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• I guess I'll recognize Representative Kain to explain Senate Bill 1983 on foster care.
• Senate Bill 1983 is directing the Department of Human Services to provide foster care.
• Long as we're on foster care, we Might as well go to Senate Bill 1796.
• Members, Senate Bill 1806 extends foster care through the age of 21.
• That's because one of the things that we haven't done well is take care of foster kids.

Bills: SB1558, SB1983, SB1796, SB1806, SB1426, SB633

Keywords: child care, licensing, definitions, foster care, child welfare, SB1983, resource family partner, resource family partners, Department of Human Services, DHS, foster homes, foster children, placement data, data sharing, de-identified data, aggregated data, sibling groups, placement disruptions, foster parent recruitment, foster parent retention

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• placed in foster care.
• So is that to give that foster care placement a time for the child to stabilize?
• to how things are for child care for to how things are for child care for licensed<00:28:00.720> child
• And this does not just apply to child foster care. It applies to any programs that serve children.
• The National Family Child Care Association. It's family child care providers.

Bills: HF1918, HF2305, HF897, HF2191, HF2617, HF2551, HF2137

Keywords: HF1918, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, child welfare, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, relative search, noncustodial parent, kinship care, family preservation, African American Child and Family Well-Being, racial disproportionality, maltreatment reporting, educational neglect, truancy, school attendance, Great Start compensation, child care provider payments, TEACH early childhood program

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• child care assistance.
• And for a young child in foster care, I can't imagine anything more important.
• in foster care, I for a young child in foster care, I can't<00:07:51.120> imagine<00:07:51.600
• <00:08:44.240> care Minnesota experience child care Minnesota experience child care shortages
• average cost is like $20,000 per child per their 6-month stay in foster care.

Bills: HF3665, HF3002, HF4217, HF4125, HF4174

Keywords: foster care, early childhood education, child care programs, placement plan, social services, extended foster care, kinship care, relative custody, permanent legal and physical custody, Northstar kinship assistance, independent living plan, transition services, youth aging out of care, medical assistance, Medicaid, child welfare, children youth and families, out-of-home placement, case plan, relative placement

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• and families in foster care? and families in foster care?
• care. days of free child care.
• entered foster care. entered foster care.
• <01:23:53.640> foster<01:23:53.920> care already exist in child foster care already
• foster care. foster care.

Bills: HF3877, HF3714, HF3750, HF3024

Keywords: public authorities, dissolution cases, court system, child protection, legal notice, foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, foster youth, extended foster care, bill of rights, out-of-home placement, Minnesota Statutes chapter 260C, social services agency, caseworker, permanency team, sibling visitation, relative contact

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• And so these studies for child and adult foster care and adult day services have a county component,
• Section 16 relates to the transferability of child foster care background studies.
• <01:02:56.240> foster<01:02:56.680> care transferability of child foster care transferability
• of child foster care background<01:02:57.560> studies.
• change for child foster care studies. change for child foster care studies.

Bills: HF4525, HF3002, HF3665, HF4420

Keywords: human services, background studies, NETStudy 2.0, licensing, license suspension, license revocation, provider enrollment, program integrity, fraud, medical assistance fraud, Medicaid, payment withholding, credible allegation of fraud, background check, disqualification, variance, set-aside, foster care, family foster setting, adult foster care

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• For those of you that may or may not know, this foster care is a passion for me.
• If you look at the transnationally, the children that are in foster care don't have a very good future
• I've sent it to my judges that make the decisions on foster care and that kind of thing.
• Situation, and we do have to have a community of support, particularly in terms of foster care folks
• Two children from southeastern Oklahoma foster care got adopted at ages two and four.

Bills: HB4422, HB4117, HB4300, HB4298, HB2984, HB3344

Keywords: immigration, public assistance, legal status, food assistance, state benefits, family resource center, community support, employment services, kinship families, social connections, child care, criminal history, background checks, child safety, licensing, Oklahoma laws, advisory committees, daycare, licensed child care facility, child care subsidy

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• Brenda is a family care child care provider in my district, and she, along with other family child care
• child care for him, and we could not afford child care for my daughter.
• to afford quality child care.
• In Minnesota, over 60% of child foster care placements are with relative kin caregivers.
• Section seven to eight includes relative foster caregivers in the child care assistance definition of

Bills: HF1367, HF2732, HF1897, HF1424, HF1383, HF2728, HF2863, HF1685, HF2929

Keywords: child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination

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• <00:22:01.520> care financial support to child care financial support to child care providers
• <00:37:38.520> care interpretations to family child care interpretations to family child care
• And number three: it increases priority access for child care for relative kin children. our foster care
• to family foster care.
• care relative Foster caregivers in child care relative Foster caregivers in child care assistance

Bills: HF1367, HF2732, HF1897, HF1424, HF1383, HF2728, HF2863, HF1685, HF2929

Keywords: child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination

Bills: SB241

Keywords: child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level

Bills: SB241

Keywords: child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level

Bills: SB241

Keywords: child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level

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• parent as an eligible activity to be eligible for child care assistance.
• care centers, and more specifically focused on ensuring that tribal child care centers retain their ability
• to provide child care that is in a linguistic and culturally appropriate manner, so as not to infringe
• care or limit any educational regulations... ...and culturally appropriate child care or limit any educational
• So this is basically the clause that ensures that we expend federal child care assistance funds first

Bills: SB241, SB145

Keywords: child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level

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• for child care at the same time.
• for child care at the same time.
• or universal child care.
• They are the child care. The Boys & Girls Club. Mr. Chair, Senator Lear, they are the child care.
• Their child care.

Bills: SB241, SB145

Keywords: child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level

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• The Health Care Affordability Fund was built to use money generated within the health care system and
• Hospitals have uncompensated care.
• And yes, medical care is very, very important. I understand that.
• We’ve seen health care costs as one of the biggest challenges.
• Yes, this bill creates the Foster Care Plus pilot project, directing CYFD and the Health Care Authority

Bills: SB241, SB145, HB2

Keywords: child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level

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• > they some child care centers that they some child care centers that they visited<00:20:11.520><
• 12.799> Centers visited despite those Child Care Centers visited despite those Child Care Centers
• > or<00:21:27.360> early in child care assistance funds or early in child care assistance
• It is to provide help for child care facilities, right?
• It is to provide help for child care facilities, right?

Bills: HF1169, HF1916

Keywords: child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services, welfare administration, Minnesota tribes, child care assistance, CCAP, program integrity

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• deaths, injuries, and substantiated abuse that occurs in child care facilities.
• It amends family care home to family child care home.
• It amends family care home to family child care home.
• care through teaching foster children the importance and value of money.
• I had a very positive experience while in foster care, and I advocate for change so that more foster

Bills: S0996, S1022, S1462, S1690

Keywords: dependent children, child welfare, cash allowance, caregivers, community organizations, empowerment, foster care, out-of-home care, temporary cash assistance, eligibility, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Florida statutes

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs heard and advanced four bills. CS/SB 1690, on early childhood education, was amended with a delete-all amendment that required public posting of child care inspection reports and data on child deaths, injuries, and substantiated abuse; changed certain notice and insurance provisions for family and large family child care homes; created the Florida Endowment for Early Learning; and made related definitional changes. The amendment was adopted and the committee reported the bill favorably. SB 1022, on children’s initiatives, would add two new Florida Children’s Initiatives in Bay County and Pompano in Broward County; the sponsor described the program as a community-based service network model, and the bill was reported favorably without opposition. SB 996, on dependent children, would require DCF and community-based care lead agencies to coordinate and regularly meet with organizations focused on people with lived experience in the child welfare system, and to publish how suggestions are implemented. Several young adults with foster care experience testified in support, emphasizing the importance of youth voice, normalcy, and teaching financial responsibility through allowance. The bill was reported favorably after supportive debate. The committee also considered CS/SB 1462, on temporary cash assistance eligibility, after adopting an amendment that narrowed a SNAP eligibility carve-out to people who were victims of human trafficking at the time of a drug conviction. The sponsor said the bill was intended to remove barriers to reunification and redemption. After supportive testimony and no opposition, the committee reported the bill favorably. The meeting then adjourned.

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• c> children out of foster care, one as a children out of foster care, one as a single<01:19:00.159>
• Fosters cannot foster care system.
• foster care and bring that experience in foster care and bring that into<01:41:28.000> my<01:
• As a teen parent in foster care, I didn't know I had the right to have custody of my child or to care
• children in foster care and offer those children in foster care and offer those critical<01:52:46.960

Bills: HF2362, HF2136, HF1316, HF2009, HF1918, HF1614

Keywords: youth intervention, funding, mental health, education, community programs, HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers

Bills: SB1369, SB1570

Keywords: mental health, crisis services, 988 Lifeline, suicide prevention, behavioral health, revolving fund, child welfare, child safety, administrative transition, Department of Child Safety and Well-being, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, juvenile justice, foster care, 914, all

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• to sustainably expand universal child care over time.
• The early child care work. The workforce is the infrastructure behind universal child care.
• food program by child care facility.
• For public entities that open up child care centers, Mr.
• , and the high cost of child care.

Bills: SB132, SB241

Keywords: SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement, technology funding, revolving fund, capital equipment, enterprise services, state IT budgeting, software budgeting, amortization, depreciation, State Treasurer, Department of Finance and Administration, New Mexico, information technology, IT infrastructure, fund accounting, legislative appropriation

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• <00:19:55.920> care the executive director for a child care the executive director for a child
• <00:26:41.960> Care Sanford with the Minnesota Child Care Sanford with the Minnesota Child
• c> is for a child care provider that is for a child care provider that is subject<00:31:05.640>
• are<01:21:34.080> at of our child care providers that are at of our child care providers
• <01:21:56.040> a the opportunity for child care in a in a the opportunity for child care in a

Bills: HF2136, HF4195, HF4548, HF4432, HF4174, HF3024, HF4389, HF3773

Keywords: youth intervention, grants, community support, early intervention services, nonprofit, Minnesota human services, forecast adjustment, budget forecast, appropriations, Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, Health Care Access Fund, general fund, behavioral health, housing support, General Assistance, Minnesota Supplemental Aid, MFIP, DWP, child care assistance