Utah Code § 35A-3-203

Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session

Section 35A-3-203 - Functions and duties of office - Annual report

The office shall:

(1) assess critical child care needs throughout the state on an ongoing basis and focus its activities on helping to meet the most critical needs;

(2) provide child care subsidy services for income-eligible children through age 12 and for income-eligible children with disabilities through age 18;

(3) provide information:

(a) to employers for the development of options for child care in the work place; and

(b) for educating the public in obtaining quality child care;

(4) coordinate services for quality:

(a) child care training;

(b) child care resource and referral core services; and

(c) training and education regarding child behavioral health interventions and competencies;

(5) apply for, accept, or expend gifts or donations from public or private sources;

(6) provide administrative support services to the committee;

(7) work collaboratively with the following for the delivery of quality child care, early childhood programs, and school age programs throughout the state:

(a) the State Board of Education;

(b) the Department of Health; and

(c) the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health within the Department of Human Services;

(8) research child care programs and public policy to improve the quality and accessibility of child care, early childhood programs, and school age programs in the state;

(9) provide planning and technical assistance for the development and implementation of programs in communities that lack child care, early childhood programs, and school age programs;

(10) provide organizational support for the establishment of nonprofit organizations approved by the Child Care Advisory Committee, created in Section 35A-3-205;

(11) coordinate with the department to include in the annual written report described in Section 35A-1-109 information regarding the status of child care in Utah; and

(12) make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and consistent with state and federal law:

(a) establishing the eligibility requirements for a child care provider to receive a grant or subsidy, including for the following:

(i) providing child care for an income-eligible child who is 12 years old or younger; and

(ii) providing child care for an income-eligible child with disabilities who is 18 years old or younger; and

(b) prioritizing awards of child care grants or subsidies for income-eligible children within available funds.

Utah Code § 35A-3-203

Amended by Chapter 278, 2021 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/5/2021.

Amended by Chapter 168, 2021 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/5/2021.

Amended by Chapter 354, 2020 General Session ,§ 57, eff. 5/12/2020.

Amended by Chapter 89, 2019 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/14/2019.

Amended by Chapter 221, 2015 General Session ,§ 17, eff. 5/12/2015.

Amended by Chapter 371, 2014 General Session ,§ 10, eff. 5/13/2014.

Amended by Chapter 246, 2012 General Session ,§ 6, eff. 5/8/2012.

Amended by Chapter 212, 2012 General Session ,§ 28, eff. 7/1/2012.

Amended by Chapter 148, 2005 General Session