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House Journal: Page 1056: Monday, March 30, 1998

44   or earnings on moneys deposited in the Iowa
45   empowerment fund shall be credited to the fund.
46     2.  A school ready children grants account is
47   created in the Iowa empowerment fund and moneys
48   credited to the account shall be distributed in the
49   form of grants to community empowerment areas as
50   provided by law.

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 1     Sec. ___.  Section 135.106, subsection 3, Code
 2   Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 3     3.  It is the intent of the general assembly to
 4   provide communities with the discretion and authority
 5   to redesign existing local programs and services
 6   targeted at and assisting families expecting babies
 7   and families with children who are newborn through
 8   five years of age.  The Iowa department of public
 9   health, department of human services, department of
10   education, and other state agencies and programs, as
11   appropriate, shall provide technical assistance and
12   support to communities desiring to redesign their
13   local programs and shall facilitate the consolidation
14   of existing state funding appropriated and made
15   available to the community for family support
16   services.  Funds which are consolidated in accordance
17   with this subsection shall be used to support the
18   redesigned service delivery system.  In redesigning
19   services, communities are encouraged to implement a
20   single uniform family risk assessment mechanism and
21   shall demonstrate the potential for improved outcomes
22   for children and families.  Requests by local
23   communities for the redesigning of services shall be
24   submitted to and subject to joint approval of the Iowa
25   department of public health, department of human
26   services, and department of education, and are subject
27   to the approval of the Iowa empowerment board in
28   consultation with the departments, based on the
29   innovation zones zone principles established in
30   section 8A.2, Code 1997.
31     Sec. ___.  Section 232.188, subsection 7, Code
32   1997, is amended to read as follows:
33     7.  The annual child welfare services plan
34   developed by a decategorization governance board
35   pursuant to subsection 2 shall be submitted to the
36   department and the statewide decategorization and
37   family preservation committee Iowa empowerment
board.
38   In addition, the decategorization governance board
39   shall submit an annual progress report to the
40   department and the committee Iowa empowerment board
41   which summarizes the progress made toward attaining
42   the objectives contained in the plan.  The progress
43   report shall serve as an opportunity for information

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