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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 7E.8 SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND 1 2 FAMILIES – STATE AGENCIES – DIRECTIVE. 1 3 The directors of state agencies which provide services to 1 4 children and families, including but not limited to the 1 5 department of human services, the Iowa department of public 1 6 health, the department of education, the department of 1 7 economic development, the department of employment services, 1 8 and the department of human rights, shall form a work group, 1 9 which also includes service providers and community leaders, 1 10 to internally coordinate and to increase collaboration 1 11 regarding policies and programs which focus on children and 1 12 families. The work group shall develop a joint strategic plan 1 13 to reduce regulation, to eliminate duplication, and to develop 1 14 a system for evaluation of existing and future programs and 1 15 activities relating to children and families. The work group 1 16 shall submit a comprehensive report to the general assembly 1 17 detailing the progress in meeting the directive, initially, 1 18 prior to the end of the 1996 Session of the general assembly 1 19 and, annually, thereafter, on or before December 1. 1 20 Sec. 2. IOWA HEALTHY FAMILY PROGRAM EXPANSION STATEWIDE. 1 21 The Iowa department of public health shall develop a plan 1 22 including recommendations for increased funding to expand the 1 23 Iowa healthy family program established in section 135.106 1 24 statewide. The plan shall be submitted to the general 1 25 assembly on or before December 1, 1996. 1 26 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS RELATING TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 1 27 – PROVISION IN THE FORM OF BLOCK GRANTS. The general 1 28 assembly shall develop a process, using the criteria set out 1 29 in this section, to appropriate state funds in block grant 1 30 form to communities for programs for families with children 1 31 between zero and five years of age. 1 32 The funds, in block grant form, shall be allocated to a 1 33 community which may be a city, a county, a school district, or 1 34 a group of cities, counties, or school districts for which a 1 35 city government, a county board of supervisors, or a school 2 1 district or a group of city governments, county boards of 2 2 supervisors, or school districts submits an application for 2 3 funding services to families with children between zero and 2 4 five years of age. 2 5 The application shall be submitted to the department of 2 6 management and shall propose a collaborative community 2 7 strategy through participation of a wide range of consumers 2 8 and public, private sector, and voluntary groups and 2 9 organizations within the community in the development and 2 10 implementation of the plan; to provide matching funds in an 2 11 amount designated by the department of management based upon 2 12 the number of families with children between zero and five 2 13 years of age in the community; and to evaluate programs 2 14 through state-developed performance measures. 2 15 The department of management shall develop criteria for and 2 16 a procedure for the approval of community plans, determine the 2 17 number of families within a community with children between 2 18 zero and five years of age, and develop performance measures, 2 19 in consultation with state agencies which provide services to 2 20 these families including but not limited to the department of 2 21 human services, the Iowa department of public health, the 2 22 department of education, the department of economic 2 23 development, the department of employment services, and the 2 24 department of human rights. 2 25 EXPLANATION 2 26 This bill includes provisions relating to services provided 2 27 to children and families which include: 2 28 1. Directing state agencies which are involved in 2 29 providing services to children and families to form a work 2 30 group, which also includes service providers and community 2 31 leaders, to internally coordinate and to increase 2 32 collaboration regarding policies and programs which focus on 2 33 children and families. The work group is directed to develop 2 34 a strategic plan to reduce regulation, eliminate duplication, 2 35 and to develop a system for evaluation of existing and future 3 1 programs and activities relating to children and families. 3 2 The work group is to submit a progress report to the general 3 3 assembly, initially prior to the completion of the 1996 3 4 Session and annually, thereafter on or before December 1. 3 5 2. Directing the Iowa department of public health to 3 6 develop a plan including recommendations for increased funding 3 7 to expand the Iowa healthy families program statewide. The 3 8 plan is to be submitted to the general assembly on or before 3 9 December 1, 1996. 3 10 3. Directing the general assembly to develop a process to 3 11 appropriate state funds in block grant form to communities for 3 12 programs for families with children between zero and five 3 13 years of age. The department of management, in consultation 3 14 with state agencies which provide services to these families, 3 15 is directed to develop criteria for and a procedure for the 3 16 approval of community plans, determine the number of families 3 17 within a community with children between zero and five years 3 18 of age, and develop performance measures to evaluate the 3 19 plans. The application submitted by a city government, a 3 20 county board of supervisors, or a school district or a 3 21 coalition of these entities for funding of a plan must propose 3 22 a collaborative community strategy developed and to be 3 23 implemented through participation of a wide range of community 3 24 interests, to provide matching funds in an amount designated 3 25 by the department of management, and to evaluate programs 3 26 through state-developed performance measures. 3 27 LSB 4214SV 76 3 28 pf/jw/5
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