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organizations(s) within the State: Not applicable. c. Identify other entities, agencies, or organizations consulted on the development of the CCDF Plan (e.g., representatives from the child care workforce, or statewide afterschool networks) and describe those consultation efforts: The Lead Agency meets with the Georgia Child Care Association, The Professional Family Child Care Association of Georgia, Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students, Voices for Georgia's Children, Black Child Development Institute of Atlanta individually on a quarterly basis. Each organization was afforded the opportunity to review the plan and comment directly by e-mail or at either of the Lead Agency's public hearings. 1.3.2 Public hearing process Lead Agencies must hold at least one public hearing in the State or Territory, with sufficient Statewide or Territory-wide distribution of notice prior to such a hearing to enable the public to comment on the provision of child care services under the CCDF Plan. Describe the Statewide or Territory-wide public hearing process held to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on the provision of child care services under this Plan. i. Date of the public hearing: 5/29/2024; 5/30/2024 Reminder: Must be no earlier than January 1, 2024. If more than one public hearing was held, enter one date (e.g., the date of the first hearing, the most recent hearing date, or any hearing date that demonstrates this requirement). ii. Date of notice of public hearing: 5/6/2024 iii. Was the notice of public hearing posted publicly at least 20 calendar days prior to the date of the public hearing? [x] Yes. [ ] No. If no, describe: iv. Describe how the public was notified about the public hearing, including outreach in other languages, information on interpretation services being available, etc. Include specific website links if used to provide noticeThe public was notified by placing an advisory on the Lead Agency’s website, mass email to stakeholders, and through multiple social media platforms. If requested, the Lead Agency uses a translation service that provides translation for multiple languages. https://www.decal.ga.gov/documents/attachments/CCDFStatePlan25- 27PublicHearingNotice.pdf v. Describe how the approach to the public hearing was inclusive of all geographic regions of the State or Territory: All public hearings were conducted virtually. The virtual public hearings allowed all Georgia citizens interested in making public comment to attend and allowed their voices to be heard. vi. Describe how the content of the Plan was made available to the public in advance of the public hearing (e.g., the Plan was made available in other languages, in multiple formats, etc.): The Plan was made available on the Lead Agency’s website, social media platforms, and in local media. vii. Describe how the information provided by the public was taken into consideration