50.03.250 Early Childhood Services Inclusion Support Services and Grant Program

(a) The department may establish in collaboration with other tribal agencies an early childhood services inclusion grant program for early childhood services providers that provide, or applicants for licensure who indicate they will provide, care for children with disabilities or developmental delays. The grant program must be designed to:

(1) Support the staffing needs to expand the ability to care for children with disabilities or developmental delays; and

(2) Assist in modifying or adapting the early childhood services setting as needed to address the health, safety, and developmental needs of children with disabilities or developmental delays.

(b) The department may fund early childhood services specialists to make available technical assistance to early childhood services providers that care for children with disabilities.