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Reminder: Must be no earlier than January 1, 2018, which is 9 months prior to the October 1, 2018, effective date of the Plan. If more than one public hearing was held, please enter one date (e.g. the date of the first hearing, the most recent hearing or any hearing date that demonstrates this requirement).

b) Date of notice of public hearing (date for the notice of public hearing identified in (a). 05/25/2018

Reminder: Must be at least 20 calendar days prior to the date of the public hearing. If more than one public hearing was held, enter one date of notice (e.g. the date of the first notice, the most recent notice or any date of notice that demonstrates this requirement). c) How was the public notified about the public hearing? Please include specific website links if used to provide notice. Contact information is provided with the Notice of Hearing, allowing anyone to request a written copy or to directly speak to someone. A Notice of Hearing advertisement was placed in the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World Herald newspapers. Scheduling of the hearing was located at the following websites:

http://dhhs.ne.gov/children_family_services/ChildCare/Pages/Community.aspx https://www.nebraska.gov/calendar/index.cgi

d) Hearing site or method, including how geographic regions of the state or territory were addressed. The hearing site was at the Nebraska State Office Building, in Lincoln, NE. The hearing was held live. Auxiliary aids or reasonable accommodations are available upon request. Interested persons were also to able to submit written comments.

e) 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 State Plan was made available at the following website: http://dhhs.ne.gov/children_family_services/ChildCare/Pages/Community.aspx. Information was also provided on how to request a paper copy of the State Plan for pick up or mail.

f) How was the information provided by the public taken into consideration regarding the provision of child care services under this Plan? Public comment was be reviewed by the CCDF Administrator, CCDF Program Specialist, Policy Administrator, Deputy Director, and other Lead Agency staff. Nebraska Page 12 of 314