35A-3-203. Functions and duties of office -- Annual report.
The office shall:
(1) assess critical child care needs throughout the state on an ongoing basis and focus its activities on helping to meet the most critical needs;
(2) provide child care subsidy services for income-eligible children through age 12 and for income-eligible children with disabilities through age 18;
(3) provide information: to employers for the development of options for child care in the work place; and for educating the public in obtaining quality child care;
(4) coordinate services for quality: child care training; child care resource and referral core services; and training and education regarding child behavioral health interventions and competencies;
(5) apply for, accept, or expend gifts or donations from public or private sources;
(6) provide administrative support services to the committee;
(7) work collaboratively with the following for the delivery of quality child care, early childhood programs, and school age programs throughout the state: the State Board of Education; the Department of Health; and the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health within the Department of Human Services;
(8) research child care programs and public policy to improve the quality and accessibility of child care, early childhood programs, and school age programs in the state;
(9) provide planning and technical assistance for the development and implementation of programs in communities that lack child care, early childhood programs, and school age programs;
(10) provide organizational support for the establishment of nonprofit organizations approved by the Child Care Advisory Committee, created in Section; 35A-3-205
(11) coordinate with the department to include in the annual written report described in Sectioninformation regarding the status of child care in Utah; and 35A-1-109
(12) make rules, in accordance with, and consistent with state and federal law: Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act establishing the eligibility requirements for a child care provider to receive a grant or subsidy, including for the following: providing child care for an income-eligible child who is 12 years old or younger; and providing child care for an income-eligible child with disabilities who is 18 years old or younger; and prioritizing awards of child care grants or subsidies for income-eligible children within available funds.