H259 - 2023 Appropriations Act. (SL 2023-134)

Overview: Section 9D.8 of S.L. 2023-134 appropriates $525,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund to the Division of Child Development (DCDEE), Department of Health and Human Services, and Early Education for each year of the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium to establish a pilot program that provides business and financial assistance in establishing new in-home child care programs and sustaining existing in-home child care programs. DCDEE must:

• Issue a request for application (RFA) for an organization to contract with DCDEE to administer the program by January 15, 2024.
• Submit a report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly by January 31, 2025. The report must contain the number of child care programs created through the pilot program by county and any other relevant information.

This section became effective July 1, 2023.