S.F. No. 2652 Summary

• Modifies funding priorities for basic sliding fee child care assistance to establish homeless families as first priority, non-MFIP families pursuing education as second priority, and reorganizes subsequent priority groups accordingly.

• Expands early learning scholarship eligibility to include parents under age 21 pursuing a high school or general education equivalency diploma with children ages zero to five, and extends eligibility to homeless families meeting income requirements.

• Requires the Children's Cabinet to create a cross-agency system plan for supporting homeless families with children up to four years old, addressing rural/urban service delivery, staff training, intake forms, data sharing, transportation, and trauma-informed care.

• Mandates the Children's Cabinet report findings, recommendations, and draft legislation to legislative committees with jurisdiction over education, housing, and human services by January 23, 2017.

• Appropriates $200,000 from the general fund to the Department of Human Services for fiscal year 2017 to support the Children's Cabinet system redesign report.