Section 43-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered][Operative three calendar months after the adjournment of the session] For purposes of the Child Care Capacity Building and Workforce Act:
(1) Capacity means the number of children receiving care or services through an approved program;(2) Community foundation means a tax-exempt, nonprofit, autonomous, nonsectarian, philanthropic institution supported by the public with the long-term goals of: (a) Building permanent, component funds established by many separate donors to carry out charitable interests; and(b) Supporting the broad-based charitable interests and benefiting the residents of a defined geographic area;(3) Department means the Department of Economic Development;(4) Eligible recipient means: (a) Any city of the metropolitan class, city of the primary class, city of the first class, city of the second class, village, or county;(b) Any nonprofit organization, including any community foundation; or(c) Any other entity determined appropriate in rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department;(5) License-exempt provider means any approved license-exempt provider enrolled in the child care subsidy program pursuant to sections 68-1202 and 68-1206;(6) Licensed child care program means a program described in section 71-1911; and(7) Regional facilitator hub means any entity that provides administrative and technical support to any licensed child care program, including any:(a) Nonprofit organization; or(b) Community foundation.Added by Laws 2024, LB 164,§ 32, eff. 4/17/2024, op. three calendar months after the adjournment of the session.