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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5821

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Rinehart, Bailey and Murray

Read first time 2/9/89 and referred to Committee on  Education.

AN ACT Relating to a model intergenerational child care program to help teenage mothers from dropping out of school; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     (1) The department of community development shall develop a model intergenerational child care program.  The department shall design the program to:

          (a) Provide child care to children five years of age and under, whose mothers are under the age of eighteen, and other children five years of age and under as space is available;

          (b) Involve persons from the community in the provision of care, including but not limited to, elders, students at public and private colleges and universities, and students at vocational-technical institutes;

          (c) Seek funding from multiple sources, including but not limited to, business and industry, private foundations, local governments, the federal government, and other state agencies;

          (d) Select at least one site for the program, in an area that has a rate of teenage pregnancy higher than the state-wide average;

          (e) Develop innovative service delivery models including combining programs which may include existing programs such as:  Project even start under chapter 28A.130 RCW; the early childhood education and assistance program under chapter 28A.34A RCW; a before-and-after school care program authorized under chapter 28A.34 RCW; a child care program at a college or university; and an existing child care program funded with any combination of private or public moneys; and

          (f) Select facilities, if possible, that have access to or are part of other community services such as senior centers, community centers, park facilities, schools, colleges or universities, vocational-technical institutes, private business or industry, or health care institutions.

          (2) In developing and implementing the program, the department may work with state, federal, and local agencies.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     The sum of forty-nine thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated to the department of community development for the biennium ending June 30, 1991, from the general fund to plan and implement the model intergenerational child care program under section 1 of this act.