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management agency, the State licensing agency, the State health department or public health department, local and State child care resource and referral agencies, and the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care (designated or established pursuant to section 642B(b)(I)(A)(i) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837b(b)(1)(A)(i))) or similar coordinating body (98.16(aa)).

1.8.1 Describe how the Statewide Child Care Disaster Plan was developed in collaboration with the State human services agency, the State emergency management agency, the State licensing agency, the State health department or public health department, local and State child care resource and referral agencies, and the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care or similar coordinating body: Coordination and planning started with a task-force which included: Health Departments, the Fire Marshal’s Office, Environmental Public Health, Emergency Management Agency, Public Health, NEMA, Head Start, Licensing, CCR&R, members of the Nebraska Early Childhood Interagency Coordinating Council (ECICC), and the Department of Education. The Lead Agency worked with Child Care Aware of America and participated in a peer-to-peer learning cohort. The CCDF/Subsidy program is on the agenda to present the final draft version of the Child Care Disaster Plan at the November 2018 ECICC meeting. Feedback and Impute from the council will be considered before the final version is enacted.

Effective Date: 10/01/2018

1.8.2 Describe how the Statewide Disaster Plan includes the Lead Agency's guidelines for the continuation of child care subsidies and child care services, which may include the provision of emergency and temporary child care services during a disaster and temporary operating standards for child care after a disaster: Nebraska Page 33 of 314