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(d) Strategies to increase access to youth development programs 1 for prioritized populations such as children of color, foster 2 children, children experiencing homelessness, and children involved 3 in the justice system. 4 (25) $5,548,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation (ARPA) 5 is provided solely for allocations from federal funding as authorized 6 in section 2014, the American rescue plan act of 2021, P.L. 117-2. 7 (26)(a) The department must provide to the education research and 8 data center, housed at the office of financial management, data on 9 all state-funded early childhood programs. These programs include the 10 early support for infants and toddlers, early childhood education and 11 assistance program (ECEAP), and the working connections and seasonal 12 subsidized childcare programs including license-exempt facilities or 13 family, friend, and neighbor care. The data provided by the 14 department to the education research data center must include 15 information on children who participate in these programs, including 16 their name and date of birth, and dates the child received services 17 at a particular facility. 18 (b) ECEAP early learning professionals must enter any new 19 qualifications into the department's professional development 20 registry starting in the 2015-16 school year, and every school year 21 thereafter. By October 2017, and every October thereafter, the 22 department must provide updated ECEAP early learning professional 23 data to the education research data center. 24 (c) The department must request federally funded head start 25 programs to voluntarily provide data to the department and the 26 education research data center that is equivalent to what is being 27 provided for state-funded programs. 28 (d) The education research and data center must provide an 29 updated report on early childhood program participation and K-12 30 outcomes to the house of representatives appropriations committee and 31 the senate ways and means committee using available data every March 32 for the previous school year. 33 (e) The department, in consultation with the department of social 34 and health services, must withhold payment for services to early 35 childhood programs that do not report on the name, date of birth, and 36 the dates a child received services at a particular facility. 37 (27) Funding in this section is sufficient for the department to 38 collaborate with the department of commerce to jointly convene and 39 facilitate a child care collaborative task force to continue the work 40 p. 1160 ESSB 5187.SL