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and physical activity tool-kit materials and participation stipends will be made available to pilot participants. Participants will engage in self-assessment to identify specific goals and draft an action plan focused on three areas of improvement. They will attend training workshops and receive targeted TA tailored to each participant. The pilot will help determine the scalability of a Nutrition and Physical Activity Endorsement and the role this may play in the revision of Quality Rated. x. Other activities determined by the Lead Agency to improve the quality of child care services and the measurement of outcomes related to improved provider preparedness, child safety, child well-being, or kindergarten entry. [ ] No plans to spend in this category of activities at this time. [x] Yes. If yes, describe current and future investments. The Lead Agency will continue to provide a Pre-K Summer Transition Program to support school readiness. The program is designed to support students who need additional academic support over the summer. The Pre-K Summer Transition Program will continue to run for five weeks during June and July and is a full-day instructional program. Currently, there are 324 Rising Kindergarten classes that support more than 4,500 students and is offered in 62 counties in Georgia. The Lead Agency is currently supporting an Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) pilot project to increase child care programs, staff, and family access to mental health resources and services through funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Currently, CCDF funding supports 12 child care sites receiving IECMHC services in the Macon, Savannah, and metro Atlanta areas and will cover the evaluation of the project. The project evaluation will inform whether the IECMHC pilot will be expanded. 8 Lead Agency Coordination and Partnerships to Support Service Delivery Coordination and partnerships help ensure that the Lead Agency’s efforts accomplish CCDF goals effectively, leverage other resources, and avoid duplication of effort. Such coordination and partnerships can help families better access child care, can assist in providing consumer education to parents, and can be used to improve child care quality and the stability of child care providers. Such coordination can also be particularly helpful in the aftermath of disasters when the provision of emergency child care services and the rebuilding and restoring of child care infrastructure are an essential part of ensuring the well-being of children and families in recovering communities. This section identifies who the Lead Agency collaborates with to implement services, how match and maintenance-of-effort (MOE) funds are used, coordination with child care resource and referral (CCR&R) systems, and efforts for disaster preparedness and response plans to support continuity of operations in response to emergencies. 8.1 Coordination with Partners to Expand Accessibility and Continuity of Care Lead Agencies must coordinate child care services supported by CCDF with other federal, State/Territory, and local level programs. This includes programs for the benefit of Indian children, infants and toddlers, children with disabilities, children experiencing homelessness, and children in foster care.