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Happening this week
CAPPA advocates will continue their meetings with legislators. If you want to make sure that your elected official is followed up with or you have specific agency/center related information that you would like presented to either your elected senator or assemblymember, send us an email. To watch any of the Assembly or Senate floor or committee hearings, go to
California:
- ASM Floor Session on Thursday
- IMPORTANT HEARING!! Wednesday, March 20th-Joint hearing of the ASM Budget Subcommittee 1 (Mitchell) on Health and Human Services & ASM Budget Subcommittee 2 (Bonilla) on Education. Focus of the hearing is child care. The hearing will begin at 1:30 pm.
- SEN Floor Session on Wednesday
- IMPORTANT HEARING!! Thursday, March 21st-SEN Budget Subcommittee 2 on Health and Human Services to discuss CalWORKs, CalFresh and State Hearings
- March 21, 2013 SEN Education Committee to discuss Governor's 203-14 Budget Proposals: K-12 Education California Department of Education
- NOTE: SENATE & ASSEMBLY IN RECESS FROM MARCH 21 - APRIL 1, 2013
- Scheduled for this week:
- Tuesday, March 19th from 9:00am-9:30am
CAPPA Member's Only Insights & Advocacy Calls: Sequestration: How Will California Be Impacted? with Mary Beth Salomone Testa, Policy Director, Early Care and Education Consortium
Register Here (This is a CAPPA Member Benefit-you must be a CAPPA member to register)
- Wednesday. March 21, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, California Health Benefit Exchange Board
- UPCOMING HEARINGS TO CALENDAR
- April 3, ASM Budget Subcommittee 1 (Mitchell) on Health and Human Services
- Topics: CalFRESH and Department of Social Services
- April 4, SEN Budget Subcommittee 3 (DeSaulnier) on Health and Human Services
- Topic: Medi-Cal streamlining and expansion
- April 11, SEN Budget Subcommittee 3 (DeSaulnier) on Health and Human Services
- Topic: Community Care Licensing
- April 29, ASM Budget Subcommittee 1 (Mitchell) on Health and Human Services
- Topics: Affordable Care Act (ACA) & Medi-Cal expansion
- May 1, ASM Budget Subcommittee 1 (Mitchell) on Health and Human Services
- May 2, SEN Budget Subcommittee 1 (Liu) on Education
- Topics: Child care and preschool
- May 2, SEN Budget Subcommittee 3 (DeSaulnier) on Health and Human Services
- Topic: Medi-Cal expansion and streamlining
- May 7, ASM Budget Subcommittee 2 (Bonilla) on Education
Legislation on our radar:
- AB 191 - CalFRESH Categorical Eligibility
- AB 197 - CalWORKs eligibility; asset limits: vehicles
- AB 260 - Individualized county child care subsidy plans
- AB 271 - CalWORKs eligibility
- AB 273 - Child care and development services
- AB 274 - Child care and development services: alternative payment programs
- AB 290 - Child day care: childhood nutrition training
- AB 641 - Child Care: Family child care providers: bargaining representatives
- AB 812 - Child care contracts
- AB 1152 - Categorical funding: CalSAFE
- SB 192 - Child care: early learning and school support resources
- SB 223 - Education finance: Maximum categorical funding flexibility
CAPPA's public policy committee is analyzing the above amongst a much broader list.
Noteworthy
Adding their name to the list of entities saying no to the realignment of child care and other social services as part of the health care expansion proposals, see below:
Urban county caucus, Health Care Reform - Motion Adopted
"UCC supports the statewide expansion of Medi-Cal under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). UCC is opposed to the realignment of child care and other social services programs as part of the state-based option but is open to discussing other financing arrangements that would start in 2017 when federal funding is reduced by 5%. Counties are committed to implementing and being partners with the state on this important expansion."
UCC Board Members
Supervisor John Moorlach (Chair) Orange
Supervisor Federal Glover (Vice Chair) Contra Costa
Supervisor Greg Cox San Diego
Supervisor Ken Yeager Santa Clara
Supervisor Keith Carson Alameda
Supervisor Don Knabe Los Angeles
Supervisor John Benoit Riverside
Supervisor Susan Peters Sacramento
Supervisor Josie Gonzales San Bernardino
Supervisor Eric Mar San Francisco
Supervisor Carole Groom San Mateo
Supervisor Kathy Long Ventura
Federal:
Sequestration - Do we know how our programs will be impacted by enactment of the automatic federal cuts?
In communications with the California Department of Education and our federal partners, unfortunately the impact is still unclear.
According to CDE, "...the piece of th federal grant that may be impacted is he Discretionary post of the Child Care Development Fund. That is about 1/2 of the federal funding."
From our federal partners, the following links are helpful:
Worth Reading:
Note: For this legislative cycle, early care and education are not being viewed on their own. Rather they are being viewed from the perspective of the Medi-Cal expansion, and in the broader context of being threaded with other programs. For our field to be strategic in positioning itself in this broader discussion, we must all understand the parts. The reading above will help understand the other programs being discussed with child care and the interaction of all.
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CDE Requests Information on Impact of Family Fees
Change of report submission due date to April 1st 2013.
On August 9, 2012, the CDD issued Management Bulletin 12-12 to all Executive Officers and Program Directors of California State Preschool Programs, requesting information on the number of families and children affected due to the introduction of the family fee to the part-day preschools.
As CDE staff prepare for legislative hearings, it is critical that we obtain accurate data on the full impact of SB 1016 funding reductions.
If you have not yet submitted this information for the second reporting period, which was from November 1, 2012, to February 28, 2013, please do so immediately using the data reporting form provided in MB 12-12. If you did not submit these data because your agency would be reporting all zeros (did not have any affected children or families due to the introduction of family fee for the reporting period), we request you still fill out the reporting form indicating such and submit it.
Please note that the submission due date for the second report has been changed and advanced to April 1st, 2013.
If you have already reported this information to the CDD, thank you.
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CAPPA, Children's Foundation and Save Child Care Events
CAPPA Statewide Meeting-April 16, 2013
Sierra Health Foundation, Sacramento
This event is not to be missed and will be a great opportunity for you to gain a better understanding of these emerging issues!
Kicking off the day, we have staff from the Public Policy Institute of California who will be sharing findings from two of their recently released reports focusing on Realignment of Social Services and Health Care. Following this presentation, we will have a focused and detailed informational on Medi-Cal Expansion, an Overview of the Affordable Care Act and the Vision of The California Health Benefit Exchange. For the afternoon, our expert panel will discuss issues that are on the horizon for our families and children.
Topics of the day to include:
- Findings from the Public Policy Institute's recently released reports on Realignment
of Social Services and Health Care - The Medi-Cal Expansion: What Does It Mean For California's Families
- How do our stakeholder partners weigh in on the realignment for child care with the Medi-Cal expansion
- Vision of the California Health Benefit Exchange
- The Issues That Are On The Horizon For Our Families and Children
Confirmed Presenters Include:
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Ted Lempert, President; Children Now-JUST ADDED!
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Kim Kruckel, Executive Director; Child Care Law Center-JUST ADDED!
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Caroline Danielson, Research Fellow; Public Policy Institute of California
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Shannon McConville, Research Associate; Public Policy Institute of California
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Diane Stanton, Special Consultant for External Affairs; Covered California
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Vanessa Cajina, Legislative Advocate; Western Center on Law and Poverty
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Cathy Senderling-McDonald, Deputy Executive Director; County Welfare Director's Association
Sponsor This Event
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2013 CAPPA and the Network's Joint Annual Conference in Sacramento!
 
CAPPA is pleased to announce that we will be partnering with the California Resource and Referral Network to deliver a joint 2013 Annual Conference!
- The 2013 Call For Presentations for the joint CAPPA/Network Conference is available Here
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Back by Popular Demand!
The Child Development Webinar Series- ALL NEW FOR 2013!
The CAPPA Children's Foundation has developed a series of cutting edge trainings for 2013- all for one low price per center or program location. There is no limit to the number of people from your center who can attend the webinar series and be connected without ever leaving your location. This is a fabulous opportunity to train your ENTIRE staff and secure professional credit hours on the most requested child care topics for 2013 at an affordable price in an incredibly convenient format.
Click Here to see more details and to register for the 2013 Series.
The 2010, 2011 & 2012 series are still available for purchase. Please email CAPPA, for more information.
Interested in sponsoring the 2013 Webinar Series? Click here for more information.
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Donate to CAPPA and Save Child Care
CAPPA is committed to continuing to advocate against the devastating cuts proposed by Governor Brown, provide support and training opportunities in addition to keeping the field updated on important and timely information via Save Child Care but we need your help.
We are asking for a donation to help us continue this important work- any amount is welcome. Together, we have united and have been successful in getting our message heard that families cannot work and be self sufficient without quality child care. Further, we have been on the front lines fighting to bring recognition of the needs of families, children, providers and the importance of the work that community based agencies and organizations do that serve low-income working families and children every day.
Thank you for considering this opportunity to partner with CAPPA and Save Child Care.
Click Here for the Donation Request Form
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CAPPA Children's Foundation Mission Statement
The CAPPA Children's Foundation is dedicated to supporting the families and children of California through education, training and research.
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