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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. SCHOOL READY CHILDREN GRANTS HOME VISITATION 1 2 AND PARENT SUPPORT GRANTS. There is appropriated from the 1 3 general fund of the state to the Iowa empowerment fund created 1 4 in section 7I.8 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, 1 5 and ending June 30, 2000, the following amounts, or so much 1 6 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes 1 7 designated: 1 8 1. To be credited to the school ready children grants 1 9 account to be used for the second year of school ready 1 10 children grants initially awarded in the fiscal year beginning 1 11 July 1, 1998: 1 12 .................................................. $ 5,200,000 1 13 2. To be credited to the home visitation and parent 1 14 support services program account created by this Act: 1 15 .................................................. $ 4,000,000 1 16 The services funded under this subsection shall conform 1 17 with the requirements for home visitation and parent support 1 18 services developed in accordance with section 7I.7A, as 1 19 enacted by this Act. 1 20 The funding appropriated in this subsection shall be 1 21 subject to a distribution formula which provides an initial 1 22 allocation of moneys among the political subdivisions of this 1 23 state. Fifty percent of the moneys shall be allocated based 1 24 upon a political subdivision's proportion of the state's 1 25 general population of persons who are less than forty years of 1 26 age and 50 percent of the moneys shall be allocated based upon 1 27 a political subdivision's proportion of the state's population 1 28 of children from age birth to three years in families with an 1 29 annual income which is equal to or less than 185 percent of 1 30 the federal poverty level as estimated by the Iowa department 1 31 of public health. Only a community empowerment area 1 32 designated by the Iowa empowerment board but not fully funded 1 33 for a school ready children grant as of January 1, 2000, may 1 34 apply for the funding allocated for the political subdivisions 1 35 encompassed by the community empowerment area. The initial 2 1 allocation shall be adjusted to reflect current state funding 2 2 in the community empowerment area for HOPES-HFI programs under 2 3 section 135.106 and child development coordinating council 2 4 grants for providing educational support services to parents 2 5 of children age birth through three years. Moneys not 2 6 distributed due to these adjustments shall be reallocated 2 7 using the distribution formula for those areas which do not 2 8 receive funding under the other state grant programs. Moneys 2 9 initially allocated for an area for which an application was 2 10 not received, shall remain available in the account for 2 11 distribution under the formula in the succeeding fiscal year. 2 12 3. For funding of technical assistance and for development 2 13 of the requirements for home visitation and parent support 2 14 services developed in accordance with this Act: 2 15 .................................................. $ 200,000 2 16 Moneys appropriated in this subsection may be transferred 2 17 to the appropriate state agency, subject to the notification 2 18 and reporting requirements under section 8.39. 2 19 4. The Iowa empowerment board and the departments of 2 20 education, human services, and public health shall make every 2 21 effort to reduce or eliminate duplicative requirements that 2 22 are barriers to community efforts to improve the efficiency 2 23 and effectiveness of grants funded under this section and of 2 24 other local education, health, and human services programs. 2 25 Sec. 2. AT-RISK CHILDREN. There is appropriated from the 2 26 general fund of the state to the department of education in 2 27 addition to other funding appropriated in section 279.51 for 2 28 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2 29 2000, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 2 30 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated: 2 31 For expansion of grants by the child development 2 32 coordinating council to programs for three and four-year-old 2 33 children deemed at-risk: 2 34 .................................................. $ 1,000,000 2 35 A grantee receiving funding under this section must be an 3 1 active participant in a designated community empowerment area 3 2 that is not currently receiving child development coordinating 3 3 council funding and is not funded under a school ready 3 4 children grant. 3 5 Sec. 3. Section 7I.2, subsection 6, Code 1999, is amended 3 6 to read as follows: 3 7 6. Staffing services to the Iowa board shall be provided 3 8 by the state agencies which are represented on the Iowa board 3 9 and by other state agencies making staffing available to the 3 10 board. For technical assistance to community empowerment 3 11 areas, the state agency staff shall provide training and 3 12 coordination for designated regional education, health, and 3 13 human services staff to provide facilitation and other 3 14 support. The designated regional staff shall serve as state 3 15 liaisons to community empowerment areas. 3 16 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 7I.7A HOME VISITATION AND PARENT 3 17 SUPPORT SERVICES GRANTS. 3 18 1. In order to improve the consistency and quality of 3 19 state-funded home visitation and parent support services, the 3 20 Iowa empowerment board shall develop standard requirements 3 21 which may be applied to the services. The Iowa empowerment 3 22 board shall consult with community empowerment area boards, 3 23 the Iowa department of public health, the department of 3 24 education, the department of human services, and existing 3 25 providers of home visitation and parent support services in 3 26 the development of any requirements under this section. In 3 27 implementing funding of home visitation and parent support 3 28 services program and incorporating such services into school 3 29 ready children grants, the Iowa empowerment board shall do all 3 30 of the following: 3 31 a. Develop minimum program and reporting requirements. 3 32 The requirements may include but are not limited to standards 3 33 for access to or referrals for the services, minimum frequency 3 34 and duration of services, required collaboration with specific 3 35 federal or state programs, and reporting on the impact of the 4 1 provision of services. 4 2 b. Develop a list of the funding sources that must be 4 3 coordinated within a community empowerment area as part of 4 4 providing the services. 4 5 c. Develop a listing of and description of the home 4 6 visitation and parent support services that are proven to be 4 7 effective models. In addition, sponsor activities to promote 4 8 awareness of the effective models. 4 9 d. Design and periodically revise a standard assessment 4 10 protocol for newborn infants and families. The protocol shall 4 11 be designed to offer appropriate home visitation and parent 4 12 support services as an option for all parents of newborn 4 13 infants. The protocol shall be designed and any revisions 4 14 developed in consultation with the association of Iowa 4 15 hospitals and health systems, and the Iowa cooperative 4 16 extension service in agriculture and home economics, and other 4 17 appropriate service providers. 4 18 e. Develop informational kits for parents receiving home 4 19 visitation services under the home visitation and parent 4 20 support services program or a school ready children grant. 4 21 The kits may include written, recorded, graphic, and other 4 22 media materials providing developmental resources, as well as 4 23 listings of other sources for the materials. The kits shall 4 24 be designed to be made available to or adapted for other 4 25 potential users such as child day care providers and similar 4 26 developmental programs. 4 27 2. As part of an initiative to provide statewide 4 28 availability of home visitation and parent support services to 4 29 families with newborn infants, the Iowa empowerment board 4 30 shall develop a funding program for these services. The 4 31 program shall be initially available to those community 4 32 empowerment areas which have not received full funding for a 4 33 school ready children grant. The requirements applicable to 4 34 home visitation and parent support services shall apply to 4 35 fully funded school ready children grantees upon grant renewal 5 1 on or after the effective date of this Act. The Iowa 5 2 empowerment board shall make every effort to assist any school 5 3 ready children grantee who elects to implement the 5 4 requirements prior to renewal. Every effort shall be made by 5 5 the Iowa empowerment board and applicants for the program to 5 6 coordinate and integrate services in a manner to make the best 5 7 use of other funding sources for similar services, including 5 8 healthy opportunities for parents to experience success 5 9 (HOPES)-healthy families Iowa (HFI) programs established 5 10 pursuant to section 135.106 and child development coordinating 5 11 council grants providing educational support services to 5 12 parents of at-risk children age birth through three years 5 13 funded under section 279.51, subsection 2, paragraph "b". 5 14 3. The minimum home visitation and parent support service 5 15 requirements applicable to HOPES-HFI programs established 5 16 pursuant to section 135.106 and to child development 5 17 coordinating council grants for providing educational support 5 18 services to parents of at-risk children age birth through 5 19 three years funded under section 279.51, subsection 2, 5 20 paragraph "b", shall be revised to conform with the minimum 5 21 requirements for such services established under this section. 5 22 The revised requirements shall be applicable on or before July 5 23 1, 2000. 5 24 Sec. 5. Section 7I.8, Code 1999, is amended by adding the 5 25 following new subsection: 5 26 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. A home visitation and parent support 5 27 services program account is created in the Iowa empowerment 5 28 fund under the authority of the director of public health. 5 29 Moneys credited to the account shall be distributed by the 5 30 Iowa department of public health for funding of home 5 31 visitation and parent support services programs operated by 5 32 community empowerment areas pursuant to requirements 5 33 established by the Iowa board in accordance with law. 5 34 Sec. 6. Section 279.51, subsection 2, paragraph b, 5 35 subparagraph (2), Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 6 1 (2) To provide grants to provide educational support 6 2 services to parents of at-risk children age birth through 6 3 three years. Effective July 1, 1999, a new grant recipient 6 4 must be an active participant in a community empowerment area 6 5 designated under chapter 7I. 6 6 EXPLANATION 6 7 This bill relates to and makes appropriations for early 6 8 childhood programs involving community empowerment areas and 6 9 the child development coordinating council. 6 10 The bill appropriates $5.2 million to the Iowa empowerment 6 11 fund's school ready children grants account to fund the second 6 12 year of existing grants. This account is under the authority 6 13 of the director of the department of education for 6 14 distribution in accordance with criteria developed by the Iowa 6 15 empowerment board for purposes of technical assistance to 6 16 community empowerment areas. In addition, the bill 6 17 appropriates $4.0 million to a new account in the fund for a 6 18 home visitation and parent support services program to be 6 19 developed by the Iowa empowerment board as provided in the 6 20 bill. The bill includes a funding allocation formula for 6 21 distribution of moneys through the community empowerment areas 6 22 designated as of January 1, 2000. An appropriation of 6 23 $200,000 is provided for technical assistance and other costs. 6 24 The bill appropriates $1 million to the department of 6 25 education to be used for expansion of grants by the child 6 26 development coordinating council to school districts 6 27 establishing programs for three and four-year-old children 6 28 deemed at-risk. Grantees must be active participants in a 6 29 community empowerment area which is not currently receiving a 6 30 fully funded school ready children grant or child development 6 31 coordinating council funding. 6 32 Code section 7I.2, relating to the Iowa empowerment board, 6 33 is amended to specify how staffing services are to be provided 6 34 by state agencies through the use of state agency regional 6 35 staff. 7 1 New Code section 7I.7A requires the Iowa empowerment board 7 2 to develop a standard set of requirements for the home 7 3 visitation and parent support services program. The Iowa 7 4 empowerment board is to consult with various departments and 7 5 others administering similar programs. Various requirements 7 6 for the service components are specified. The minimum 7 7 requirements for these services adopted by the Iowa 7 8 empowerment board are to be applicable by July 1, 2000, to 7 9 healthy opportunities for parents to experience success 7 10 (HOPES)-healthy families Iowa (HFI) grants and to child 7 11 development coordinating council grants providing educational 7 12 support services to parents of at-risk children age birth 7 13 through three years. In addition, the Iowa empowerment board 7 14 is to implement a program for these services. The program is 7 15 to be available to community empowerment areas which are not 7 16 receiving a fully funded school ready children grant. 7 17 The bill creates a home visitation and parent support 7 18 services program account in the Iowa empowerment fund. The 7 19 account is to be administered by the director of public health 7 20 pursuant to requirements established by the Iowa empowerment 7 21 board. 7 22 Code section 279.51, relating to the funding of programs 7 23 for at-risk children, is amended to provide that beginning on 7 24 July 1, 1999, new grantees must be active participants in 7 25 community empowerment areas. 7 26 LSB 1529YH 78 7 27 jp/jw/5
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