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Alternative Payment Programs (APPs)
do so much more than supporting families with support and access to child care. From border-to-border, APPs support each county with a menu of services that have evolved to meet the very unique needs of vulnerable families and populations. Therefore, to better support our field and decision makers with information about agencies and their services, each month
CAPPA
will be featuring an agency highlighting the contracts and programs delivered.
If you would like to be featured please email us by clicking
here!
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April 2017 Featured Agency of the Month!
CHILD CARE LINKS
Child Care Links is a Resource and Referral agency located in Alameda County, established in 1976 in response to the State of California's interest in creating innovative systems to deliver quality child care services to low-income families. The agency's dedication to its mission statement of providing support and resources to the Tri-Valley community is consistently seen in its growing efforts to provide innovative services to a diverse population. The agency has built a strong foundation to serve children and families in the community through the following programs:
- Subsidized (financial assistance) child care programs: such as CalWORKS Stage 1, California Department of Education (CDE), Stages 2 and 3, California Alternative Payment Program (CAPP) and federal Block Grants in the Tri-Valley, Tri-Cities, Sunol, and Oakland areas of Alameda County (services vary by location). Child care subsidies are provided to families for services under terms of agreement with the CDE and the Alameda County Social Services Agency. Child Care Links determines program eligibility, provides support services, collects parent fees, and processes payments to Child Care Providers.
- Resource and Referral Services: including assistance choosing quality child care and free child care referrals for families, regardless of income, seeking child care in the Tri-Valley.
- Inclusion Services: including ASQ implementation assistance, parent and Child Care Provider support services for children with special needs.
- Coaching and Consultation: for Child Care Providers through the Child Care Initiative Project (CIPP) and Quality Counts Program.
- Health and Safety Trainings: for parents, Child Care Providers, and the greater community. Financial reimbursement for Child Care Providers is also available.
- Free Trainings and Workshops: for parents, Licensed and Licensed-Exempt Child Care Providers, and Early Childhood Professionals.
- Child Safety Seat Instruction: Inspection and Installation assistance, and free car or booster seat replacement/disbursement.
- Diaper Pantry: distributes a month supply of free diapers, books and literacy activities to low-income families.
Child Care Links uses a comprehensive approach in assessing and developing new opportunities for growth aligned with evidence-based practices, and current needs assessment data. The agency regularly tracks and evaluates client engagement and community outreach strategies, to ensure agency services match the current needs of target populations.
Child Care Links provides resources that strengthen and improve the health, safety and well-being of all children and their families, as part of a larger effort to empower individuals to move from reliance to self-sufficiency.
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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.
Please
email us
your posting!
Child Development Inc. is Hiring! See the Recruitment Flyer
Here.
Child Development Resources of Ventura County, Inc.
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Developing Early Childhood Training Workshops for Staff and Families
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smile.amazon.com
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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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To help support the CAPPA Board and your Board of Directors moving forward, we have a couple volunteer opportunities for CAPPA Members to sit on one of our Committees and Subcommittees.
Learn more about the CAPPA Committees
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If you have news to share or an event you want added to CAPPA's website Calendar,
North Coast Opportunities:
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Child Care & Early Learning Master Calendar
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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.
- Click here to see the calendar.
- If you have news to share or an event that you would like added to CAPPA's website calendar, let us know!
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EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
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March 24, 2017
Subject:
Fiscal Year 2016-17 Program Self-Evaluation
March 22, 2017
FY 2017-18 Child Care and
Development Contract
Information
Dear Executive and Program
Directors for Child
Development Programs:
This is to inform you that the CDE Child Development
Contracts office will begin
distribution of fiscal year (FY) 2017-18 child development contracts on May 30, 2017.
The contracts will once again be e-mailed to the executive and program directors. Take a moment to ensure that your agency's
e-mail addresses are correct within the Child Development Management
Information S
ystem(CDMIS),
and update as necessary.
Although we do not know
contract numbers in advance, for those agencies who require board approval, plan now to add child development contract
approval to the June 2017
board agenda.
Please note that the FY
2017-18 contracts will be
e-mailed to those agencies
who do not have any
outstanding amendments
from previous fiscal years.
All agencies are encouraged to submit outstanding paperwork immediately to the following address:
Contracts, Purchasing and
Conference Services Office
California Department of
Education
1430 N Street, Suite 1802
Sacramento, CA 95814-5901
For questions regarding the
contents of this e-mail, please contact the CDE, Contracts, Purchasing and Conference Services Office, at 916-
322-3050
or at
Subject: Fiscal Year 2016-17 Request for Applications (RFA), Round Three California State Preschool (CSPP) Expansion Funds
February 14, 2017
Subject: Clarify that a Digital Signature May be Used to Satisfy the Requirements of an Electronic Signature
Subject: The Use of a Digital Signature for All Child Care Contractors
Subject: The Use of a Digital Signature for All Child Care Contractors
CDSS MANUAL LETTER NO. EAS-17-01
The passage of Assembly Bill 1944 relating to child
care, repeals the requirement for parents to sign and return the Notification and
Certification for 11- and 12-Year-Old Children. This manual letter has been posted
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Support Our Field & Communications
Become a 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 HERE.
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
This week, California Assembly and Senate floor sessions will convene on Monday and Thursday.
Child care, early learning and related issues main budget hearing days are as follows:
Click here to read all related budget hearings and budget related information.
Upcoming recess: April 6th (upon adjournment) - April 16th.
Click here
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 also will be noting legislative hearings of interest to our field. To track and/or review legislation or to create your own tracking list,
click here.
Bills identified as of high interest to our field include:
AB 60 (Santiago & Gonzalez)
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This bill updates income eligibility guidelines that have been frozen for over a decade, taking into account the new minimum wage, and streamlines reporting requirements to minimize disruptions for children, parents, employers and child care providers.
AB 60 Resource Page.
AB 227 (Mayes) - This bill would create the Educational Opportunity and Attainment Program that would provide education incentive grants to CalWORKs recipients to encourage and support low-income parents who reach certain educational goals and create additional work-study slots and support services for CalWORKs recipients pursuing their education.
AB 231 (Chavez) - This bill will define State Median Income and create a phase out process.
AB 273 (Aguiar- Curry) - Child care services: eligibility. This bill would include in the area relating to need, as a requirement that may be satisfied for purposes of eligibility, that the family needs the child care services because the parents are engaged in an educational program for English as a second language learners or to attain a high school diploma or general educational development certificate.
AB 1106 (Weber) - This bill will allow allocated monies to support working families with child care, to be distributed over a longer period of time. Additionally, the proposal will allow active military personnel to not have their basic housing allowance considered as part of their income when they apply for a child care subsidy.
AB 1164 (Thurmond) -
Foster care placement: funding. This bill would establish the Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children (bridge program). The bill would authorize county welfare departments to administer the bridge program and distribute vouchers to children between birth and 4 years of age, placed with an approved resource family or the child of a young parent involved in the child welfare system.
To watch live coverage of the Assembly and Senate click here.
The legislature has begun work on framing the legislative and budgetary priorities for the upcoming 2017-18 session. Click here to see the upcoming calendar. Please feel free to forward to us any trainings, conferences or meetings that you think would be beneficial to our field.
Federal
Trump's Budget Cuts Underscore Danger of Block- Granting Social Programs
President Trump's "skinny" budget would eliminate
These cuts would come on top of years of
deteriorating funding for block grants. Since 2000, overall funding for block grants targeted on low- and moderate-income people has shrunk 37 percent after accounting for inflation and population growth.
WIC Works: Addressing the Nutrition and Health Needs of Low-Income Families for 40 Years
Extensive research has found the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to be a
cost-effective investment
that improves the nutrition and health of low-income families - leading to healthier infants, more nutritious diets and better health care for children, and subsequently to higher academic achievement for students.
In a paper released today (3/29/17) by CBPP, we look at the positive results of WIC including: providing nutritious foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health care and social services for millions of low-income families.
As part of the nation's nutrition safety net for over 40 years, WIC now serves more than 7 million pregnant and post-partum women, infants, and children through their fifth birthday.
The budget proposed by President Trump signals a disturbing and perilous vision for America that abandons the millions of low- and moderate-income people who are working hard to strengthen their own and their families' economic security. By slashing the vital programs that support these Americans, Trump would imperil the country's overall economy, which depends on the success of everybody-not just those at the top. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "a budget is a moral document," yet this draconian proposal is decidedly amoral.
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.
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This Week: CAPPA Statewide Meeting, in partnership
with CDE
April 5, 2017
Pomona Unified School District
9:30am-2:30pm
CAPPA, in partnership with CDE, will be hosting a one-day informational training for our field in Pomona on April 5th.
This Statewide Meeting will bring our field together to share insights and experiences, explore ideas, shape policy, and discuss best practices.
All three workshops below will be presented by Field Services staff at CDE.
Agenda:
9:00am - Registration
9:30am-11:00am
Alternative Payment Contract Requirements Overview
This topic is broad and will include many contract requirements reminders, including best practices for provider payments.
11:00am-12:30pm
Written Information for Parents
A complete review and best practices in regards to implementing the requirements of MB 14-04 will be included in this session.
12:30pm - Lunch
1:00pm-2:30pm
Income Calculation & Family Fees
Included in this session will be best practices for family fees and the income/family fee calculation challenges.
Thank you to our Event Partners!
 
Interested in sponsoring this event?
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Joint Annual Conference 2017
October 18-20, 2017
DoubleTree Hotel Sacramento
Hotel Reservations:
Make online reservations
Here or Call 800-686-3775 and refer to group "CAPPA/Network 2017 Annual Conference"
Calling All Presenters!
The California Child Care Resource & Referral Network (Network) and the California Alternative Payment Program Association (CAPPA), along with our Joint Conference Committee, are excited to announce the 2017 Joint Conference.
Please see the
2017 Call for Presentations document for
more information about this year's conference. At the bottom of this document you will also find the link to complete the online Call for Presentations. You can also
Click Here
to be taken directly to the Call for Presentations application.
Workshop proposals are due Friday, April 21st.
Please share this Call for Presentations link with others you feel could present workshops which would be of benefit to conference attendees.
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ALL NEW! 2017 Early Learning & Child Care Webinar Series
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Build or Add to Your Center 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 your staff on the most requested child care topics for 2017 at an affordable price in an incredibly convenient format.
Click Here
to see more details and to register for the all new 2017 series.
April 2017 Webinar:
Developing Early Childhood Training Workshops for Staff and Families
The knowledge and skills of child care workers are significant factors in how children are prepared for entry into school, amongst other things. For this reason, ongoing professional development of staff is crucial, in addition to providing the same consistent information to parents. This workshop will show you how to take initiative in developing workshops for two of the most prevailing forces in a child's life.
The 2010- 2016 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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