The office must issue a request for proposals for intergenerational child care programs and applicants must meet specific eligibility conditions to receive funding.
§1442.2. The office of children and family services; duties A. The office of children and family services, Department of Children and Family Services shall issue a request for proposals to establish intergenerational child care programs designed to employ or utilize senior workers as child care personnel. In developing the requirements for the request for proposals, the office shall consider a variety of program designs and funding arrangements which shall directly involve senior workers in daycare facilities and shall include but not be limited to programs providing salary stipends, transportation, or meals. Priority shall be given to proposals submitted from those areas of the state with significant numbers of elderly and with the greatest need for child care facilities. B. To be eligible to receive funding, an applicant shall: (1) Submit a proposal which meets the requirements of the request for proposals issued by the office. (2) Provide documentation that the proposal will involve senior workers in child care facilities. (3) Agree to involve local or area elderly or senior citizen organizations, agencies, and advocacy groups, including but not limited to councils on aging and the American Association of Retired Persons. (4) Agree to enroll children of persons receiving public assistance in the child care facility. (5) Complete licensure requirements of the Child Care Facility and Child-Placing Agency Licensing Act (R.S. 46:1401-1424). C. The office, through the Department of Children and Family Services, shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the requirements of this Chapter. Acts 1990, No. 1087, §1.