CAPPA Monday e-Newsletter
Issue: #9
March 2, 2015
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Announcements!
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Job Opportunities: 


 

The Resource Connection, Calaveras 

 

 
Community Resources for Children, Napa
 

 

- Children's Council San Francisco
 

 

 

Does your organization have a job opening you would like to add here. Please contact

CAPPA.

 

Format to raise questions

 

CAPPA is partnering with the Early Education Support Division (EESD) to respond to your questions.

 

Every month CAPPA's CEO will discuss with Deborah McMannis, Director. 

 

Do you have a question that you would like brought up during this conversation, email CAPPA. 
 

Recent CDE MBs & Updates
 

 


 

 

MB 14-14 - RMR Notification

 

MB 14-13 - Repeal of 11 & 12 year old reporting

 

MB 14-12 - Preschool Program Expansion Funds

 

2014/15 Attendance and Fiscal Reporting Forms

 

 MB; 14-11:DRDP Implementation

 

MB 14-09:  Superseded by MB 14-11

 

 MB 14-08:Repeal of family fee

  

To see more click here.

 

 

 


What's Happening

California
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The Assembly has introduced 1504 Assembly Bills and the Senate has introduced 793 Senate Bills.  Some of the bills introduced that may be of an interest to our field are noted below.
 

Hearings (To watch go to www.calchannel.com)
 

Budget Update-

Both the Senate and the Assembly have completed their first hearings on the Governor's proposed 2015-16 budget.  Next step will be for each budget committee to begin the process wherein the respective issue specific subcommittees begin their hearings.

 

Assembly

Assembly Floor Hearings- Monday and Thursday
 

Upcoming Hearings of Interest (All are noted in the Assembly Daily File):

  • March 18 @ 3:00 pm: Budget Sub 1 Health & Human Services: DSS: Community Care Licensing
     
  • April 14 @ 9:00 am - Joint Hearing Budget Sub. 1 on Health & Human Services and Sub 3 on Education Finance - Child Care and Early Childhood Education
 Below are Assembly Bills (AB) of interest.  If you have a sample letter or coalition letter to link with a bill below, forward to CAPPA.

Below are Senate Bills (SB) of interest.  If you have a sample letter or coalition letter to link with a bill below, forward to CAPPA.
 

Upcoming hearings of Interest (All are noted in Senate Daily File):

  • March 4 @ 10:00 am - Budget & Fiscal Review: Oversight Hearing: Perspectives on California's Child Care & Development System 
  • March 10 @ 1:30 pm - Joint Hearing Human Services and Budget & Fiscal Review CMTE 3 on Health & Human Services:  SUBJECT:  Welfare to Work: Oversight of California's CalWORKs Program
      
  • March 24 - SEN Human Services Cmte: Bill(s) to be heard: SB 23
     
  • March 26 @ 9:30 am - SEN Budget Sub 3 on Health & Human
    Services:  Budget hearing on DSS including CalWORKs
     
  • April 16 @ 9:30 am - Joint heairng on DSS: CalWORKs - Child Care
Federal 
From the Administration for Children & Families Office of Child Care

 

We would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the public comment period for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Plan for States and Territories for fiscal year (FY) 2016-2018 (ACF-118) will close in less than 2 weeks. The Office of Child Care (OCC) has been granted an emergency clearance for the FY 2016-2018 CCDF State/Territory Plan Preprint, and this emergency clearance provides for a single 30-day comment period ending on March 2, 2015.

 

The FY 2016-2018 CCDF State/Territory Plan Preprint can be reviewed via this Web site. For instructions on how to comment, please see the Federal Register notice


Partnership Opportunity

Please join our friends at California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) for their annual Legislative Day  on March 4 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 1209 L St, Sacramento, CA 95814. Their

Legislative Day is an opportunity for advocates and parents to engage with state legislators on high-quality early learning in California and there is no cost to attend. Early Edge California is a proud co-sponsor of the legislative reception at the close of Legislative Day, and we hope you will also join us, and providers and partners, there. Register today! 

You will not want to miss this opportunity to:

  • Participate in small-group visits with state legislators
  • Learn about innovations in early learning taking place throughout California
  • Meet and network with other early learning advocates
Legislative Day is a part of the 2015 Conference and Expo: Early Care and Education at the Crossroads - Awareness, Advocacy & Action between March 4 - 7 at the Sacramento Convention Center. This is an important conversation for parents, teachers, and administrators to discuss engaging policymakers about the critical importance of early childhood education. Come participate in workshops, network, and advocate! 
 

IMPORTANT DATES OCCURRING DURING 2015/16 SESSION


 

Mar. 26 Spring recess begins

Apr. 6 Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess

May 1 Last day for policy committees to hear and report bills for referral to fiscal committees

May 15 Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the Floor non fiscal bills

May 22 Last day for polity committees to meet prior to June 8

May 29 Last day for fiscal committee to hear and report bills to the Floor.  Last day for fiscal committee to meet prior to June 8

June 1-5 Floor Session Only

June 5 Last day to pass bills out of the house of origin

June 8 Committee meetings resume

June 15 Budget Bill must be passed by midnight

July 17 Last day for policy committees to meet and report bills.  Summer recess begins

Aug. 17 Legislation reconvenes from Summer recess

Aug. 28 Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills to the floor

Aug. 1 - Sept 11 Floor Session only

Sept. 4 Last day to amend on the Floor

Sept. 11 Last day for any bill to be passed

Oct. 11 Last day for Governor to sign or veto any bills passed by the Legislature on or before Sept. 11 and in the Governor's possession after Sept. 11

 

Superintendent Tom Torlakson's office - Calendar of events

 

ARTICLES, REPORTS AND OTHER NOTEWORTHY READINGS

 

We developed "CCDF State Plan - What Californians Need to Know to Comment" to help attorneys, advocates and direct services staff submit comments directly to the Department of Education about the Child Care and Development Fund State Plan.


The recently reauthorized CCDF promises significant advancements in child care eligibility, health and safety, consumer education, quality, and reaching underserved populations. You have expertise on issues and about your clients that can help ensure the State Plan realizes its potential. We hope you will submit comments to the California Department of Education regarding its CCDF State Plan.


Thank you for all your work on behalf of low-income families.

Please contact Anna Levine, Senior Staff Attorney at [email protected] if you need more information.


Best,


The Staff of the Child Care Law Center

Opportunity for field to provide input to CDE on development of State Plan

 

The California Department of Education has been designated in state law to be the lead agency that is responsible for administering the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) in California and, therefore, is required to submit the CCDF State Plan. As part of the State Plan preparation process, the CDE will hold Topical Input Sessions in order for the public to comment on the provision of child care services and quality improvement activities under the Plan before it is submitted to the federal government. The Topical Input Sessions will be held at the:

 

URL:  http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/ccdftopicalinput.asp

 

California Department of Education

1430 N Street

Sacramento, CA 95814-5901

 

Below is the date for the public hearing on the State Plan

 

Friday, April 3, 2015

1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Both meetings will be held at the:
 

 Location:  

California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Room 1101
Sacramento, CA 95814-5901 

 

To read more on the State Plan, click here.


CAPPA and Children's Foundation Events

 

 
 

Save the Date!
CAPPA Children's Foundation
Regional Technical Assistance Trainings 2015

Additional dates and locations will be added.

*April 30, 2015- San Luis Obispo
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo, Inc.
1030 Southwood Drive
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Hosted by Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo, Inc.


 

*May 7, 2015-
South 
Lake Tahoe

El Dorado County Library - South Lake Tahoe Branch

1000 Rufus Allen Blvd
South Lake Tahoe 96150


Hosted by Choices for Children, Lake Tahoe


 

*May 12, 2015- Napa
Napa Valley Community Foundation

3299 Claremont Way, Suite 2
Napa, CA


Hosted by Community Resources for Children Napa, North Coast Opportunities, Inc. and Valley Oak Children's Services

Planned topics to include:
  • How Agencies are working with the management bulletins/what program changes are being implemented
  • Casework best practices for: Appeals, Documenting case notes and correspondence
  • CDE reporting & projections
  • CAPPA Advocacy Update

Registration coming soon!


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The 2015 Child Development
Webinar Series

 

 

Build or Add to Your Center Resource Library!
 

This is Your Opportunity to Receive Professional Development in a Format Convenient to You. 


 


 

 

The CAPPA Children's Foundation has developed an all NEW series of cutting edge trainings for 2015- all for one low price per center or program location. This is the 6th year of this webinar series, and all past series have received widespread praise and now you can benefit in 2015!  Sign up now to secure 12 months of diverse trainings that can be delivered at any time that meets the needs of your centers, teachers, and your community.  When you sign up for a webinar, you will receive a CD copy of each webinar.  CD's have unlimited use and can be used by an unlimited amount of staff.  Build your resource library and have staff check it out at their convenience- no need to all be in the same room.  

 

Click Here to see more details and to register for the all new 2015 series.


 

March 2015 Webinar:
Building Positive Relationships with Children and Families 
Jamie Apostol, Departments of Human Development & Family and Consumer Sciences, CSULB
This webinar will highlight many of the underlying reasons children may engage in conflictual behavior in the classroom and strategies on how to deal with the issues as they arise. We will discuss children's personalities, gender, and special needs and practical ways educators can directly and indirectly resolve the conflicts children may have with each other or with teachers using the preschool classroom and curriculum as a way to promote conflict resolution.

  


The 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 series are still available for purchase.  Purchase the 2010, 2011 and 2012 webinar CDs for 50% off!!

Please email CAPPA for more information.

 

 

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