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SFC/SB 241 Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Program Act: A. "at-risk child" means a child who may be vulnerable to or experiencing negative outcomes due to factors such as poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse, mental health issues, family involvement in the justice system, housing instability or homelessness; who has or is at risk of having a developmental delay or a disability; or whom the children, youth and families department identifies as experiencing or at risk for abuse or neglect; B. "child care assistance" means funding administered by the department to a child care facility to provide child care for eligible children through the child care assistance program; C. "child care facility" means a public or private entity, facility or premises that is licensed or registered and regulated by the department at which children receive child care services, including care, education and supervision, for less than twenty-four hours per day; D. "consensus revenue estimating group" means the professional economists or revenue analysts from the department of finance and administration, the taxation and revenue department, the department of transportation and the legislative finance committee; E. "department" means the early childhood education and care department;