S.F. No. 3799 Summary

• Modifies child care services grant distribution to focus on improving child care quality, supporting start-up of new programs, and expanding existing programs instead of specified distribution factors.

• Expands eligible programs for child care services grants to include legal nonlicensed or family, friend, and neighbor child care providers alongside licensed centers, family child care homes, and school-age care programs.

• Consolidates and clarifies grant uses by establishing commissioner-determined maximum amounts for each eligible program type, replacing the previous $1,000 cap for family child care providers.

• Allows child care resource and referral programs to offer stipends to proposal review committee members for participating in the grant review process, expanding compensation beyond reimbursement for travel and child care expenses.

• Authorizes the commissioner to waive child care chapter requirements for up to nine months in disaster areas, with notification to legislative committees required within five business days of granting a waiver; effective July 1, 2020.