1998 Minnesota Statutes

     119B.23 Other authorization to make grants. 

    Subdivision 1.    Authority.  In addition to the 
 commissioner's authority to make child care services grants, the 
 county board is authorized to provide child care services, or to 
 make grants from the community social service fund, special tax 
 revenue, or its general fund, or other sources to any 
 municipality, corporation, or combination thereof, for the cost 
 of providing technical assistance and child care services.  The 
 county board is also authorized to contract for services with 
 any licensed day care facility, as the board deems necessary or 
 proper to carry out the purposes of this section. 

    The county board may also make grants to or contract with 
 any municipality, licensed child care facility, or resource and 
 referral program, or corporation or combination thereof, for any 
 of the following purposes: 

    (1) creating new licensed day care facilities and expanding 
 existing facilities including, but not limited to, supplies, 
 equipment, and facility renovation and remodeling; 

    (2) improving licensed day care facility programs, 
 including, but not limited to, staff specialists, staff 
 training, supplies, equipment, and facility renovation and 
 remodeling.  In awarding grants for training, counties must give 
 priority to child care workers caring for infants, toddlers, 
 sick children, children in low-income families, and children 
 with special needs; 

    (3) supportive child development services, including, but 
 not limited to, in-service training, curriculum development, 
 consulting specialists, resource centers, and program and 
 resource materials; 

    (4) carrying out programs, including, but not limited to, 
 staff, supplies, equipment, facility renovation, and training; 

    (5) interim financing; and 

    (6) carrying out the resource and referral program services 
 identified in section 119B.19, subdivision 3. 

    Subd. 2.    Donated materials and services; matching share 
 of cost.  For the purposes of this section, donated 
 professional and volunteer services, program materials, 
 equipment, supplies, and facilities may be approved as part of a 
 matching share of the cost, provided that total costs shall be 
 reduced by the costs charged to parents if a sliding fee scale 
 has been used. 

    Subd. 3.    Biennial plan.  The county board shall 
 biennially develop a plan for the distribution of money for 
 child care services as part of the community social services 
 plan described in section 256E.09.  All licensed child care 
 programs shall be given written notice concerning the 
 availability of money and the application process. 

    HIST: 1989 c 282 art 2 s 156