SEPECC Meeting 9:30 Funding Update 9:35 Advocacy Skill Building - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

* QUESTIONS FOR SPEAKERS CAN BE SHARED IN ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS: * WHEN THE CALL BEGINS PARTICIPANTS THE CHAT BOX. WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE MUTED. * THIS MEETING WILL BE RECORDED, THE * DON’T FORGET TO SIGN IN BY PUTTING YOUR NAME RECORDING WILL BE AVAILABLE AND PROGRAM IN THE CHAT BOX. AT WWW.FIRSTUP.ORG/COVID-19 BY END OF DAY. Agenda: 9:00 Welcome + OCDEL & ELRC Updates SEPECC Meeting 9:30 Funding Update 9:35 Advocacy Skill Building Tuesday, June 23, 2020 9:55 Planning for Reopen 10:15 Community Partner Updates 10:30 Future SEPECC Planning 10:35 Self-Care Moment 10:40 Wrap Up Meeting will begin in : 10:45 – 11:15 Break Out Groups

KAREN GRIMM-THOMAS C-KGRIMMTH@PA.GOV DIANE GETZINGER - PHILADELPHIA DGETZINGER@CARINGPEOPLEALLIANCE.ORG Updates from ANGIE SOMOGYI – BUCKS ASOMOGYI@CSCINC.ORG OCDEL and BETSY VASSALLO – CHESTER BVASSALLO@PHMC.ORG ELRCs MAGGIE JOHNSON – MONTGOMERY MJOHNSON2@MONTCOPA.ORG TAMMY JOLAOSO – DELAWARE TJOLAOSO@PHMC.ORG

ELRC UPDATES AND CARES CONTACT INFO Region 15 – Delaware County Region 18 – Philadelphia County Preferred Method : e-mail to Preferred Method : e-mail to elrc15caegrants@phmc.org ELRC18providers@caringpeoplealliance.org Payment Date : Between June 22 and June 30, 2020 Payment Date : June 30, 2020 Questions : Diane Getzinger, (267) 504-4179 or Questions : Tammy Jolaoso (267) 773-4400 dgetzinger@caringpeoplealliance.org Region 16 – Bucks County Region 19 – Chester County Preferred Method : e-mail to elrc16@cscinc.org Preferred Method : e-mail to ELRC19Grants@phmc.org Payment Date : Between June 22 and June 30, 2020 Payment Date : June 30, 2020 Questions : Angie Somogyi 215-486-2524 or Questions : Betsy Vassallo – bvassallo@phmc.org or elrc16@cscinc.org 215-606-7328 Region 17 – Montgomery County Preferred Method : e-mail to elrcregion17@pa.gov Payment Dates : June 19, 2020 and June 26, 2020 Questions : elrcregion17@pa.gov

FREE WEBINAR ON HEALTH AND SAFETY Thursday, Jun 25, 2020 12:00 pm-1:00 pm | 1 hour | Meeting link:  https://philadhs.webex.com/philadhs/j.php?MTID=m3fedc9a70cf9af87ca0f75010ee6e1b4 Meeting number: 129 412 4855 Password: mfCYQXNx362 Join by phone  +1-408-418-9388 United States Toll Access code: 129 412 4855 Webinar offered by Dr. Stacey Kallem for childcare centers that are reopening.

Funding Update

Advocacy Skill Building

 The federal Child Care is Essential Act would provide critical URGE U.S. emergency relief to the child care industry by:  Providing direct assistance to child SENATE FOR care programs to stabilize the sector and support safe reopening; $50 BILLION  Ensuring grants get to programs that meet state health and safety standards and are currently open FOR or temporarily closed due to COVID-19;  Ensuring that pay for the child CHILDCARE care workforce reflects the additional cost of providing care due to the pandemic.

LISA LAOYE FIRST UP LISA.LAOYE@FIRSTUP.ORG

Opening Questions: • How many times a day do you visit one of the numerous social networking platforms that exist? • Raise your hand if you know at least one (or three, or five) people who may be addicted to these websites.

Social Media by Numbers • Facebook has over 2.6 Billion active monthly users and 1.5 Billion daily users • Twitter has over 300 million daily users • Instagram over 1 Billion active monthly users and 500 million daily users • LinkedIn 660 Million users in over 200 Countries

Benefits of Social Media • Access to a wide audience • Real-time insight and awareness • Reach your target audience faster • Sharing and engagement • Cost-Effective

#FundChildcare Tweetstorm Event June 30 • Draft your story in advance. • Break your story into a thread. • Include #FundChildcare • Tell your network to like, share, and retweet them on Twitter. • Block out a time to post. • Tag @SenToomey & @SenCasey • Include pictures if you can!

Toolkit, tips, and additional details will be sent out prior to the June 30 event.

Planning for Re-Open

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT BEAUTIFUL BEGINNINGS CHILDCARE CENTER, INC. BUSTLETON AND HOLMESBURG MELISSA BLATZ mkovach.beautifulbeginnings@verizon.net

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT CHOP POLICYLAB SHERITA WILLIAMS Williams26@email.chop.edu https://policylab.chop.edu/reports-and-tools/faq-reopening-doors-child-care-safely

RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT FIRST UP WEBSITE- COVID-19 PAGE- TALKING WITH CHILDREN ABOUT RACIAL INJUSTICE https://www.firstup.org/covid-19#1591185553327-eceda8ee-8206

COMMUNITY PARTNER UPDATES Tyrone Scott Neli Sepulveda First Up PCCY

TYRONE SCOTT FIRST UP TYRONE.SCOTT@FIRSTUP.ORG

NELI SEPULVEDA PCCY NELIDAS@PCCY.ORG The PPP application deadline is June 30.

SEPECC Future Planning

POLL RESULTS Q1: With what frequency would you like to have virtual SEPECC meetings continue through August? Majority favored every other week ➢ Meetings will be held every other week on July 7 & 21 and August 4 &18 via Zoom 9-11am Q2: Do you want to be able to participate in Breakout Room discussions in the future? Majority favored breakout group option ➢ Breakout groups will resume today and moving forward for anyone interested Q3: Separate meetings for suburban counties? Suburban participant response was small ➢ Further planning will need to be completed

THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-CARE Take a break from Exercise. Smile and laugh. the stressor. Get social Meditate. support.

SELF-CARE MOMENT

SEPECC CALL RESOURCES AND PRESENTERS SEPECC STEERING COMMITTEE: PRESENTERS: Maddy Malis, FELS Karen Grimm-Thomas - c-kgrimmth@pa.gov Mary Graham, Children’s Village Diane Getzinger - Rachael Fennel, Elwyn SEEDS dgetzinger@caringpeoplealliance.org Norma Finkelstein, FELS Elizabeth Farwell-Ozer - elizabeth.ozer@firstup.org Shineal Hunter, Family Circle Academy Jackie Groetsch – jackie.groetsch@firstup.org Shawn Towey, PACCA Lisa Laoye – lisa.laoye@firstup.org Stephanie Bey, City of Philadelphia Melissa Blatz - Sara Jann, Maternity Care Coalition mkovach.beautifulbeginnings@verizon.net Marykay Mahar, PHMC Sherita Williams - Williams26@email.chop.edu Sharon McClafferty, PHMC Tyrone Scott – tyrone.scott@firstup.org Minnette Taylor, Minnie Montessori Academy Neli Sepulveda – nelidas@pccy.org Latonta Godboldt, Small Wonders Family Daycare Eleanor Levie, National Council of Jewish Women www.firstup.org/covid-19 Khadijah Sabir, First Up To be added to the First Up newsletter e-mail Pamela Haines, First Up Becca Tyrrell at rebecca.tyrrell@firstup.org Elizabeth Ozer , First Up , Jackie Groetsch, First Up

BREAKOUT GROUP DISCUSSION We will break out into randomly assigned small groups for discussion from 10:45-11:15 for all who wish to join. You will need to leave this webinar and join the Zoom meeting – link in chat box. 1) How are you feeling with preparing to reopen or having reopened?  2) What resources have been helpful to you that you want to share with others?  This meeting will end at 10:50. .