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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 to
1 9 internally coordinate and to increase collaboration regarding
1 10 policies and programs which focus on children and families.
1 11 The work group shall develop a joint strategic plan to reduce
1 12 regulation, to eliminate duplication, and to develop a system
1 13 for evaluation of existing and future programs and activities
1 14 relating to children and families. The work group shall
1 15 submit a comprehensive report to the general assembly
1 16 detailing the progress in meeting the directive, initially,
1 17 prior to the end of the 1996 Session of the general assembly
1 18 and, annually, thereafter, on or before December 1.
1 19 Sec.2. NEW SECTION. 135.106A IOWA HEALTHY FAMILY PROGRAM
1 20 FUND – APPROPRIATION.
1 21 An Iowa healthy family program fund is created in the
1 22 office of the treasurer of state under the control of the Iowa
1 23 department of public health. There is appropriated annually
1 24 from the general fund of the state to the Iowa healthy family
1 25 program fund, three million two hundred thousand dollars to be
1 26 used by the Iowa department of public health to expand
1 27 statewide the Iowa healthy families program established in
1 28 section 135.106.
1 29 Sec. 3. APPROPRIATIONS RELATING TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
1 30 – PROVISION IN THE FORM OF BLOCK GRANTS.
1 31 The general assembly shall develop a process, using the
1 32 criteria set out in this section, to appropriate state funds
1 33 in block grant form to communities for programs for families
1 34 with children between zero and five years of age.
1 35 The funds, in block grant form, shall be allocated to a
2 1 community which may be a city, a county, a school district, or
2 2 a group of cities, counties, or school districts for which a
2 3 city government, a county board of supervisors, or a school
2 4 district or a group of city governments, county boards of
2 5 supervisors, or school districts submits an application for
2 6 funding services to families with children between zero and
2 7 five years of age.
2 8 The application shall be submitted to the department of
2 9 management and shall propose a collaborative community
2 10 strategy through participation of a wide range of consumers
2 11 and public, private sector, and voluntary groups and
2 12 organizations within the community in the development and
2 13 implementation of the plan; to provide matching funds in an
2 14 amount designated by the department of management based upon
2 15 the number of families with children between zero and five
2 16 years of age in the community, and to evaluate programs
2 17 through state-developed performance measures.
2 18 The department of management shall develop criteria for and
2 19 a procedure for the approval of community plans, determine the
2 20 number of families within a community with children between
2 21 zero and five years of age, and develop performance measures,
2 22 in consultation with state agencies which provide services to
2 23 these families including but not limited to the department of
2 24 human services, the Iowa department of public health, the
2 25 department of education, the department of economic
2 26 development, the department of employment services, and the
2 27 department of human rights.
2 28 EXPLANATION
2 29 This bill includes recommendations made by the blueprint
2 30 for Iowa's young children study committee which met during the
2 31 1995 interim. The recommendations as developed in this bill
2 32 include:
2 33 1. Directing state agencies which are involved in
2 34 providing services to children and families to form a work
2 35 group to internally coordinate and to increase collaboration
3 1 regarding policies and programs which focus on children and
3 2 families. The work group is directed to develop a strategic
3 3 plan to reduce regulation, eliminate duplication, and to
3 4 develop a system for evaluation of existing and future
3 5 programs and activities relating to children and families.
3 6 The work group is to submit a progress report to the general
3 7 assembly, initially prior to the completion of the 1996
3 8 Session and annually, thereafter on or before December 1.
3 9 2. Directing the general assembly to appropriate up to
3 10 $3,200,000 annually beginning in state fiscal year 1996-1997
3 11 to expand the Iowa healthy families program statewide. The
3 12 bill establishes and Iowa healthy family program fund in the
3 13 office of the treasurer of state under the control of the Iowa
3 14 department of public health. Moneys are appropriated annually
3 15 from the general fund to the program fund to be used by the
3 16 Iowa department of public health to expand the program
3 17 statewide.
3 18 3. Directing the general assembly to develop a process to
3 19 appropriate state funds in block grant form to communities for
3 20 programs for families with children between zero and five
3 21 years of age. The department of management, in consultation
3 22 with state agencies which provide services to these families,
3 23 is directed to develop criteria for and a procedure for the
3 24 approval of community plans, determine the number of families
3 25 within a community with children between zero and five years
3 26 of age, and develop performance measures to evaluate the
3 27 plans. The application submitted by a city government, a
3 28 county board of supervisors, or a school district or a
3 29 coalition of these entities for funding of a plan must propose
3 30 a collaborative community strategy developed and to be
3 31 implemented through participation of a wide range of community
3 32 interests, to provide matching funds in an amount designated
3 33 by the department of management, and to evaluate programs
3 34 through state-developed performance measures.
3 35 LSB 3446IC 76
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