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4.1.3 Child care services available through grants or contracts.

c) Will the Lead Agency use grants or contracts for child care services to increase the quality of specific types of care? Check all that apply. Programs to serve children with disabilities Programs to serve infants and toddlers Programs to serve school-age children Programs to serve children needing non-traditional hour care Programs to serve homeless children Programs to serve children in underserved areas Programs that serve children with diverse linguistic or cultural backgrounds Programs that serve specific geographic areas Urban Rural Other Describe N/A. The Lead Agency does not provide child care services through grants or contracts for child care slots. Question 4.1.3a states to skip to 4.1.4

4.1.4 Certify by describing the Lead Agency's procedures for ensuring that parents have unlimited access to their children whenever their children are in the care of a provider who receives CCDF funds (658E(c)(2)(B); 98.16(t)). The Lead Agency has state regulations ensuring that parents have unlimited access to their child(ren) when the child is in care. Title 391 of Nebraska Administrative Code - Children’s Services Licensing, states that the licensed child care provider must allow parents access to their children at all times that the children are in care; denial of immediate and unrestricted access to the licensed premises by parents may be basis for disciplinary action against the license. Title 392 of Nebraska Administrative Code – Child Care Subsidy Program, states that during the hours of operation, the home must be open to announce and unannounced visits by parents of all children for whom care is being provided. Parents must always have Nebraska Page 107 of 314