# Priorities for State Child Care Facilities Fund (GAIN)

For programs serving participants in the Greater Avenues for Independence Act of 1985 (GAIN), priorities for the acquisition and leasing of facilities from the Child Care Facilities Fund are: 

              (a) First priority shall be given to extended day care programs that: 

                            (1) Operate within the boundaries of school districts that have unhoused pupils; 

                            (2) Have developed a plan to provide extended day care services in a cost effective manner; and 

                            (3) Are providing or seeking to provide extended day care services in, or in close proximity to, public housing projects, or in areas of high density of recipients of benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children programs in order to serve participants under the Greater Avenues for Independence Act of 1985 (GAIN). 

              (b) Second priority shall be given to extended day care programs that: 

                            (1) Operate within the boundaries of a school district that has housed pupils; 

                            (2) Have developed a plan to provide extended day care services in a cost effective manner; and 

                            (3) Are providing or seeking to provide extended day care services in, or in close proximity to public housing projects, or in areas of high density of recipients of benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children programs in order to serve participants under the Greater Avenues for Independence Act of 1985 (GAIN). 

              (c) Third priority shall be given to extended day care programs that: 

                            (1) Operate within the boundaries of a school district that has unhoused pupils; 

                            (2) Have developed a plan to provide extended day care services in a cost effective manner; and 

                            (3) Are providing or seeking to provide extended day care services that are not in or in close proximity to public housing projects, or in areas of high density of recipients of benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children programs in order to serve participants under the Greater Avenues for Independence Act of 1985 (GAIN). 

              (d) Fourth priority shall be given to extended day care programs that: 

                            (1) Operate within the boundaries of a school district that has housed pupils; 

                            (2) Have developed a plan to provide extended day care services in a cost effective manner; and 

              (3) Are providing or seeking to provide extended day care services that are not in or in close proximity to public housing projects, or in areas of high density of recipients of benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children programs in order to serve participants under the Greater Avenues for Independence Act of 1985 (GAIN).

> NOTE: Authority cited: Section 8461, Education Code. Reference: Section 8478.5, Education Code.


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