"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
Issue #39                                                         September 24, 2018  

We would like to give special recognition to MCT Technology  for their Title Sponsorship for our 2018 Joint Conference.  We are grateful for their partnership and continued support!



Registration Deadline is THIS Friday, September 28th!!  Attendance is projected to be over 650!
Register Online  HERE.   For more conference information and to see the Preliminary Workshop Program,  Click Here.  

Here is a highlight of just a few workshops that will be offered:
  • 12-Month Eligibility : One Year After Implementation (CDE)
  • 12-Month Eligibility: One Year Later (Agency Panel)
  • What's Trending for Children and Families in California?
  • Strength-Based Supervision - From Coaching to Team Building to Conflict Resolution
  • Provider Reimbursement Methods
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.
Over 75 plus workshops are scheduled.  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. 



Quick Links
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
September 2018 Featured Agency

 
was founded with a Child Care Resource & Referral grant in 1980 & serves as the only Alternative Payment (AP) provider agency administering Stages 1, 2 & 3, CalWORKs Child Care funds in San Joaquin County. R&R has become a leader in the region in improving the quality of care in Family Child Care Homes.
Click Here to read more.
EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
The CDE is pleased to announce the release of an Early Learning Career Lattice, which was recently approved by the State Advisory Council on Early Learning and Care at its June 20, 2018, meeting.
August 28, 2018
August 24, 2018
August 21, 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

Job Announcement Highlight
MCT Technology
We have a job opening for Infant Toddler Program Trainer / Director in Shanghai, China. Looking for someone who is interested in joining an extremely dynamic team to build an innovative national ECE model in the fastest growing economy. Salary: $70,000 - $85,000 (based on experience) + Equity Housing and Meals: Company paid Annual Travel: 2 x Round trip tickets between China and US

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.
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc.
International Institute Los Angeles


Children's Council of San Francisco

Receptionist
Community Child Care Coordinating Council (4Cs) of Alameda County
Announcements
CAPPA Member Benefits now available on the Members Only website:



NEW! CAPPA Member Benefit: Travel and Entertainment Discounts.
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Visit the CAPPA Member's Only website for more information on this program and others available 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.


How Does the Brain Grow Best? 
Windows of Opportunity & Developmentally Appropriate Practice Based on Neuroscience


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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 Legislation 
September 30 is the last day for the governor to sign or veto bills passed by the Legislature before September 1.  Bill enacted on or before this date become effective on January 1, 2019.

A couple pieces of highlighted legislation worthy of your consider include:

AB 60 (Santiago) - There is still time to communicate your support!   We know that families are more stable in their employment when they have stable child care. It is burdensome to require parents already deemed income eligible for child care to continually report and submit documents to caseworkers that in no way ought to jeopardize their eligibility. However, with our current set of regulations and requirements, parents that fail to provide ongoing paperwork attesting to their income are put in that position; and the agencies that fail to show collection of ongoing income documentation are in threat of being written up during an audit and/or performance review as a condition of their contract. 
STATUS:  ENROLLED

AB 605 (Mullin) -    This bill will allow a much needed birth-to-entering -first-grade license option for day care centers.  Further, this bill  will allow the Department of Social Services (DSS) to create an integrated child care facility license as an additional option that providers can choose when applying for or renewing their facility license. The addition of an integrated birth through entering first grade facility license option will allow child care and preschool providers the ability to implement the best practices around continuity of care when transitioning children, teachers and peers between age-specific classrooms. This integrated facility license option will also allow providers with federal contracts to more fully meet continuity of care regulations. AB 605 will also allow child care providers the ability to better manage their school year enrollment so that their facility can reach maximum utilization, thus serving more children and families. A single license option will reduce the administrative burden on severely underfunded child care centers and DSS so that they can both focus on providing a safe and healthy environment for California's children.   
STATUS:  Signed by the Governor!  Goes into effect January 1, 2019.

AB 2626 (Mullin) - RECOMMEND:  SUPPORT.  This bill will ensure more families have access to subsidized child care and early learning throughout the state by extending key flexibilities and efficiencies, already provided to 13 counties, statewide to all applicable early learning contracts.Specifically, AB 2626 wouldexpand age eligibility and remove restrictions for children who can be served in a California State Preschool Program, increase the State Median Income eligibility threshold in order to expand the number of working families who are eligible for services, increase the eligibility timeframe in order to allow stability and continuity of services for children and families, increase the utilization of available funding by allowing providers stability and continuity of services of enrollment of children and families, offer better workforce stability and quality by providing staff development opportunities, and provide flexibility in funding adjustments to allow contractors to better utilize available funding.    STATUS:  ENROLLED

November 6 is the General Election.

November 30 is the last day " sine die" of the 2017-18 session.

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 and the status. 

How to communicate a support or position on a bill sent to the governor?  
Communicating to Governor Brown about a support or oppose position on a piece of legislation is very simple.  
  • Click here to be directed to the page Contact the Governor
  • Scroll down to where it says Email the Governor
  • Fill out the requested information
  • Where it notes PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR SUBJECT, click on the down arrow and scroll down to the specific piece of legislation you are taking a position; you will be directed to the next page wherein you note either a Con or Pro position, then space to write your email.  Once completed, simply push send.
Federal 
September 18, 2018 - The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) released its The People's Budget: A Roadmap for the Resistance for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, which calls for large increases in spending but enough new revenue to both offset that spending and put debt on a downward path as a share of the economy. 

(Excerpt) - The largest spending increases in the CPC budget would come from areas like infrastructure ($2 trillion), universal child care ($1 trillion), and refinancing student loans while increasing college subsidies ($449 billion). In addition, the CPC plan would increase non-defense discretionary (NDD) spending by about $2.5 trillion over ten years ($1.5 trillion above post-sequester levels), which would allow for spending increases in a number of programs. Finally, the budget would expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) by roughly doubling the latter and nearly doubling the former for parents with young children. The budget also includes other smaller spending increases, such as $12 billion of funding to research transitioning to a state-based single-payer health system and $15 billion for an initiative to end family homelessness.

Information from our partners
 Getting Down to Facts II (GDTF II) is released  This major PreK-12 education report, produced by leading education policy researchers across the country, reveals that California has made improvements due to recent reforms, but that major system-wide funding challenges and significant gaps in student achievement remain.

Students appear to be benefiting from the state's 2013 overhaul of public school funding, CALmatters Ricardo Cano reports. But California's attempts to close the achievement gap still lag most of the nation because so many kids here are behind from the first day of school.

That takeaway is most likely to get lawmakers' attention in a massive 10-year research effort into socioeconomic disparities in California's school system.
  • Getting Down To Facts II-36 studies and 19 briefs by more than 100 authors-finds Gov. Jerry Brown was right to target extra state dollars to schools with the greatest concentration of needy students.
  • But Brown's reforms aren't enough because so many kids are in low-income homes where families don't speak English.
The recommendation : Mega investment in early childhood education.
  • Nine out of 10 kids attend kindergarten. But only about half of the state's 4-year-olds and about a fifth of 3-year-olds are in a public preschool or federally funded Head Start, the National Institute for Early Education Research  reports.
The hitch: California would have to increase K-12 funding by about a third for all of the state's 6.2 million students to meet current state standards-an estimated $22 billion, the report finds.

Input provide by CALmatters.
New data out today from the U.S. Census Bureau show that progress for low-income Americans came to a near halt during the first year of the Trump Administration, in sharp contrast to previous years of progress. In 2017, the poverty rate fell slightly to 12.3 percent and the number of people in poverty was statistically unchanged from 2016, compared to the substantial decline in poverty in the previous two years (from 14.8
percent in 2014 to 13.5 percent in 2015 and 12.7 percent in 2016). While median household income rose for all households-at a far lower rate than in previous years-the improvement was concentrated among those in the top half of incomes
After several years of lower poverty rates, higher income, and broader health coverage, gains slowed - and  in some cases stalled  - in the states in 2017, new Census data show. For example, fewer states reduced their share of people below the federal poverty line (about $25,000 for a family of four), according to  new state data  from the American Community Survey. Because policy decisions affect whether people get a real shot at economic opportunity and communities thrive, states should do what they can to reverse the decline in progress.

Today's data show that:
  • Poverty fell in 21 states in 2017 and rose in two (Delaware and West Virginia), compared to 2016 when it fell in 25 states and rose in just one.
  • Child poverty, in particular, fell in 16 states in 2017, compared with 23 in 2016. It rose in one state, New Hampshire. (See chart.)
  • Fewer states saw incomes rise, likely due in part to a  slowdown in employment gains, and income gains were not shared equally across racial and ethnic groups, as I've explained.
It's finally here! The 2018 Benchmark Survey includes the voices of hundreds of child care directors and owners across North America. The report helps leaders to assess their performance relative to their peer group, as well as provide forward-looking insight into growth plans and outlook for the coming year. This year's survey is more comprehensive and packed with more valuable insights than ever, including:
  • Expanded review of trends in Early Education
  • Comparisons to previous Benchmark responses
  • Breakdowns by profit status and location
  • And much more!
Once you have read the report, let us know your thoughts and questions. Email us at  research@himama.com, or tweet at  @HiMamaSocial with the   #childcarebenchmark hashtag.


The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Sponsor and Provider Characteristics Study is focused on the child care component of the CACFP. This component of the CACFP provides funding for meals and snacks served to children in:
  • public or private child care centers,
  • Head Start and Early Head Start Programs,
  • outside school hours child care centers,
  • afterschool programs,
  • emergency shelters (Homeless Shelters) and
  • child care homes.
The Study also covered the At-Risk Afterschool component of the CACFP, which provides funding for meals served to children and youth through 18 years of age in low-resource communities.  Click here for file upload.

Amp Up Your Advocacy with Our New
Webinar Series! 

The Child Care Works team is excited to announce it's first-ever advocacy webinar series! This fall, we will bringing you a series of seven webinars covering a variety of advocacy-related topics, from storytelling to social media.
Even if you are busy during the webinars themselves, registering will give you access to the webinar recording and resources:
Of Interest
Blue Ribbon Commission
Hello Blue Ribbon Commission Community!
 
Please save the date for our next Assembly Blue Ribbon Commission hearing in Long Beach, CA. This will be our final hearing before moving into our draft recommendations and final report in spring 2019. Throughout the development of our final work, we will be holding public hearings in Sacramento to discuss recommendations and take public comment.
 
What: 
Assembly Blue Ribbon Commission on early childhood education hearing
When:
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 1:00pm
Topic:
Opportunity for All our Young Learners and their Families (L.A. Focus)
Where:
Long Beach City College
Trustees Boardroom (building T on map)
4901 East Carson Street
 Long Beach, CA 95808
Parking: Parking Structure J, Lot K or Lot N.

As always, there will be time allotted at the end of the hearing for public testimony. Check our website for further updates, including agenda, as we get closer to the hearing: https://speaker.asmdc.org/blue-ribbon-commission-early-childhood-education .
 
Thank you,
Stacey Reardon
Speaker Anthony Rendon
(916) 319-2063 office
(916) 319-2163 fax
Information from CDE

This is a message from the California Department of Education (CDE), Early Education and Support Division (EESD).

Dear Executive Directors of Child Care and Development Programs:
 
The Child Development and Nutrition Fiscal Services (CDNFS) Office is forwarding you a copy of the "2018-19 Child Care and Development Contract Changes." This letter details information important to all agencies that contract with the California Department of Education to provide child care and development services. Topics include changes to the Standard Reimbursement Rates, adjustment factor updates, Regional Market Rate reimbursement ceilings, commingling transitional kindergarten children with children enrolled in the State Preschool program, attendance and fiscal reporting, among others. Click here to read the letter and is also posted on the CDNFS webpage at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/cd/index.asp.
 
If you have any questions regarding this subject please contact your assigned fiscal analyst.
 
Sincerely,
 
Andrea M. Johnson, Manager
Child Development and Nutrition Fiscal Services
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite # 2213
Sacramento, CA 95814-5901
Phone: 916-324-6562
Fax: 916-322-6050
Save the Date!

This notice informs EESD contractors of key SAVE THE DATE events:  
  1. The Continued Funding Applications (CFAs) will be released on September 6, 2018. Please note this date has changed from prior years.
  • The EESD will host a webinar on September 18, 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 late-October 2018. Please note this
             date has changed from the previous Save the Date.
  • The EESD will host a webinar in early November 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 late-October 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 


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



Registration Deadline is THIS Friday, September 28th!!
Register Online  HERE.

For more conference information and to see the Preliminary Workshop Program,   Click Here.  

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 September 2018:
How Does the Brain Grow Best?
Windows of Opportunity & Developmentally Appropriate Practice Based on Neuroscience
Christine Roberts, Founder, Nurturing Pathways®
Babies are born learning. The more they are held, nurtured, and stimulated by language, movement and play in the first three years of life, the better their brains will be for the rest of their lives. Eighty percent of the basic brain architecture is wired by age 3. During this webinar, we will discuss why a high-quality interactive relationship between a child and their early caregivers and teachers is vital to making the most out of this developmental phase.

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.