House Amendment 8069
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend the amendment, H=8045, to Senate File 2088,
1 2 as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
1 3 follows:
1 4 #1. By striking page 18, line 44, through page 19,
1 5 line 49, and inserting: #___.
1 6 By striking page 166, line 25, through page
1 7 198, line 6, and inserting:
1 8 <DIVISION ___
1 9 EARLY CHILDHOOD
1 10 Sec. ___. COLOCATION OF STATE EARLY CHILDHOOD STAFF
1 11 == LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.
1 12 1. FINDINGS AND INTENT. The state of Iowa
1 13 provides funding, support, and technical assistance
1 14 for programs directed to children from birth to age
1 15 five utilizing a number of separate funding streams
1 16 and state agencies. For early childhood programs, the
1 17 community empowerment initiative has been instrumental
1 18 in improving coordination and collaboration between
1 19 the funding streams and state agencies by empowering
1 20 Iowans to assume a leadership role at the community
1 21 level. The general assembly finds that colocating
1 22 the administrative staff associated with various
1 23 state agency early childhood programs will further
1 24 enhance the degree of collaboration and efficiency.
1 25 It is the intent of the general assembly that at an
1 26 appropriate time, the programs and associated agency
1 27 staff listed in this section will be consolidated under
1 28 the authority of the Iowa empowerment board.
1 29 2. COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT OFFICE. The community
1 30 empowerment office of the department of management
1 31 shall develop a plan to physically or virtually
1 32 colocate the state administrative offices of the
1 33 programs listed in this section and the associated
1 34 state administrative staff. The plan shall be
1 35 presented to the chairpersons and ranking members of
1 36 the committees on human resources of the senate and the
1 37 house of representatives on or before January 10, 2011.
1 38 3. PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES IDENTIFIED. The plan
1 39 developed by the community empowerment office pursuant
1 40 to subsection 2 shall address the colocation of the
1 41 state administrative offices and associated state
1 42 administrative staff for all of the following programs:
1 43 a. The following programs and associated staff
1 44 under the authority of the department of education:
1 45 (1) Center=based special education programs.
1 46 (2) The child portion of the child and adult care
1 47 food program.
1 48 (3) The early childhood network operated by the
1 49 department of education and area education agencies.
1 50 (4) The early childhood special education program.
2 1 (5) The early head start and head start programs.
2 2 (6) The even start family literacy program.
2 3 (7) Iowa shared visions preschool programs for
2 4 children ages three to five years, implemented under
2 5 the auspices of the child development coordinating
2 6 council.
2 7 (8) Iowa shared visions parent support programs
2 8 implemented under the auspices of the child development
2 9 coordinating council.
2 10 (9) The school ready children grant program
2 11 implemented under the community empowerment initiative.
2 12 b. The following programs and associated staff
2 13 under the authority of the department of human
2 14 services:
2 15 (1) Child abuse prevention grants.
2 16 (2) Early childhood programs grants implemented
2 17 under the community empowerment initiative.
2 18 (3) Child care programs implemented under chapter
2 19 237A.
2 20 (4) Community=based family resource programs.
2 21 (5) The promoting safe and stable families grant
2 22 program.
2 23 c. The following programs and associated staff
2 24 under the authority of the Iowa department of public
2 25 health:
2 26 (1) Child health programs.
2 27 (2) The childhood immunization program.
2 28 (3) The childhood lead poisoning prevention program
2 29 implemented pursuant to section 135.101.
2 30 (4) The community=based family resource and support
2 31 grant program funded through the federal administration
2 32 for children and families, United States department of
2 33 health and human services.
2 34 (5) The healthy child care Iowa program.
2 35 (6) The healthy opportunities for parents to
2 36 experience success=healthy families Iowa (HOPES=HFI)
2 37 program implemented under section 135.106.
2 38 d. Other programs that provide support to children
2 39 from birth through age five and the families of such
2 40 children. >>
2 41 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
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