Foster Bridge Navigator Learning Community June 5, 2020 10:00 – 11:00

Date Today’s Topics

– Welcome and Introductions – Hot Topics to Discuss – Navigating and COVID-19 – how is it changing? – Using Protective Factors in your Work – Announcements/Sharing

This webinar is being recorded

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Questions from Last Call

– Request from DSS to roll over funds to the next fiscal year was not approved, no rollover this year.

– Navigator funds and training funds should align with the goals of the program.

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Guidance in May 4 ACWDL

– Provides a little flexibility to the 12-month limit. Counties have the flexibility to count months of non-use or not. If a Bridge Program voucher is scheduled to expire (either at the 6- or 12-month limit) during this emergency period, counties have the discretion to extend voucher services for an additional 60 days. This flexibility is in place until June 30, 2020, or when the State of Emergency has officially ended, whichever is earlier. When the family secures a long-term child care placement, the Bridge Program voucher shall be terminated.

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Moving Towards - Reopening

– CDC Says Face Coverings Remain Key – Keeping track of local ordinances – California retailers open for in-store shopping – California places of worship to reopen to a max of 100 people or 25 percent of normal capacities; – California offices spaces can reopen, but telework remains strongly encouraged. – More than 230,000 unemployment claims came from California this past week.

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Moving Towards - Reopening

– When will schools reopen? Late July? Still more than 6 weeks away. – Connection with school age program in your area – do you know what their plans are? – Adapting, Evolving, & Thriving Tools to Evolve Your COVID-19 Child Care Strategy – Agency or Hub Preventive Health Practices Training related to COVID-19 for staff

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Protective Factor – Parental Resilience

– Over the past month, have you observed new ways that people are helping each other?

– Have you tried something new to help yourself to deal with stress effectively?

– Staying strong during times of crisis can be challenging. What new information do you need to know so that you can feel strong during these times?

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Building Resilience in Troubled Times: A Guide for Parents

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Protective Factor – Conctete Support in Times of Need

– Have the top three things you, your agency, families and providers need to know, changed over the past month? How?

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network California food program

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network California food program

California is issuing one-time food credits of up to $365 per child to help qualifying families get through the coronavirus outbreak. The Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer card, or P-EBT, from the Department of Social Services is an emergency disaster benefit that can be used to buy food and groceries, including online at Walmart and Amazon.The first cards arrived last week for families receiving CalFresh, Medi-Cal or foster care benefits as a supplement to their EBT card. The second phase, which starts Friday, requires low-income families to apply at https://ca.p-ebt.org/

– The deadline to apply is June 30.

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Helping Your Child Cope with Media Coverage of Community Racial Trauma: Tips for Parents

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Protective Factor – Social Connections

– Share any new groups or ideas that you have tried at work, home or in your community to stay connected.

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Resources

– Kidsdata.org Children with Adverse Experiences (Parent Reported) – Teaching Tolerance – Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race – Liz Kleinrock: How Can We Broach Hard Conversations With Kids, From Race To COVID-19? – 31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance – Becoming Upended: Teaching and Learning about Race and Racism with Young Children and Their Families

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Resources

– Kidsdata.org Children with Adverse Experiences (Parent Reported) – Child Care Aware Helping Children Cope with Trumatic Events – Help for Parents, Hope for Kids http://www.helpandhope.org/Coronavirus/default.asp – Soul Pancake For Those Feeling Lonely, This Could Be the Antidote – Big & Mini Bridging generations to make people smile: bigandmini.org

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Coming Together: Standing Up To Racism - A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall For Kids and Families

Hosted by CNN’s Van Jones and Erica Hill, along with Sesame Street’s Big Bird and friends, on Saturday, June 6 at 10 a.m. ET on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español CNN and Sesame Street join once again this Saturday for a new Town Hall to help kids and families discuss racism and the protests taking place nationwide, build empathy and embrace diversity. The hour-long special, Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism, will be hosted by CNN commentator Van Jones and CNN anchor Erica Hill, along with Sesame Street’s Big Bird, on Saturday, June 6 at 10 a.m. ET on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español. Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism will also include Sesame Street Muppets Abby Cadabby, Elmo and his dad Louie, Gabrielle and Rosita, alongside cast members Roscoe Orman and Sonia Manzano, and Sesame Workshop Senior Vice President of U.S. Social Impact Dr. Jeanette Betancourt. The special will stream live without requiring a log-in on CNN.com’s homepage and across mobile devices via CNN’s apps for iOS and Android. It can also be viewed on CNNgo (at CNN.com/go on your desktop, smartphone and iPad, and via CNNgo apps for Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast and Android TV), and will be available on demand to subscribers via cable/satellite systems, CNNgo platforms and CNN mobile apps.

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network “When everything seems to be against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” ― Henry Ford

Thank you for joining us and have a great month! Kelly Graesch, Director of Member Services

California Child Care Resource & Referral Network