“Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"Join CAPPA Today!Your membership in CAPPA is one of the best investments you can make in your business. Don't wait another minute! Join or renew today and take advantage of all the benefits of membership. Lend your voice to CAPPA's advocacy and get first-hand information about the state of child care issues in California. As we enter FY 2022-23, these times of uncertainty have become our new normal. However, this new normal has also created an opportunity for us to shine as strong community partners ready to receive and serve the needs of California’s most fragile constituents. Once thought of as only supporting the child care needs of families, we now must command the stage and demonstrate our capacity to support family needs in so many more areas. The lift and shift of our programs from the California Department of Education to the California Department of Social Services (DSS) has been jarring. However, it also has resulted in all of us pulling closer together and supporting each other like never before. To support us maneuvering this uncertainty, we asked of our CAPPA team to be available, to be flexible, and simply to be there when needed. With all of us moving in the same direction, we have cemented CAPPA as the go to resource for not only each agency to rely, but also for DSS, legislators and other vested stakeholders. During this last year, the COVID pandemic continued to force agencies to face a dizzying number of changes from stipend reimbursements to shifts in re/certification understandings and supporting stable reimbursements to providers during very unstable times. The unionization of family child care providers layered on another challenge for our members but has also created the opportunity to come together to create a forum of conversation. The pace of Child Care Bulletins and budget changes has been relentless, however as a field we have pushed forward with changes and implementations all the while being accountable stewards of the dollars invested with us. Organizationally, I am proud to report that CAPPA has never been stronger. Our membership is growing and thriving. Further, over 72 percent of the current AP programs in this state are actively involved in CAPPA at either the board or committee level. This means that CAPPA truly only acts on behalf and with the input of its membership. CAPPA is a membership driven/membership accountable organization and we take that very seriously. Last year our field received over 65,000 new voucher slots and are poised to see an additional 36,000. The conversations about supporting whole family/whole child will take hold within DSS and within the legislature. Our time to shine is within our reach. And it is my hope that you join us in making us shine as brightly as we can. To help support our positioning and continued member supports as well as to increase our presence on social media and amongst legislators, we are implementing an across the board 10 percent increase. This is the first time in over 12 years that CAPPA has increased dues. CAPPA will continue to put out the CAPPA Monday Morning e-newsletter50 weeks per year. That circulation has grown to over 7,200 per week. We have developed an expansive website dedicated to supporting our field with up-to-date information on coalition advocacy partnership opportunities, budget and legislation, agency best practices, and more. We secured a first-class public relations firm to help lift with the need to build field capacity and secure changes that help support the families that we serve. And we have finally brought to the table the employers of California supporting our efforts of recognizing that the availability and accessibility to stable child care is integral to businesses and a robust economy. We have heard from you that it is critical that there continue to be a weekly space where all of us can come together and have honest conversation. The Tuesday afternoon calls are now a mainstay and will continue moving forward. Further, DSS has appointed a staff person to be accountable to agencies and who now will be participating in many of our calls. Given the number of programs in California and the numbers of families that are served by our programs, it is vitally important that CAPPA continue to strengthen its voice for our programs as they currently exist and expand into the conversations where we have the infrastructure to support more coordinated whole family supports. To help ensure CAPPA and its members continue to maximize services to families and child care providers, renewal of your membership is key. With your continued support CAPPA will continue to deliver all of the above in addition to:
On behalf of the CAPPA Board of Directors, we ask that you join us again to support CAPPA with your membership and your participation. The real strength of CAPPA comes from a membership that is united and a strong voice that reflects our community realities and diversities. Thank you for all you do to lift up your communities! Membership Types Agency: Affiliates:
2022-2023 Affiliate Application Center: Individual: 2022-2023 Individual Application Become a MemberTo become a CAPPA Member and be a part of a worthwhile and meaningful association, please complete the application for your membership type. For questions regarding membership or how to complete the form, please contact Danielle Metzger, at [email protected] or
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