1.The department shall provide administrative support for implementation of the early
childhood Iowa initiative and for the state board. The department shall adopt rules in
consultation with the state board to provide fiscal oversight of the initiative. The fiscal
oversight measures adopted shall include but are not limited to all of the following:
a.Reporting and other requirements to address the financial activities employed by area
boards.
b.Regular audits and other requirements of fiscal agents for area boards.
c.Requirements for area boards to undertake and report on fiscal and performance
reviews of the programs, contracts, services, and other functions funded by the area boards.
2.An early childhood Iowa program is established in the department to provide
leadership for facilit
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1. The department shall provide administrative support for implementation of the early
childhood Iowa initiative and for the state board. The department shall adopt rules in
consultation with the state board to provide fiscal oversight of the initiative. The fiscal
oversight measures adopted shall include but are not limited to all of the following:
a. Reporting and other requirements to address the financial activities employed by area
boards.
b. Regular audits and other requirements of fiscal agents for area boards.
c. Requirements for area boards to undertake and report on fiscal and performance
reviews of the programs, contracts, services, and other functions funded by the area boards.
2. An early childhood Iowa program is established in the department to provide
leadership for facilitation, communication, and coordination for the early childhood Iowa
initiative activities and funding and for improvement of the early care, education, health,
and human services systems. An administrator for the early childhood Iowa program shall
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be appointed by the director of the department. Other staff may also be designated, subject
to appropriation made for this purpose.
3. The state agencies represented on the state board may designate additional staff, as
part of the early childhood Iowa initiative, to work as a technical assistance team with the
program in providing coordination and other support to the state’s comprehensive early care,
education, health, and human services system.
4. The program shall work with the state and area boards to provide leadership for
comprehensive system development. The program shall also do all of the following:
a. Enter into memoranda of agreement with the departments of education and workforce
development and the economic development authority to formalize the commitments
of the respective departments and the authority to collaborating with and integrating a
comprehensive early care, education, health, and human services system. Items addressed
in the memoranda shall include but are not limited to data sharing and providing staffing to
the technical assistance team.
b. Work with private businesses, foundations, and nonprofit organizations to develop
sustained funding.
c. Maintain the internet site in accordance with section 256I.10.
d. Propose any needed revisions to administrative rules based on stakeholder input.
e. Provide technical support to the state and area boards and to the early childhood Iowa
areas through staffing services made available through the state agencies that serve on the
state board.
f. Develop,collect,disseminate,andprovideguidanceforcommonperformancemeasures
for the programs receiving funding under the auspices of the area boards.
g. If a disagreement arises within an early childhood Iowa area regarding the interests
represented on the area’s board, board decisions, or other disputes that cannot be locally
resolved, upon request, provide state or regional technical assistance as deemed appropriate
by the program to assist the area in resolving the disagreement.