Sec. 5. Grants for quality services, compliance requirements, business support, and administrative improvement activities
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A State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization awarded a grant under section 3(a)(2) may make subgrants to, or partner with, local or regional entities to carry out any activity supported by the grant in accordance with this section. A grant awarded under section 3(a)(2) shall be used for any of the following activities: Activities to provide— pathways for child care programs operating legally without a child care license to obtain such license; pre-licensing orientation for individuals seeking a child care license; technical assistance throughout the child care licensing process; or pathways to accreditation of child care programs and quality improvement for such programs, including entry into or improvement on a tiered quality rating system described in section 658G(b)(3) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858e(b)(3) ).
Activities, in accordance with subsection (c), to provide ongoing, job-embedded professional development for child care programs, including structured training, coaching, mentoring, professional development visits, and peer support activities, or professional opportunities, to reduce isolation of child care providers, including through cohort-based models. Activities to provide business start-up support for child care programs as described in subsection (d). Activities to improve the administration of child care programs, by States, Indian Tribes, or Tribal organizations, which shall include activities as described in subsection (e).
The professional development activities described in subsection (b)(2) shall— be appropriate, relevant, accessible, and affordable for family child care providers in home-based settings; and be culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate for the applicable community. Such professional development activities may include— assistance for child care providers in obtaining qualified, temporary substitute child care or reimbursing such child care providers for obtaining such child care; the creation, expansion, or replication of staffed family child care networks; the creation, expansion, or replication of infant-toddler specialist networks; and cross-sector training and partnership opportunities for teachers and staff of— Head Start programs, including Early Head Start programs, under the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq. ); early intervention programs; infant and early childhood mental health programs; home visiting child care programs;
State-funded prekindergarten and preschool programs that receive funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq. ); or any other child care program. The business-start up activities described in subsection (b)(3)— shall— promote sound, sustainable business practices, including business planning practices, to child care programs, including through orientations for child care programs and related programs, such as the child and adult care food program established under section 17 of the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1766 ); provide financial aid or technical assistance to assist child care providers in complying with licensing requirements, or health and safety requirements; provide technical assistance or financial assistance for costs associated with beginning a business, including costs for equipment or supplies, including diapers and diapering supplies; and develop shared service models for child care programs with respect to business activities including accounting, marketing, communications, health insurance, and legal support activities; and may include activities to promote innovative solutions or support the development of innovative models or arrangements for child care providers, such as co-located child care programs or employer-sponsored child care programs, which may be identified through the community needs assessment conducted by the State, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization under section 6.
The activities described in subsection (b)(4) shall include activities to— improve data collection with respect to child care services, including the collection of information by States under section 658K of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858i ); improve coordination between States and Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations receiving assistance under such Act, the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq. ), or this Act; improve coordination between States and local governments with respect to licensing and other regulatory requirements for child care providers, and, if applicable, the State’s tiered quality rating system described in section 658G(b)(3) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858e(b)(3) ); increase interrater reliability in licensing inspections or other evaluations of child care programs by training licensing inspectors of child care providers and providing such inspectors with additional professional development; identify and eliminate barriers to child care licensure, such as through reducing fees for background checks, translating licensing regulations into languages other than English, collaborating with housing authorities or local governments, or addressing other barriers that may be identified through the community needs assessment conducted under section 6; or improve the functionality of activities related to State and local regulatory requirements, including requirements with respect to licensing and licensing inspections, in accordance with paragraph (2).
The activities described in paragraph (1)(F) may include developing modern technology in accordance with paragraph
(3)to assist and improve with— outreach, including communication to child care providers of— licensing and other regulatory requirements described in subparagraph
(K)of section 658E(c)(2) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2) ); and health and safety requirements described in subparagraph
(I)of such section; enforcement of the requirements described in clauses
(i)and
(ii)of subparagraph (A); assistance to child care providers in complying with such requirements; or efforts to streamline State and local paperwork requirements for child care providers without diminishing any health and safety requirements applicable to such providers. Any modern technology developed under paragraph
(2)shall— focus on the needs of child care providers subject to the requirements described in clauses
(i)and
(ii)of paragraph (2)(A); and take into consideration, to the extent possible, best practices related to technology development practices, including user-centered design, as detailed in applicable Federal guidelines, such as the Digital Services Playbook.
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