‘ 20. Statewide voluntary early childhood consultation program. Beginning September 1, 2020, the commissioner shall implement a statewide voluntary early childhood consultation program to provide support, guidance and training to improve the abilities and skills of early care and education teachers and providers working in public elementary schools, child care facilities as defined in Title 22, section 8301-A, subsection 1-A, paragraph B, family child care settings and Head Start programs serving infants and children who are 8 years of age or younger who are experiencing challenging behaviors that put the infants or children at risk of learning difficulties and removal from early learning and education settings, and to improve the abilities and skills of families and foster parents with infants or children who are 8 years of age or younger in the home who are experiencing challenging behaviors that put the infants or children at risk of learning difficulties and removal from early learning and education settings. Any record about a child created as a result of a consultation under this subsection must be made available to the parents or guardians of that child and may not become part of that child's education record.
A. Fifty percent of the costs related to the program implemented under this subsection must be paid from funds provided to the Department of Health and Human Services under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant available under Title IV-A of the United States Social Security Act or transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services from that block grant authorized under Title XX of the United States Social Security Act.
B. The funds under paragraph A must be transferred to the department by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to a schedule agreed upon by the department and the Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the State Controller, and based on documentation of costs incurred by the department in implementing the program under this subsection.’
