1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 1276 as follows:
1.2Page 1, line 3, after "opportunities" insert "and enhance county interactions with
1.3licensed family child care providers"
1.4Page 1, after line 21, insert:

1.5    "Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; INCREASED PROVIDER CONNECTIONS.
1.6    (a) $....... in fiscal year 2008 and $....... in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from
1.7the general fund to Hennepin County and $....... in fiscal year 2008 and $....... in fiscal
1.8year 2009 are appropriated from the general fund to Ramsey County to contract with a
1.9nonprofit organization to work with the contracting county and county-based licensed
1.10family child care providers to make training and mentoring available to licensed family
1.11child care providers and to serve as a conduit for information on family and child
1.12care-related resources, consistent with paragraphs (b) and (c). All the appropriations
1.13are available until June 30, 2009.
1.14    (b) To (1) improve county contact activities with county-based licensed family child
1.15care providers; (2) enhance county social services, public health services, and economic
1.16assistance services available to eligible families, parents, and children; and (3) improve
1.17the quality of child care through peer support and coaching networks, the nonprofit
1.18organization under paragraph (a) must make grants available to interested county-based
1.19licensed family child care providers to serve as contacts for children and families using
1.20licensed family child care.
1.21    (c) Hennepin and Ramsey Counties must evaluate the effect of increasing contact
1.22with county-based licensed family child care providers and report to the early childhood
1.23education committees of the legislature by February 15, 2010.
1.24EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2007."
1.25Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.26Amend the title accordingly