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GENERATING PUBLIC REVENUE FEES • While the creation of the voluntary fund was applauded by advocates, they did caution that one disadvantage of voluntary fund is that it puts a burden on child care advocates to raise public awareness to stimulate donations. Without proper public relations funds, advocates will not be able to do that. Posters announcing the program took a long time to be printed, and they were posted throughout the state well after county motor vehicles offices began to accept donations to the fund. • Other problems related to lack of public education regarding the voluntary fund also have emerged. In Kentucky, most people renew motor vehicle registrations by postcard. Their option to donate to child care is written in very small print, and there is no line to include a contribution to the total paid. To remedy this problem, legislation will be introduced in 2000 to redesign the renewal form so that the child care donation request is prominent on the postcard. • The state fund was modeled after the Child Care Fund, a campaign started in Lexington–Fayette County (Kentucky). The Child Care Fund was formed by a coalition of citizens, including representatives from local businesses, the faith community and the Child Care Council, to collect $1 from each Lexington–Fayette County citizen to support a fund that would supplement the child care costs of low–income working parents. The fund encourages businesses and individuals to sponsor a child at $25 per week for 50 weeks, or $1,250 per year. Child care rates in Lexington–Fayette range from $95 to $115 per week, so the assistance of $25 per week is a significant contribution for working families. • Motivated by the success of the Lexington–Fayette Child Care Fund, a member of the board spoke to the clerk of the Fayette County Department of Motor Vehicles Office about creating a state fund to collect voluntary donations to child care through motor vehicle registration renewal. Conversation with other clerks around the state generated enough interest to convince State Representative Jessie Crenshaw (D) to file the Motor Vehicle Registration Child Care Assistance Account Act. OTHER SITES WITH SIMILAR STRATEGIES No other examples of this financing strategy are known. CONTACT Jean Sabharwal, Director Division of Family Services 1135 Red Mile Place Lexington, KY 40504 Phone (606) 288 4040 Fax (606) 288 4061 E–mail JeanS@lfucg.com 47
LOTTERIES AND GAMING EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND CARE FUND (MISSOURI) DESCRIPTION The Early Childhood Development, Education and Care (ECDEC) Fund supports start–up, expansion, operation and improvement of preschool programs; certificates for low–income families (defined as below 185 percent of the federal poverty income guidelines) to purchase early childhood development, care and education; increased rates of child care subsidy reimbursement for accredited programs; and certificates for early childhood education for low–income families with children under age 3 who care for their children at home. The ECDEC Fund receives funding from the Gaming Commission Fund, which is the repository for state revenues from gambling fees. WHEN ESTABLISHED Legislation was passed in 1998 establishing the ECDEC Fund for FY1999. The first appropriation was authorized in May 1999. The first programs began operating in the 1999–00 school year. ANNUAL AMOUNT For FY1999–00, the ECDEC Fund appropriation is approximately $21 million. The annual total in the ECDEC Fund is defined as 100 percent of the “remaining net proceeds” of the Gaming Commission Fund, determined after supporting several veterans’ and national guard programs (approximately $9 million). In any given year, the ECDEC Fund is subject to appropriation. Funds are administered by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and the Department of Social Services (DSS). The statutory allocation of these funds is as follows: • 60 percent for a competitive grant program to support early childhood development, education and care programs; • 48 percent is appropriated to DESE; • 12 percent is appropriated to DSS; • 30 percent to DSS; • 10 percent for certificates for low–income families to purchase early childhood development, education and care; • 10 percent for subsidy rate increases for accredited centers and homes; • 10 percent for certificates for low–income families with children under age 3 whose parents stay at home with the children to purchase early childhood education; and • 10 percent undesignated and jointly administered by DESE and DSS, which may be used for an evaluation, which is required by statute. SERVICES FUNDED The ECDEC Fund expands access and improves the quality of services. Programs funded through DSS are required to meet state child care licensing requirements within one year of receiving funds. Programs funded through DESE must commit to becoming state–licensed within one year of receiving a grant and to becoming accredited within three years. In addition to Missouri’s own early childhood accreditation, accreditation systems of five national organizations are accepted by DSS: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), National Association for Family Child Care, Council on Accreditation of Services for Children and Families, National Early Childhood Program Accreditation and National School Age Care Alliance. Only Missouri accreditation and NAEYC accreditation are accepted by DESE. The legislation requires DESE and DSS to conduct a four–year evaluation study with program and comparison groups to determine program impact and report the results to the legislature in 2002. HOW FUNDS DISTRIBUTED The competitive preschool program funds (the first 60 percent) are distributed through grants, with DESE and DSS holding separate competitions. Preference is given for new programs, programs targeted to areas of the state with high need, programs for children with special needs, programs that offer non–traditional hours and/or those which serve high concentrations of low–income families. The legislation requires that community input into applications for funding must be documented and that public school programs must establish a parent advisory committee. For FY1999–00, the DESE preschool program funds were distributed through a two–phase competitive grant: the first round was limited to public school districts; the second round was open to all providers of early education for 3– and 4–year–olds. A portion of the DSS competitive preschool funds for FY1999–00 was used for a grants program to create community partnerships between Early Head Start grantees and family child care homes and centers. These grants will improve the quality of services in these sites and offer certificates to parents to purchase care in them. The DSS funds are distributed through the same mechanism as other child care subsidies and certificates. The subsidy rate increase for accredited programs is 20 percent above a program’s current rate. The six accreditation systems noted above are accepted. The 10 percent allocated to certificates for low–income families with children under 3 whose parents are at home was to be a competitive grant program to communities, beginning in 2000. 48
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