| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. Department of Human Services; rulemaking. The Department of Human | | Services shall adopt rules necessary to: |
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| | | 1. Allow the provision of after-school care for students 12 | | to 15 years old; |
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| | | 2. Allow the provision of full-day, year-round Head Start | | programming; |
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| | | 3. Maximize the procurement of federal funds available as a | | result of the increased State contribution in section 2; and |
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| | | 4. Implement any other portion of this Act. |
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| | | Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical | | rules pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter | | 375, subchapter II-A. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Appropriation. The following funds are appropriated from the | | General Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act. |
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| | | HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF |
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| | | Purchased Social Services |
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| | | All Other | | $2,000,000 | $2,100,000 |
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| | | Provides funds for additional | | infant, toddler and preschool | | child care subsidies. |
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| | | Purchased Social Services |
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| | | All Other | | $1,000,000 | $1,050,000 |
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| | | Provides funds for additional | | school-aged child care | | subsidies. |
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| | | Purchased Social Services |
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| | | All Other | | $500,000 | $525,000 |
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| | | Provides funds for after-school | | services to the 12-to-15-year | | age group. Service of this age | | group |
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