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                                  HOUSE BILL 2623

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

 

By Representatives H. Myers, H. Sommers, Beck, Wineberry, Bray, Paris, Pruitt, Wang and Rasmussen

 

Read first time 01/22/92.  Referred to Committee on Capital Facilities & Financing.Funding grants for before-and-after-school child care programs.


     AN ACT Relating to before-and-after-school child care; adding a new section to 1991 sp.s. c 14; and making an appropriation.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to 1991 sp.s. c 14 to read as follows:

     FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES


(1)  Before-and-after-school child care facility grants

 

      The appropriation in this section is subject to the following conditions and limitations:

      (a) Before-and-after-school child care facility grant requests may be for expanding existing before-and-after-school child care programs or establishing new programs located in or near public elementary schools.

      (b) Grantees under this section may include public school districts, or other governmental or nongovernmental not-for-profit organizations.

      (c) Grants may be used for the following purposes:

      (i) Equipment, supplies, and materials; and

      (ii) Capital improvements.

      (d) A grant under this section may be used to support no more than seventy-five percent of the costs of establishing a before-and-after-school child care program.  A grantee may meet the local matching requirement under this subsection through contributions by private or public entities of materials, supplies, in-kind services, or physical facilities.

 

             Appropriation:

                   St Bldg Constr Acct......................... $.......... 375,000