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995071
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL Committee Amendment
PCB GG 12
Senator(s): Jones
moved the following amendment:
Section: 06 EXPLANATION:
On Page: 251 Removes limit on amount of funding used to match
participants in the Child Care Executive Partnership
Spec App: 2235 Program. Authorizes Child Care Development Funds to be
used for the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps
Program (T.E.A.C.H.) and Home Instructional Program for
Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY). Provides incentive for
providers who meet Gold Seal standards and provides
waiver authority to rural counties.
NET IMPACT ON: Total Funds General Revenue Trust Funds
Recurring - 0 0 0
Non-Recurring - 0 0 0
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AGENCY FOR WORKFORCE INNOVATION
Program: School Readiness 75600000
In Section 06 On Page 251
2235 Special Categories 103111
Partnership For School Readiness IOEA
Immediately following Specific Appropriation 2235, DELETE:
From funds in Specific Appropriation 2235, up to $15 million may be used
as match to provide services to low income families at or below 200
percent of poverty who participate in the Child Care Executive
Partnership Program as defined in s. 409.178, Florida Statutes. Up to 25
percent of the $15 million may be used by the Child Care Executive
Partnership to match funds on a statewide basis, administered through
the statewide resource and referral agency.
Funds in Specific Appropriation 2235 may be used to enhance the quality
of child care by providing a rate differential or stipend to programs
which reach the Gold Seal Quality Care designation. The rate
differential shall not exceed twenty percent or the amount required to
reach the provider's private pay rate, whichever is less.
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Funds in Specific Appropriation 2235 shall require a six percent match
from local sources. In-kind match is allowable provided there is not a
reduction in the number of slots or level of services from the provision
of in-kind match. The match requirement shall not apply to funding for
child care services directed for Workforce participants, Transitional
Child Care participants, or children at risk of abuse or neglect.
Immediately following Specific Appropriation 2235, INSERT:
From funds in Specific Appropriation 2235 from the Child Care and
Development Block Grant, the Florida Partnership for School Readiness
shall designate an amount to be used for the Child Care Executive
Partnership Program as match to expand the provision of services to low
income families at or below 200 percent of poverty as defined in
s.409.178, Florida Statutes. The Child Care Executive Partnership Board
shall make recommendations to the Florida Partnership for School
Readiness on the designated amount. Funds for this program, may be used
to match funds for statewide contracts.
Funds in Specific Appropriation 2235 from the Child Care and Development
Block Grant may be used to enhance the quality of child care through
programs such as the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps Program
(T.E.A.C.H.) and the Home Instructional Program for Preschool Youngsters
(HIPPY), and by providing a rate differential or stipend to programs
which reach the Gold Seal Quality Care designation. The rate
differential shall not exceed twenty percent of the reimbursement rate.
Funds in Specific Appropriation 2235 require a match from local sources
for working poor eligible participants of six percent on child care
slots or at the 2001-2002 funding level on child care slots whichever is
less. The in-kind match is allowable provided there is not a reduction
in the number of slots or level of services from the provision of
in-kind match. The Florida Partnership for School Readiness may adopt a
policy to grant a waiver of the 6% match requirement to a rural county
that demonstrates a significant hardship in meeting the match
requirement.
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