"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
Issue #33                                                            August 13, 2018  
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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
 
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
August 2018 CAPPA Monday Morning Update Partner 

August 2018 Featured Agency



The Community Action Partnership of Kern was established in 1965 to help fight President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty in the Southern San Joaquin Valley of California.
It is our mission to "provide and advocate for resources that will empower members of the communities we serve to be self-sufficient."
To accomplish that mission Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) operates 11 anti-poverty programs that help more than 100,000 people in the San Joaquin Valley build strong, safe families, educate their children, keep their homes cool in summer and feed themselves and those they love.
CAPK has been administering the MCAP program since 1999. It is the only AP program in California that allows migrant families to enroll in the program in any of the six entry counties (Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Tulare and Fresno) and once enrolled have their childcare services follow them as they move throughout the State following agricultural work.
Click Here to read more.  

EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
August 3, 2018
CDSS has scheduled a Public Hearing on September 19, 2018, to receive testimony on proposed regulations concerning Safe Sleep for infants in childcare facilities.  Learn more here.
August 1, 2018
MB 18-05:
Transfer of Families into a California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Stage 2 Child Care Program
MB 18-04:
Homeless Children and Youth
July 6, 2018
Subject: Revised State Median Income for 2018-19
July 5, 2018
2018-19 Family Fee Calculator
Please be advised that the new Family Fee Calculator for fiscal year 2018-19 became live on July 2, 2018. The 2018-19 Family Fee Calculator is another tool that can be used when assessing family fees during certification and recertification. The revised Family Fee Calculator is based on the updated State Medium Income thresholds and can be found at  HERE.
 
Job Openings

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Solano Family & Children's Services 


-Family Resources Specialist
-Early Care and Education Specialist 

Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc.


-Teacher Assistant (Part-time)
-Teacher Assistant (Full-time)
-Teacher (full-time and part-time) 

International Institute Los Angeles
Solano Family & Children's Services


Children's Council of San Francisco

Receptionist
Community Child Care Coordinating Council (4Cs) of Alameda County



Child Development Inc. is Hiring! See the Recruitment Flyer  Here.
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Strategies for Teaching Young Dual Language Learners 

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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.
If you have news to share or an event you want added to CAPPA's website calendar, email us!
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  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.
What's Happening
California 
State Budget
August 13, 2018 - ASM Third Reading
  • SB 842 - Education finance - education omnibus
  • SB 844 - Health
  • SB 845 - Human Services Omnibus
State Legislation 

August 13, 2018
  • ASM Third Reading- SB 926 (Skinner) CalWORKs and CalFresh: work requirements. 
  • SEN Third Reading - AB 1892 (Jones-Sawyer) - CalFRESH
August 16, 2018
ASM Appropriations
  • SB 918 (Weiner) Homeless Youth Act of 2018
  • SB 1123 (Jackson) - Disability compensation: paid family leave
  • SB 1446 (Glazer) - CalWORKS: welfare-to-work
SEN Appropriations
  • AB 60 (Santiago) -  Subsidized child care and development services: stages of child care: CalWORKs.
  • AB 605 (Mullin) -  Child day care facilities: infant to schoolage license.
  • AB 1754 (McCarty) - State full-day preschool program: eligibility for enrollment: low income schools
  • AB 1883 (Weber) - Child care and development services
  • AB 1921( Maienschein) - CalWORKs: housing assistance
  • AB 1952 (Mayes) - Social services: access to food
  • AB 1957 (Berman) - Social Services Modernization, Efficiency, and Due Process Protection Act of 2018
  • AB 1992 (Chu) - CalWORKS eligibility: immunizations
  • AB 2001 (Reyes) - Family child care education networks
  • AB 2023 (Caballero) - Personal income taxes: working families child care tax credit
  • AB 2269 (Lackey) - CalWORKs: eligibility
  • AB 2292 (Aguiar-Curry) - Child care: reimbursement rates: startup costs: grants
  • AB 2313 (Stone, Mark) - Electronic benefits transfer system
  • AB 2326 (Rubio) - CalWORKs: welfare-to-work: exemption
  • AB 2327 (Obernolte) - Health and human services: information sharing: administrative actions
  • AB 2370 (Holden) - Lead exposure: child day care facilities: family day care homes
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.  
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CCLD Releases Safe Sleep Practices Review and Input

The CDSS Community Care & Licensing Division (CCLD)  has posted safe sleep regulations for public comment. The CCLD welcomes ALL comments and would appreciate comments that are in support of these regulations.

The Child Care Law Center distributed the following:  
Everyone benefits when children are safe and happy in child care. Safe sleep practices can help protect children and keep them healthy and safe - and providers will benefit from clear rules and enforcement.

Community Care Licensing has published Draft Regulations and you are invited to comment.

Some of the proposed regulations are:
  •  Safe sleep equipment such as cribs or play yards for Family Child Care Homes
  •  Supervision requirements during the time infants are asleep in Family Child Care Homes
  • Clear guidelines surrounding supervision for sleeping infants in Child Care Centers
  • Requirements for the safest sleep position for infants
  • Removing hazards in the crib while the infant is sleeping
You are invited to read and comment on the Draft Regulations. Your practice-based knowledge, suggestions, and concerns are important. 

How to Comment
Your comments can be submitted in writing, by fax or by email, no later than September 19, 2018 at 5:p.m.  They can be emailed to this address:      [email protected]

Attend the Public Hearing
The California Department of Social Services has scheduled a Public Hearing on September 19, 2018, starting at 10 a.m. to receive testimony on proposed regulations concerning safe sleep for infants in child care facilities.

The hearing will be held at:
Office Building #8 

Additional Information

   
Parents and family advocates from California to  Connecticut,  are taking action this August by visiting their legislators back in their home districts for "Baby's First Town Hall"They are attending town halls and making office visits to talk about the importance of fully funding early care and learning programs in the fiscal year 2019 budget. Follow along on social media (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, #BFTH18) for pictures and stories!

YOU can take action today by asking Congress to fully fund the Child Care Block Development Grant!
 
  • On the safety net, we released a number of materials highlighting the flaws of proposals to take assistance away from people not able to meet work requirements. We published an analysis from economists Kristin F. Butcher and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach finding that most people in the low-wage labor market - those likely subject to the requirements - work substantial hours, and in volatile jobs. Brynne Keith-Jennings highlighted those findings in a report summary and blog post. She also cited a new paper from the Economic Policy Institute, which demonstrated that work requirement proposals ignore the realities of the low-wage labor market and would do little to boost employment.
On state budgets and taxes, Samantha Waxman showed that states expanding their earned income tax credits (EITCs) will help millions of workers and their families. We released a fact sheet explaining how state EITCs help build opportunities for people of color and women. We also   updated our backgrounder on what state tax dollars pay for.
Excerpt: State earned income tax credits (EITCs) help people of color and women struggling on low wages afford basic necessities and, studies suggest, contribute to their children's future success. Twenty-nine states plus the District of Columbia have enacted their own version of the federal EITC to help low-wage, working households meet basic needs.  State EITCs build on the success of the federal credit by keeping people on the job and further reducing hardship for working households and children. Because people of color and women are overrepresented in low-wage work, the state credits are also an important tool for advancing racial and gender equity.

Of Interest
Information from CDE
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 to this e-mail 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
You have received this message because you are subscribed to an e-mail list from the California Department of Education's Early Education and Support Division. To unsubscribe from this list, go to http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/emailindex.asp .

2018 Ballot - 12 Measures Certified
Secretary of State Alex Padilla Certifies Measures for the November 6, 2018 General Election Ballot

SACRAMENTO - Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced that 12 measures have qualified for the November 6, 2018, General Election ballot.  Three of the measures were placed on the ballot by the Legislature and nine qualified through the initiative process.

Initiatives are eligible to qualify for the ballot after proponents collect and submit valid petition signatures. Initiative statutes require 365,880 valid signatures and initiative constitutional amendments require 585,407 valid signatures. 

The signatures are collected by the proponents and submitted to county elections officials who then verify the signatures. Initiatives become eligible to qualify for the ballot through either a random sampling of signatures or a full check of signatures.
Ballot order and proposition numbers will be assigned and announced by close of business on June 29, 2018.

For more information on ballot measures, candidate filing requirements, and election deadlines, click here.
  1. Proposition 1 - SB 3 (Chapter 365, Statutes of 2017), Beall. Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018. 
  2. Proposition 2 -  AB 1827 (Chapter 41, Statutes of 2018), Committee on Budget. No Place Like Home Act of 2018.
  3. Proposition 3 - Authorizes Bonds to Fund Projects for Water Supply and Quality, Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Water Conveyance, and Groundwater Sustainability and Storage. Initiative Statute.
  4. Proposition 4 - Authorizes Bonds Funding Construction at Hospitals Providing Children's Health Care. Initiative Statute
  5.  Proposition 5 - Changes Requirements for Certain Property Owners to Transfer Their Property Tax Base to Replacement Property. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. 
  6.  Proposition 6 -  Eliminates Recently Enacted Road Repair and Transportation Funding by Repealing Revenues Dedicated for those Purposes. Requires any Measure to Enact Certain Vehicle Fuel Taxes and Vehicle Fees be Submitted to and Approved by the Electorate. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.  
  7. Proposition 7 - AB 807 (Chapter 60, Statutes of 2018), Chu. Daylight saving time. 
  8. Proposition 8 - Authorizes State Regulation of Kidney Dialysis Clinics. Limits Charges for Patient Care. Initiative Statute. 
  9. Proposition 9  - Removed by Order of the California Supreme Court. Division of California into Three States. Initiative Statute.
  10. Proposition 10 - Expands Local Governments' Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property. Initiative Statute.
  11. Proposition 11 - Requires Private-Sector Emergency Ambulance Employees to Remain on Call During Work Breaks. Changes Other Conditions of Employment. Initiative Statute.
  12. Proposition 12 - Establishes New Standards for Confinement of Certain Farm Animals; Bans Sale of Certain Non-Complying Products. Initiative Statute.  
Upcoming CAPPA Events 

CAPPA "Everything Fiscal" Training- this week!
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 and Reporting, CDE  CDNFS representatives will present a variety of fiscal topics affecting Alternative Payment contracts, including CalWORKs Stage 2, Stage 3 and CAPP. A wide variety of topics will be covered including the importance of reporting caseload and expenditure data accurately, how reported data affects projected earnings, payments and future year funding. Additionally, this presentation will include information about Assembly Bill 1106, including information regarding the new reporting procedures related to multiyear contracting for CAPP contracts. Whether the attendee is new to the agency or a seasoned accountant, everyone will benefit from this session. 
  • Fiscal Projections:
    Sean Tubridy, YMCA Childcare Resource Service; Beth Chiaro, Child Care Resource Center; Mindy Brown, Valley Oak Children's Services
    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.
     
  • Fiscal Q&A Session: This session is all about getting your fiscal questions answered!  This session will provide attendees the opportunity to get their questions answered, learn more about the topic as it relates to their circumstances and to get clarification.We ask that you submit your questions ahead of time so that we can plan this session and make it a valuable opportunity that will allow attendees to deepen their understanding of a specific topic. Please submit your fiscal questions to CAPPA.
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

The Network and CAPPA would like to give a BIG thank you to our 2018 Title Sponsor- MCT Technology!!



Registration:
The preliminary program and final conference registration form, including the ability to list all conferees individually and to select workshops, will be released this week!
We are still 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 sold out. If you are still in need of a room, please email  Danielle.

Partnership Information: 
The Network and CAPPA would like to thank all of our 2018 Conference Partners!  Click Here to for more details on each partner.

Exhibitor and Sponsor Information is still available!

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 August 2018:
Strategies for Teaching Young Dual Language Learners 
Carolyne Crolotte, Senior Policy Analyst, Early Edge California
The research base shows that attending to the social, emotional, and cognitive skills of dual language learners in early childhood enhances their schooling experiences. Instruction in oral language proficiency, vocabulary, and pre-literacy skills provides a strong foundation for later success. During this webinar, we will discuss why it is so crucial that educators understand how best to effectively support the home language so that early literacy can be fostered in the home as well as school.

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.