the adjustment factor for toddlers between the ages of 18 and 36 months from 1.4 to 1.83 regardless of the setting.
- This bill also creates the Early Education Expansion Program grants to be used for one-time infrastructure costs only, including, but not limited to adaptive and age-appropriate facility renovations or new construction, adaptive and age-appropriate equipment, staff recruitment and professional development, and not for ongoing expenditures. CAPPA Strongly Supported.
- SB 982 (Mitchell) CalWORKs grant amount: The CalWORKs program provides basic needs cash aid and services to low-income families with children to alleviate the impact of poverty on children and help parents overcome barriers to employment. The CalWORKs program serves 1.1 million individuals in California, 80 percent of whom are children. SB 982 will endeavor to eliminate deep poverty in the CalWORKs program by placing a minimum grant level to ensure no CalWORKs grant falls below 50 percent of the federal poverty line. By doing so, this bill intends to protect children from the worst harms of chronically unmet basic needs and better enable the CalWORKs program to achieve its goals. CAPPA Strongly Supported. Click here to see coalition letter.
- AB 2326 (Rubio) CalWORKs: welfare-to-work: exemption: Currently,
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In order for families to be exempt from welfare-to-work (WtW) with a child under 2 years of age, a CalWORKs parent has to contact their county worker. Additionally, currently, families are only allowed to utilize the exemption once, or for only one child. AB 2326 provides that a CalWORKs parent shall be exempt for participation in a WtW activity with a child under the age of 24-months. The individual exempted from the WtW program shall be issued a notice of action (NOA) informing them that they are exempt from participation in the WtW program, but they are entitled to volunteer to participate in any WtW activity of his or her choice. It also expands the exemption to apply for multiple children. CAPPA Supported.
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. NOTE: May 14, the Assembly Budget Committee has a hearing scheduled on the Governor's May Revise.
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Child Care Aware® of America Releases Statement on SNAP
WASHINGTON, DC -
Dr.
Lynette M. Fraga, executive director of Child Care Aware® of America, issued the following statement on changes the House Agriculture Committee has approved for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the current version of the House Farm Bill (H.R. 2):
"SNAP benefits are a national safety net for poor families faced with the choice of either paying rent or buying groceries. More than 42 million people each month depend on SNAP. The program does more than simply stave off hunger, it also helps families buy nutritious food and make healthy food choices on limited budgets.
Cuts in SNAP would be felt by children in our most vulnerable families, by the caretakers and teachers who serve them, and by retailers of every size in every state. The $70 million in SNAP redemptions in 2014 (the most current year available) account for 10 percent of all food purchases nationally.
In states with the most SNAP participants, the share of beneficiaries in small towns and rural areas is greater than in cities. That means families - and retailers - in those small towns and rural areas would be hit hardest.
We join with anti-hunger advocates nationally in
urging our representatives
to pass a farm bill that protects and strengthens SNAP, which is a critical program that protects our most vulnerable fellow Americans from hunger."
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On the Hill
Get Ready for Farm Bill Floor Fight:
On April 18, the House Agriculture Committee reported out a Farm Bill, H.R.2 (pdf), that could see a House floor vote as soon as mid-May. This bill would take food out of the refrigerators and off the kitchen tables of more than 1 million households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), leading to significantly greater hunger and poverty. Meanwhile,the Senate Agriculture Committee is currently drafting its version of the Farm Bill, which is expected this spring.
Now is the Time to Act
Members of the House and Senate will be heading home for a one-week recess from Monday, April 30, through Friday, May 4, creating an opportune time for advocates to engage with Members of Congress. See FRAC Legislative Action Center for actions you can take during the recess to urge your representatives to vote "No" on any Farm Bill that cuts SNAP.
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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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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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The Story of TrustLine
To a truly humble and amazing human being, MaryBeth Phillips. We honor your story and your triumphs. This is MaryBeth's story and the story of how TrustLine came to be.
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CalWORKs 101: An overview of cash aid for poor California families
To help support a broader understanding of our programs, and the families served, click here to see a
PPT Presentation.
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California's next governor must choose children
This fall, California will elect a new Governor. That person will help shape the future of our youngest children and ultimately, the strength of our state.
The debate will be moderated by Chuck Todd, NBC News' Political Director and Moderator of Meet the Press.This is your opportunity to find out where the candidates stand on the issues you care about most.
The debate will be televised live on KNTV NBC Bay Area and other NBC affiliated stations, KSTS Telemundo 48 and broadcast on KQED radio from 6:30-8:00 p.m. PT.
Elections are important and your vote matters. We want you to have the information necessary to feel confident in your decision once your ballot is cast.
Thanks for all that you do,
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Child Care and Development State Fund State Plan
UPDATES: Public Hearing Tuesday, May 15, 2018; 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
CALIFORNIA CHILD CARE STUDY
We are writing to announce the launch of data collection for the California Child Care Study in May 2018. This is a state-wide study about subsidized child care and the families who use it. For this study, we 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. This study is being conducted by Child Trends (visit the Child Trends Web site at https://www.childtrends.org/) for the California Department of Social Services and the CDE. You can visit the California Child Care Study Project Web site at http://www.childtrends.org/project/california-child-care-study/ for more information.
Learn more
In January, we offered informational webinars (which can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6n7l2dsD6A&feature=youtu.be) that provided an overview of the California Child Care Study. Our upcoming webinar will focus on specific details about the local agency, provider, and family data collection processes and what to do if you are contacted to participate in the study. Please feel free to forward this information to people you know who may be interested in joining. You can register for the webinar below.
Webinar Description
This webinar will provide an overview of what to expect from the data collection process for the California Child Care Study. We will cover agency, provider, and family data collection, as well as an updated timeline for the study. This is a state-wide study about subsidized child care, or child care that is paid for in part by the state, and the families who use it. The study is being conducted by Child Trends for the California Department of Social Services and the California Department of Education. For this study, we 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. There will be an opportunity at the end to address any questions you may have.
Webinar Date and Registration
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Informational Conference Call on the Governor's
2018-19 May Revise
May 16, 2018
10:00am-11:00am
H
ear from the experts on the Governor's May Revise without leaving your office!
- Brianna Bruns, Department of Finance
- Sara Cortez and Edgar Cabral, Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO)
- Mike Herald, Western Center on Law & Poverty
- Kristin Schumacher, California Budget & Policy Center
There will be no charge for CAPPA members. Non-members will be charged a fee of $99.
Call-in information will be sent the day before the call to the email address provided.
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Regional Technical Assistance Trainings-
Summer 2018
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May 31, 2018
Orland
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June 11, 2018
Fresno
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June 14, 2018
Santa Rosa
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CAPPA member agencies, with the support of CAPPA & Children's Foundation, are putting together a series of Technical Assistance (TA) trainings that will be coming to a region near you!
This series will be delivered in a format that is very participatory.
We encourage all participating to come with questions, as well as samples for each of the topics that will be discussed.
Topics to include:
- Best Practices Session (10:00am-11:45am):
- How to successfully prepare for a GAU in the age of 12-month eligibility-discussions based on recently conducted reviews
- Provider Reimbursement Methods
- CAPPA Budget and Legislative Discussion and Updates (12:15pm-1:00pm)
- Peer-to-Peer Networking Session (1:00pm-2:00pm):This portion of the agenda will allow attendees to share their successful strategies, tools and ideas.
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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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Network and CAPPA Joint Annual Conference 2018
DoubleTree Hotel Sacramento
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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.
WHAT: Joint Network/CAPPA Conference
WHEN: October 17-19, 2018
TIME: Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. to Friday at 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: DoubleTree Hotel
2001 Point West Way
Sacramento, CA 95815
(916) 929-8855
CONFERENCE COST: Member Agencies, 5 or More Staff - $359 per person
Member Agencies - $405 per person
Non-Member Agencies - $525.00 per person
Hotel Reservations:
Our room block at the DoubleTree is already sold out. If you are still in need of a room, please email
Danielle.
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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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Register Today for an Entire Year's Worth of Training!
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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.
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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