8-1161. Responsibilities of regional
partnership councils
(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies)
A. Each regional partnership council shall identify the assets available for early
childhood development and health programs in its region, including opportunities for
coordination and use of other available funding sources.
B. Based on that information, each regional partnership council shall identify and
prioritize the unmet need for early childhood development and health programs in its
region.
C. Each regional partnership council shall submit a report detailing assets,
coordination opportunities and unmet needs to the board biannually. The regional
partnership council's needs and assets assessment shall be forwarded to the board for
final approval no later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, beginning in 2008.
The board shall have discretion to approve or reject a council's assessment in whole or
in part or to require revisions. The board shall act on all needs and assets assessments
no later than October 1 of each even-numbered year, beginning in 2008.
D. Each regional partnership council shall annually develop a regional plan for the
expenditure, during the next fiscal year, of funds budgeted by the board pursuant to
8-1184 to meet the needs identified in its region.
1. A regional funding plan may include programs and services to be conducted by the
council directly as well as programs and services to be provided by private, public,
governmental and faith-based organizations through funding grants.
2. A regional funding plan shall include amounts requested, if any, to complete the
regional needs and assets assessments required by this section. These needs and assets
assessments may be funded with monies from the program account established pursuant to
section 8-1181.
3. Each regional partnership council shall submit its annual regional funding plan
to the board for approval no later than January 1 of each year, beginning in 2009. The
board shall have discretion to approve or reject a council's plan in whole or in part or
to require revisions. The board shall act on all regional funding plans no later than
February 1 of each year, beginning in 2009.
E. After its regional plan has been approved by the board, each regional
partnership council shall conduct the approved programs directly and/or make the approved
grants pursuant to section 8-1173.
F. The board may, on a finding of good cause, approve needs and assets assessments
and regional funding plans received after the deadlines set forth in this section,
including revised assessments or plans re-submitted in response to board action revising
or rejecting a submitted assessment or plan.
G. Each regional partnership council shall increase parents' and providers' access
to information about early childhood development and health programs. Methods for meeting
this requirement include:
1. Providing information about the programs and services provided by the board, the
council and grant recipients.
2. Providing information about existing federal, state, local and private sources
of funding available to improve the quality of and access to early childhood development
and health programs.
3. Providing support and training for early childhood development and health
providers.
4. Informing providers and parents about licensing and other requirements for early
childhood development and health providers.
5. Fostering cooperation among early childhood development and health providers in
order to increase the number of children and families served and improve outcomes for
children and families served.
H. Each regional partnership council may solicit private funds from individuals,
corporations and foundations to support its efforts to improve the quality of and access
to early childhood development and health programs in its region. The board must approve
any gifts received in response to council solicitations. Approved gifts shall be
deposited into the private gifts account of the early childhood development and health
fund pursuant to section 8-1182.
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