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regional specialists and professional learning opportunities. · Georgia’s Criminal Record Check system and the Professional Learning System are two additional examples of coordination to support Head Start grant recipients. Both systems are set up for use by Head Start staff to acquire the necessary criminal record approval to work in Head Start and to help track the professional learning records for staff statewide to meet the Head Start Program Performance Standard requirements for the workforce. The HSCO coordinates annual training, via web based or at GHSA conference, to ensure all leadership at the local level understand the pathways for these systems. · The Children’s Cabinet sponsors the Georgia Two Generation Leadership Academy each year and has coordinated through the HSCO to recruit at least two Head Start Directors for participation. This year long professional learning experience culminates in a capstone project and graduation ceremony in June each year.

e. State/Territory agency responsible for public health, including the agency responsible for immunizations. Describe the coordination and results of the coordination: The Lead Agency collaborates with the Department of Public Health (DPH), the state agency responsible for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, nutrition (including breast feeding support), and childhood obesity prevention. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Health (DPH) sits on the Georgia Children's Cabinet along with agency heads of all Georgia's child-serving agencies, including the Commissioner of the Lead Agency. The Georgia Children's Cabinet connects all departments and agencies serving children to align state priorities and programs. The Georgia Children's Cabinet meets every two months to ensure ongoing communication and information sharing. For collaboration with immunizations, Child Care Services (CCS) works in conjunction with representatives from the Immunizations Program within DPH annually to develop audit guidance for providers according to DPH rules (Chapter 290-5-4) and Rules and Regulations for Child Care Learning Centers (591-1-1) notifying them of the annual review that will be conducted by representatives from DPH. A joint letter is drafted and blasted to all licensed child care learning centers advising them of their annual immunization audit/assessment to be conducted by DPH representatives. Any non-compliance issues found during these are sent over by DPH to CCS for investigation and follow-up by regional licensing consultants. f. State/Territory agency responsible for employment services/workforce development. Describe the coordination and results of the coordination: Housed at the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the State Workforce Development Board (SWDB) administers Workforce Innovations and Opportunity Act funds across the state and oversees the Governor's State Workforce Development initiatives. The Lead Agency will continue to work with the SWDB to align available resources to support the child care workforce. The Lead Agency also oversees a two-generation policy grant to which the SWDB and the Georgia Department of Labor contribute. g. State/Territory agency responsible for public education, including pre-Kindergarten. Describe the coordination and results of the coordination: The Lead Agency collaborates with the Georgia Department of Education (DOE) on a variety of initiatives, including participation in the state's longitudinal data system, IDEA Part B, Section 619, and the Kindergarten Readiness Check. These collaborations help ensure that services critical to