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(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:
(a) to employers for the development of options for child care in the work place; and
(b) for educating the public in obtaining quality child care;
(4) coordinate services for quality:
(a) child care training;
(b) child care resource and referral core services; and
(c) 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:
(a) the State Board of Education;
(b) the Department of Health; and
(c) 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 Section 35A-1-109 information regarding the status of child care in Utah; and
(12) make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and consistent with state and federal law:
(a) establishing the eligibility requirements for a child care provider to receive a grant or subsidy, including for the following:
(i) providing child care for an income-eligible child who is 12 years old or younger; and
(ii) providing child care for an income-eligible child with disabilities who is 18 years old or younger; and
(b) prioritizing awards of child care grants or subsidies for income-eligible children within available funds.