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IA SSB3111
SB
Status
2/4/2026
Primary Sponsor
Health And Human Services
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AI Summary
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Creates an Early Childhood and Family Services (ECFS) system under the Department of Health and Human Services to provide prevention, early intervention, and ongoing support services for families with children under age 19, with emphasis on children under age 6.
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Establishes ECFS districts aligned with existing health and human services district boundaries, each with an advisory council to guide local implementation.
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Codifies the HOPES-HFI (Healthy Opportunities for Parents to Experience Success - Healthy Families Iowa) program as a voluntary home visiting program for at-risk families.
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Expands state child care assistance eligibility to include child care workforce members, regardless of income, to address workforce retention in the child care sector.
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Creates an ECFS system fund to receive appropriations, federal funds, and other revenue sources to support the system's prevention and family strengthening programs.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, state child care assistance for the child care workforce, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 2462.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2462.
2/19/2026