LAC 28:CLXVII.709. Community Network Request for Funding for Publicly-Funded Programs

A. Annually by September 1, the department will release the timeline by which the lead agency will develop, in collaboration with representatives of providers of child care, Head Start, and prekindergarten services, and submit a funding request for the following fiscal year to the department on behalf of the community network and based on the coordinated enrollment results, to include the following: 1. the number of applications received for each age of at-risk children; 2. the number of seats requested at each publicly-funded site; 3. the number of seats recommended by the lead agency to receive funding with a prioritization by site and age of children served by funding source; 4. the criteria and process used to develop the community network request; 5. the recommended plan to maximize all funding sources to increase service to at-risk children; 6. the number of seats being requested in a mixed delivery setting; and 7. the number of eligible children served in the network by specific program type. B. The lead agency shall provide an opportunity for each publicly-funded program in the community network and the general public in the coverage area of the community network to comment on the proposed funding request prior to submission to the department and shall include documentation of this process in the funding request.