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A
From
you
here
to
our
november
meeting
of
the
tobacco
settlement
agreement
fund
oversight
committee
and
we'll
begin
I'll,
ask
representative
king
as
she
will
lead
us
in
a
prayer
and
then
we'll
do
the
pledge
of
allegiance.
Please.
B
Please
help
us
to
be
thankful
and
grateful
every
day,
but
in
this
in
this
month
of
thankfulness,
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
before
you
today
we're
so
thankful
for
the
many
many
blessings
you
give
us
these
appropriations,
the
folks
that
administer
it,
the
people
we
serve
at
home.
Thank
you
for
sending
jesus
to
die
on
the
cross,
and
we
just
love
you
and
thank
you
in
jesus
name,
amen.
A
Oh
and
for
those
who
are
virtual
this
morning,
please
let
us
know
if
you
are
either
here
in
the
committee
room
or
are
coming
from
home.
G
F
A
Here
in
the
committee
room
we
do
have
a
quorum
and
we'll
begin
with
our
minutes.
Do
I
have
a
motion
on
our
october
minutes.
A
There
we
are
all
of
us
in
favor,
say
aye
minutes
pass
now
we'll
move
on
to
our
first
guest,
we'll
ask
brian
lacefield
the
executive
director
of
the
kentucky
office
of
ag
policy
and
bill
mccloskey,
the
deputy
executive
director
to
come
forward
and
introduce
yourselves
and
begin
with
your.
H
Good
morning,
thank
you
chairman
morning,
committee,
brian
lacefield
executive,
director
with
the
kentucky
office
of
ag
policy,
and
it's
great
to
be
back
with
you
for
another
another
report,
and
just
thank
you
for
the
time
you
allowed
us
last
month.
I
think
we
had
a
a
very
special
meeting
and
I
was
so
thankful.
We
had
both
the
commissioner
and
and
wayne
hunt,
the
the
one
board
member
that
has
has
been
here
since
the
beginning,
with
house
bill
611
to
to
be
able
to
to
share
with
you.
H
I
know
we
have
other
folks
on
the
agenda,
so
we
will
be
be
brief
today,
so
we
won't
take
up
the
time
like
we
did
last
last
month.
If
you
recall,
I
had
two
two
committee
members
with
me
here
last
last
month,
and
I
noted
it
was
my
book
ends.
H
It
was
our
longest
serving
committee
member
and
our
our
most
recently
appointed
one
and
they
joined
rest
of
the
ag
development
board,
as
well
as
the
ag
finance
board
immediately
following
our
meeting
with
you
all
last
month
and
had
a
two-day
planning
session
that
was
had
been
built
upon
the
one
we
had
back
in
july
down
in
bowling
green
and
continue
to
to
to
vet
everything
we're
looking
at
to
make
sure
we
are
serving
the
needs
of
our
producers
and
administering
these
funds
that
you
would
direct
us
to
across
the
commonwealth
and
believe
that
we
are
seeing
continued
success
with
our
programs
and
saw
very,
very
little
items
that
were
to
be
addressed.
H
To
look
at
we're
going
to
follow
back
up
with
some
some
recommendations.
That
came
out
of
this
at
our
next
meeting,
which
will
be
next
week.
And
then
we
can
report
to
you
any
any
decisions
that
were
made
at
the
following
oversight
committee,
since
I
visited
with
you
last,
have
had
the
opportunity
to
continue
to
do
some
good
things
in
the
state
and
and
spend
time
working
to
to
promote
our
programs.
H
I
had
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
half
of
our
uk
ag
and
natural
resource
agents
two
weeks
ago
at
a
day-long
planning
meeting,
and
it
was
a
great
opportunity.
They
represented
the
the
eastern
half
of
our
state
and
75
agents
there
and,
as
you
all,
were
well
aware,
this
is
the
strength
in
how
we
are
able
to
deliver.
These
programs
and
services
to
our
producers
is
partnering
with
our
extension
folks
there
and
and
as
they
help
facilitate
the
county
committee
county
councils
across
the
state.
H
So
this
was
a
good
chance
to
to
spend
time
listening
to
to
their
their
needs
and
concerns,
and
one
that
I
I
found
that
wanted
to
share
with
you
all
and
going
to
share
with
my
board
was
the
the
decision
that
was
made
in
2019
to
allocate
state
funds
close
to
a
half
a
million
dollars
to
21
counties,
to
bring
everybody
up
to
at
least
30
000
dollars
in
county
money,
and
this
brought
two
counties
pike
and
not
from
zero
dollars.
Historically,
we
had
818
of
120
counties
that
had
participated.
H
This
brought
them
up
to
a
full
30
thousand,
and
if
you
look
at
the
counties
that
it
that
it
impacted
chairman
dawson,
it
really
kind
of
was
on
either
end
of
the
state.
We
had
our
fart,
we
had
nine
counties
in
the
west
and
we
had
the
12
counties
in
the
in
the
eastern
part
of
the
state
that
were
able
to
participate,
and
there
was
feedback
from
the
the
agents
that
that
were
eligible
for
these
funds
is
how
good
this
has
been.
H
One
one
you
know
talking
about,
had
never
been
able
to
run
a
cape
program
and
now
had
16
producers
that
have
been
able
to
participate
in
it.
So
this
they
had
funding
for
the
20
year
and
in
2021,
and
I'm
I'm
going
to
encourage
that
to
continue.
I
just
think
this
is
a
great
way
that
we're
able
to
make
sure
these
funds
are
going
out
across
literally
across
the
state.
H
Another
opportunity
had
to
take
half
my
staff
to
eden,
shell,
which
is
a
state-owned
farm
there
in
owen
county
that
is
run
by
the
kentucky
cattlemen.
That
is
a
demonstration,
a
working
demonstration,
farm
and
and
representative
pratt.
I
think
it
does
a
great
job
of
replicating
the
average
cow
calf
operation
in
kentucky,
and
they
have
a
number
of
program
of
projects
that
they're
doing.
H
That
would
work
well
with
with
many
of
our
cost
share
programs,
both
at
at
state
and
at
county
level,
and
was
just
very
impressed
with
everything
that
they
had
going
on
up
there.
We
spent
the
day
with
with
with
becky
thompson
and
dan
miller
and
dr
steve
higgins,
with
uk
there,
and
my
team
was
some
of
them.
H
It
was
their
first
time
up
there
and
really
enjoyed
that
project,
encourage
any
any
members
of
the
committee
or
your
colleagues
in
the
general
assembly
to
go
up
there
and
see
what's
going
on
with
38
000
beef
producers
in
kentucky.
That
is
a
big
segment
of
our
our
kentucky
agriculture
last
week
bill
and
I
spent
spent
the
three
days
over
in
louisville
for
the
ag
business
association
of
kentucky's
annual
ag
summit.
I
was
glad
last
year
it
had
been
a
virtual
meeting.
H
This
year
was
back
in
person,
and
it
was
a
great
time
to
to
get
together.
We
had
dr
will
snell
with
the
university
of
kentucky
and
dr
burdine,
giving
us
an
economic
update.
There
are
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
positives,
we're
seeing
in
the
market
with
with
with
commodity
prices,
but
we're
also
seeing
a
lot
of
challenges
coming
in
the
next
year
with
input
prices
and
input
availability.
H
So
I
I
anticipate
more
discussions
on
this
going
forward,
but,
as
always,
I
I
will
bet
on
kentucky
farmers
that
we
will
figure
out
a
way
to
to
navigate
properly
in
challenging
business
cycles
again
looking
forward
to
another
month
of
being
back
on
the
road.
But
I
will
pause
now
and
turn
it
over
to
deputy
executive
director
mccloskey
for
a
recap
of
the
projects
that
were
funded
last
month.
F
Okay,
if
you're
ready
chairman
dawson,
give
me
an
updated
board
action
at
the
october
meeting.
So
you
have
the
report
in
front
of
you.
We'll
start
with
page
one.
You
see.
Three
programs
were
approved:
the
cape
program,
county
agriculture,
investment
program,
next
generation
farmer
program
and
youth
ag
incentives
program
for
a
total
of
two
hundred.
Ninety
six
thousand
two
hundred
fifty
dollars
in
county
money.
F
Going
on
to
page
two.
It's
the
program
amendments,
a
dairy
county,
cattlemen's
association,
they've
added
forty
five
thousand
dollars
in
county
money
to
bring
the
total
to
the
cape
program
to
hundred
seventeen
thousand
six
hundred
seventy
five
dollars
and
then
the
dairy
county,
cattlemen's
association
also
requested
additional
fifty
five
hundred
dollars
for
the
youth
program,
bringing
that
total
of
thirty
five
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
and
then
johnson
county
agriculture
advancement
council
request
an
additional
3
000
dollars
to
add
to
their
cape,
to
bring
it
to
46
000.
F
F
The
applicant
or
farmer
has
to
demonstrate
that
they
will
be
involved
in
a
project
or
result
in
energy
savings
and
how
we're
able
to
document
that
is.
They
work
with
a
professional
engineer,
certified
energy
manager
to
evaluate
the
current
operation
and
then
what
investment
they're
going
to
make
in
equipment
or
technology
that
will
result
in
energy
savings.
F
So
we've
got
a
couple:
poultry
loans
that
will
update
their
heater
system
and
their
poultry
operation,
and
then
a
dairy
operation
up
updating
equipment,
specifically
a
vacuum
pump
in
their
milking
parlor,
and
then
several
that
were
making
investment
in
solar
panels,
and
I
know,
there's
a
lot
of
discussion
about
solar
panels
on
a
bigger
scale.
This
is
obviously
a
smaller
scale.
A
system
is
put
in
and
offsets
electricity
they're
currently
using,
so
their
local
electric
company
will
just
allow
them
to
just
to
size
up
to
a
system
equal
to
electricity
they're
using
on
their
operation.
F
Moving
on
to
page
four,
we
have
a
meat
processing
applicant
level,
two,
so
we've
given
you
updates
over
the
last
year
on
level
two
and
level
three
in
the
level
four
level,
two
is
just
a
a
request
for
half
the
cost
up
to
thirty:
seven
thousand
five
hundred
dollars,
in
this
case
it's
a
sixty
thousand
dollar
project.
So
the
eligible
thirty
thousand
four
hundred
twenty
six
dollars
to
purchase
additional
equipment,
specifically
what
to
call
a
vacuum.
F
Stuffer
representative
pratt
allows
them
to
process
and
package
more
consumer
type
process
like
a
sausage
link,
hamburger
patties
and
do
that
more
efficiently,
and
then
a
carcass
saw
currently
they
use
a
reciprocating
saw,
and
this
new
saw
will
allow
them
to
be
more
efficient.
The
way
they
split
the
carcass
at
the
operation.
So
this
is
more
of
a
efficiency
project.
F
So
this
is
a
level
three
request
eligible
for
up
to
250
000
and
they
were
approved
for
238
599
of
the
project,
cost
to
purchase
equipment
and
make
some
improvements,
and
this
investment
will
put
the
ag
development
boards
of
representative
king's
investment
over
7
million
dollars
in
processors
across
the
state,
in
an
effort
to
increase
processing
capacities
for
our
farmers
or
their
establishing
or
expanding
their
direct
to
consumer
marketing
programs
to
consumers.
F
I
can
bring
my
livestock
in
there
and
get
processed
for
my
own
use,
but
I
can't
resell
it
so
if
they
upgrade
to
a
usda
inspected,
then
they're
able
to
what
they
process
at
a
local
facility
like
this,
then
they
can
sell
it
directly
to
the
consumer.
So
this
is
a
big
investment
from
the
applicant's
standpoint,
and
these
are
type
of
projects
the
board
likes
to
see.
F
They
had
a
couple
requirements,
one
working
with
k
card
on
the
business
plan
and
then
also
working
with
a
meat
consultant
expert
which
the
the
board
directed
staff
to
hire
through
the
proposal
request
competitive
process
to
hire
a
meat
processing
consultant.
F
The
meat
consultant
works
with
these
applicants
and
they
identify
what
issues
they
may
have
and
then
and
then
a
recommendation
to
the
applicant,
and
it
gives
applicant
a
chance
to
report
back
to
the
ag
development
board
or
the
committee
that
reviews
these
applications
and
then
make
a
request
to
the
ag
development
board.
So
the
board,
I
think,
did
a
good
job
in
hiring
director
staff.
F
Farmer's
market
structures
have
been
a
priority,
the
ag
development
board
and
they
have
made
up
to
250
thousand
dollars
available
for
farmer's
market
structure,
not
to
exceed
half
the
cost
of
the
project.
So
this
request
was
245
thousand
dollars
in
state
fund
request
for
a
farmers
market.
That's
in
currently
in
downtown
lagrange,
don't
have
a
permanent
structure.
This
will
allow
them
to
have
a
permanent
structure
and
be
part
of
a
bigger
multi-million
dollar
project.
They're
working
on
in
downtown
lagrange
currently
have
this
impact
29
producers,
but
also
include
up
to
40
vendors.
F
That
would
be
able
to
participate,
and
one
interesting
fact
on
this
project.
They
said
it's
downtown
and
the
csx
railroad
runs
through
town
and
the
train
comes
through
there
20
times
a
day
and
so
a
lot
of
interest
in
the
folks
that
might
have
a
observing
this
type
of
rail
traffic
that
also
maybe
participate
in
the
farmers
markets.
To
date,
the
ag
development
board
has
supported
70
farmers,
market
structure
and
director
lacefield
has
been
a
couple
of
reuben
counties,
mcgoffin
county
and
the
city
of
berea
and
his
tenure
here
so
far.
F
So
a
lot
of
interest
in
the
farmers
market
projects
next
moving
on
to
page
seven
is
the
hancock
county.
Cattlemen's
association
will
approve
county
funds,
five
thousand
dollars
to
administer
their
own
youth
program
in
hancak
county.
A
lot
of
the
eligible
items
are
similar
to
the
cape
program:
5
000
in
county
money.
F
Next,
moving
on
to
page
8.,
I've
mentioned
k
card
earlier
kentucky
center
for
agriculture
and
rural
development
requesting
additional
funds
to
operate
their
operation,
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
state
funds.
This
will
be
two
years
of
operation.
A
little
history
representative
pratt
on
kcar.
They
evolved
out
of
the
agriculture
economics
department
at
the
college
of
agriculture.
Almost
20
years
ago
we
saw
the
need,
maybe
for
technical
support
for
cooperatives
in
over
20
years,
they've
evolved
into
working
mostly
with
farmers
and
agri
businesses
on
their
business
plan.
F
You
can
see
some
of
the
information
they
indicated
here
in
their
summary
that
they
like
getting
involved
on
the
front
end
of
a
business
plan
or
the
development
phase
of
the
project
and
think
they
can
help
them
in
identifying
issues
and
concerns,
incorporating
that
and
their
business
plan
is
going
forward.
So
a
lot
of
times
when
we
have
a
applicant
submit
submit
a
request
for
funding.
If
it's
an
undeveloped
business
plan,
then
we
refer
them
to
kaycar
and.
B
F
Have
nine
staff
in
the
state
and
when
they
first
approached
the
ag
development
board
for
funding?
You
know
we
were
funding
up
to
50
percent
of
their
budget,
and
additional
funds
were
coming
from
usda
programs
to
support
these
kind
of
entities
or
organizations
across
the
country.
They
you
can
see
they've
been
able
to
secure
usda
funds
such
that
ag
development
funds
are
only
30
percent
of
their
funding.
So
in
a
lot
of
ways
they
are
an
extension
of
our
office,
helping
with
organizations
and
businesses
across
the
state.
F
Next,
on
page,
nine
kentucky
state
university
requested
nine
hundred
ninety
thousand
dollars.
This
is
their
small
scale
grant
program,
and
we've
talked
about
this
in
the
past.
I
think
representative
roberts,
when
we
talked
about
how
the
board
helps
limited
resource
farmers.
F
This
is
one
of
the
programs
that
help
in
addition
to
community
pharma
mentioned
kcard
helps
with
business
planning.
You've
got
kentucky
highlands.
Those
are
the
whole
arsenal
of
projects
and
programs.
The
ag
development
board
has
improved
to
help
again
small
scale
socially
disadvantaged
farmers,
mostly
in
eastern
kentucky.
They
indicate
they
work
with
farmers
in
113
of
120
counties,
but
they're,
impacting
their
clientele
is
mostly
in
eastern
central
kentucky.
F
H
A
couple
of
other
things,
one
to
add
back
in
there,
I'm
glad
bill,
took
a
minute
to
talk
about
our
consultant
with
that
we
had
with
the
meat
processing
that,
I
believe,
was
a
tremendous
benefit
from
from
use
of
our
funds,
because
they
were
able
to
look
at
these
operations
and
and
bring
the
experience
that
this
consultant
had
in
the
industry
could
really
help
these
producers
with
other
aspects,
not
just
the
ones
that
we
were.
H
Perhaps
financing
on
these
but
improve
the
overall
efficiency
was
fantastic
with
that
when
bill
mentioned
the
the
the
farmers
markets,
I
believe
that
oldham
county
will
make
the
71st
county
now
that
we've
had
participation
in
so
and
we've
got
some
counties
that
have
multiple
we
mentioned
the
one
in
berea
madison
has
two
so
we're
we're
seeing
that
footprint
literally
spread
across
the
the
state,
and
I
saw
senator
parrot's
face
here
on
my
screen.
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
mention.
H
I
got
to
spend
the
day
yesterday
with
him
in
hardin
county
at
the
the
farm
city
lunch,
and
we
had
a
good
crowd
and
a
good
chance
to
celebrate
agriculture
there
in
their
community
and
we're
talking
about
ribbon
cuttings.
I
guess
I
should
give
an
update
that
we
now
have
the
the
thoroughbred
training
center.
The
keenelands
thoroughbred
training
center
project
that
we
were
part
of
is
now
operational.
The
the
the
new
barns
are
complete
and
have
horses
in
we
had.
H
I
guess
a
soft
ribbon
cutting
there
this
past
week
and
I'm
just
really
proud
of
that
project
to
see
something
done
with
the
equine
industry
and
that
the
the
trainers
that
are
utilizing
that
facility
there's
800
trainers
that
are
using
it.
They
don't
have
a
farm
serial
number,
their
their
farm.
Serial
number
is
going
to
be
that
stall
that
they're
utilizing
there
at
the
training
center.
H
So
this
is
allowing
benefit
to
folks
that
normally
would
not
be
able
to
participate
in
our
program,
and
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
mention
at
this
point.
What
frank
penn
reminds
me
of
every
chance
he
can
is
that
for
every
job
or
every
horse
in
kentucky
is
responsible
for
four
jobs
so
proud
to
see
that
one
not
only
has
has
been
funded,
but
it
is
now
operational.
H
So
with
those
addendums,
I
will
now
complete
the
report
and
we'll
be
happy
to
take
any
questions.
A
Brian
and
bill
both
I
want
to
thank
you
for
bringing
up
the
information
about
the
having
the
meat
consultant
hired
on.
It's
very
interesting
to
know
that
there's
there
is
an
individual
there
who
will
work
with
these
facilities
to
actually
catch
some
of
the
pitfalls
that
might
be
in
front
of
them
and
very
wise
way
of
looking
at
loaning
them,
as
you
put
the
money
out
right
there.
So
thank
you
for
sharing
that
representative.
King
has
a
question.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
actually
have
two
with
your
indulgence.
If
that's
okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much,
starting
with
our
friends
in
the
two
counties
that,
prior
to
19,
didn't
have
access
to
your
good
funds.
Are
we
seeing
that
they're
interested
in
different
projects
than
the
other
118
counties,
or
I'm
just
curious?
Do
they
have
other
ways
or
fresh
eyes
on
how
to
maybe
utilize
these
funds?
F
We
usually
start
when
the
situation
where
the
first
time
they've
had
access
to
money,
even
though
by
statute
they,
their
county
councils,
have
to
meet
for
20
years.
They
have
to
identify
nine
people
on
a
county
council
meeting
and
go
through
the
comprehensive
plan
requirement.
They've
been
doing
that
for
20
years,
so
excited
to
hear.
Okay,
we've
got
some
money
and
usually
what
they
start
with
is
looking
at
the
cape
program.
That's
the
that's.
The
easiest
quickest
way
to
be
able
to
impact
many
producers
and
with
the
with
the
cape
program.
F
Now,
if
you
look
on
the
other
and
that
was
pike
and
then
not
and
then
not
did
use
five
thousand
dollars
to
help
support
the
farmers
market
project
there
in
nott
county
now,
if
you
go
on
the
other
side
of
the
state
representative,
king
fulton,
county
and
hickman
county
do
not
receive
a
lot
of
money
as
well
and
for
their
for
fulton
county.
H
But
I
think
you're
right,
it's
it's
a
fresh,
fresh
way
of
looking
at
things.
They
are
not
having
to
come
out
of
the
tobacco
dependency
that
some
of
these
other
other
counties
have,
but
they
also
benefit
from
from
guidance
of
these
are
some
things
that
have
worked
in
other
other
areas
and
can
go
for
it.
B
We
all
appreciate
their
diligence
over
the
years.
My
second
question,
if
I
may
mr
chair,
thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
back
to
well
in
the
printed
packet,
it's
page
9
of
the
kentucky
state
university
allocation
as
an
avid
follower
of
the
general
assemblies
investigative
committee.
I
watch
their
their
meetings
every
month
and
and
the
public
already
knows.
We
have
some
financial
challenges
and
some
accountability
challenges
with
ksu
that
we're
all
trying
to
to
help
navigate
through.
B
F
Go
to
a
cost
share
program
up
to
five
thousand
dollars,
spend
ten
to
receive
five
thousand
they've
indicated
the
different
areas
they
want
to
concentrate
on.
So
most
of
it
is
going
in
grants
to
producers
and
they're
required
like
any
project,
to
provide
an
annual
report
on
the
status
of
the
funds
very
good
and.
B
H
That's
not
a
question
much
as
I
thank
you
for
giving
me
eating
shell
a
shout
out.
You
know
saminoid
county.
I
represent
that
it's
amazing
operation
there
they
are,
they
show
how
to
actually
improve
cow
calf
operations
and
it's
very
important
to
the
whole
beef
industry
and
last
but
not
least,
also
thank
you
for
not
counting,
you
may
or
may
not
know,
but
my
parents
from
noc
county.
So
the
fact
that
they
are
starting
to
get
in
this
program
is
great,
like
I
said.
F
But
glad
for
all
the
work
you
all
do
and
thank
you
being
here
in
person
today.
Thank
you
guys.
A
If
not,
I
want
to
thank
brian
bill.
I
want
to
both
thank
you
for
your
presentation.
I
want.
I
wish
you
would
offer
my
apologies
to
those
were
that
attended
the
last
meeting
from
the
from
the
board.
I
apologize
not
being
able
to
be
here.
My
wife
had
to
go
through
two
rounds
of
laser
surgery
on
both
eyes
and
I
had
to
drive
her
to
and
from
nashville
which
I'm
happy
her
surgery
went
well.
A
H
A
E
Hello,
thank
you
to
chairs
embry
and
dawsett,
and
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
amy
neil
and
I
am
the
executive
director
of
the
kentucky
governor's
office
of
early
childhood
and
after
20
plus
years
in
education
and
philanthropy.
I
was
really
thrilled
in
may
of
2020
to
join
the
administration
because
of
their
commitment
to
education
from
cradle
to
career,
and
this
is
a
subject
that
I'm
really
very,
very
passionate
about,
because
I've
seen
how
education
can
change
lives
and
and
I've
seen
it
firsthand
next
slide.
E
E
I
do
like
to
share
because
it
really
wasn't
very
long
ago
my
maternal
and
paternal
grandparents
only
had
a
third
and
eighth
grade
education
and
my
dad
was
the
first
one
in
in
his
family
to
ever
go
to
college.
It
took
him
13
years
and
he
had
four
children,
but
he
was
the
first
one
in
his
family
to
go
to
college.
E
I
had
the
opportunity
for
high
quality
early
childhood
experiences
for
very
strong
parent
and
caregiver
engagement
and
what
they
call
social
capital,
which
is
a
network
of
friends
and
and
family
and
and
neighbors,
and
I
remember
a
lot
of
setting
on
my
mom's
lap,
learning
and
reading
and
singing
together,
and
I
will
tell
you
I
just
moved
at
the
end
of
september
and
I
uncovered
a
ton
of
books
with
a
lot
of
masking
tape
on
them.
So
I
have
all
of
those
those
books
still
to
prove
it,
and
I
remember
them.
E
E
E
E
And
so
today,
we're
here
to
report
on
the
just
over
25
million
in
tobacco
settlement
funds
for
fiscal
year
22,
and
we're
going
to
begin
with
just
that
circle
that
you
see
there
on
the
far
left,
which
is
the
the
1.4,
which
is
the
kentucky
governor's
office
of
early
childhood
in
support
of
early
childhood
education.
E
And
then
I'm
gonna
happily
turn
it
over
to
my
colleagues
to
talk
more
about
programs
and
supports
to
ensure
that
children
have
a
strong
start
in
the
commonwealth.
Next
slide.
E
And
at
that
time
it
was
one
of
the
most
comprehensive
package
of
early
childhood
legislation
in
the
nation
and
it
focused
so
importantly,
on
the
whole
child
on
health
care,
on
family
assistance,
on
high
quality,
education
and
community
involvement.
In
addition
to
that,
it
committed
25
percent
of
the
tobacco
settlement
fund
annually
to
support
early
childhood
programs.
E
And
none
of
this
would
be
possible
without
kentucky's
investment,
without
its
strategic
and
collaborative
partnerships
or
commitment
to
early
childhood
education
that
last
circle
that
you
see
there,
oh
actually
so
after
2019.
E
I
will
share
with
you
that,
during
that
preschool
development
grant
we
developed
a
five-year
strategic
plan,
and
that
is
what
we
use
to
guide
our
work
every
single
day
and
I'll
be
happy
to
share
with
you
here
in
in
just
a
moment.
Some
great
progress
that
we're
making
against
that
five-year
strategic
plan
next
slide.
E
So
I
always
like
to
ground
us
in
these.
You
know
sort
of
original
goals
of
the
kentucky
governor's
office
of
early
childhood
because,
as
we
all
know,
it's
pretty
easy
to
get
to
mission
creek,
and
we
have
a
lot
to
do.
We
have
a
small
staff
and
the
work
that
we're
doing
is
urgent,
and
so
we
really
keep
these
front
and
center
and
they
are
around
that
state
to
local
alignment,
emphasizing
quality
and
continuous
improvement
and
then,
of
course,
ensuring
that
more
children
enter
kindergarten
prepared.
E
So
we've
been
at
this
work
for
20
years
and
we
absolutely
cannot
continue
to
work
as
we
always
have.
We
have
to
be
innovative
to
stay
competitive
and
I
thought
I
would
just
show
a
couple
pictures
for
fun
because
it'd
be
like
using.
You
know
your
your
cell
phone.
You
had
your
very
first
model
selfies.
What
were
they?
I
don't
know
what
kids
would
do
these
days
internet
everything
at
your
fingertips.
E
E
E
E
I
just
I
want
to
toss
out
some
statistics
that
really
just
reinforce
how
urgent
our
work
is:
kentucky
ranks
37
nation
and
infant
mortality
41st
overall
for
the
health
of
children,
46
overall
for
the
health
of
women-
and
I
think,
what's
important
to
note-
also-
is
that
the
findings
really
hide
the
racial
disparities.
E
So
you
know
thinking
about
late
or
no
prenatal
care.
The
national
average
is
6.2
8.3
in
kentucky
for
african
americans,
five
for
white
11.
Hispanic
next
slide.
Please.
E
When
we
look
at
the
data
for
preterm
births
again
nationally,
10
kentucky
11.3
disparities,
white
11.2,
african-american,
14.2,
low
birth
weight,
national
8.3,
kentucky
8.9
white
8.3,
african-american,
14.5,
hispanic,
7.2
maltreatment-
and
you
know
we
think
about
the
stressors
of
poverty
and
a
lot
of
times
that
sort
of
lack
of
understanding
of
developmental
milestones
can
really
affect
family
patterns
of
care.
E
So
again
I
I've
I've
said
it
at
least
once
in
in
the
presentation,
but
I'll
I'll
say
it
again.
Our
work
is
really
around
shared
accountability,
shared
action
and
and
shared
impact,
and
that's
what
we're
working
very
diligently
to
do
with
our
partners
and
with
these
investments,
and
so
I
want
to
talk
just
a
little
bit
about
how
kentucky
is
continuing
to
lead
the
way
and
how
we're
continuing
to
support
early
childhood.
The
first
is
around
improving
school
readiness
and
local
communities.
E
We
have
31
cross-agency
cross-sector
groups,
the
regional
collaboratives
that
work
all
over
the
commonwealth
to
increase
kindergarten
readiness.
Our
office
with
our
partners
have
identified
what
we're
calling
kentucky
bright
spots.
These
are
data-driven
practices
that
have
been
proven
to
to
work
that
when
children
are
engaged,
they
show
up
for
kindergarten
and
they're
better
prepared,
and
so
we're
working
to
do
more
of
that
right,
let's
grow!
What
works
that
collective
action
to
get
to
collective
impacts?
E
We
are
supporting
and
growing
the
early
childhood
workforce.
We've
recently
finished
revising
the
early
childhood
standards.
We
are
working
to
transform
the
professional
development
framework
into
a
workforce
development
framework
and
we're
really
taking
an
opportunity
to
grow
our
own
to
support
and
grow
the
workforce
through
apprenticeships.
E
And
so
last
year
we
were
very
successful
with
youth
apprenticeships
and
because
of
that,
we've
got
a
new
partnership
with
the
division
of
child
care
and
we'll
be
expanding
our
portfolio
with
director
and
administrator
apprenticeships.
And
then
next
will
be
the
educator
apprenticeships.
E
Where
we're
you
know,
you're
getting
you're,
really
growing
your
own
and
it's
sort
of
meeting
more
educators
where
they
are
a
part
of
that
support
for
early
childhood
educators
also
include
training,
and
our
early
childhood
institute
has
really
been
the
premier
training
resource
really
since
2013
and
because
of
the
pandemic,
and
because
we're
using
data
to
continuously
improve.
E
E
Over
the
entire
year
sessions
to
early
childhood
professionals,
and
so
that
evolution
has
proved
to
be
pretty
successful
for
the
first
two
that
we've
had
we've
had
both
virtual
and
in
person,
and
then
the
last
thing
that
I
would
share
about
how
we're
continuing
to
lead
the
way
is
using
data.
E
We
really
are
using
data
more
than
we
ever
have
before
and
we're
working
so
hard
with
our
partners
and
all
of
those
who
who
have
that
birth
to
five
mission
to
pivot
our
investments
from
one
day
activities
to
that
long-term
behavior
change
for
sustainability,
and
it
is
about,
what's
the
news,
it's
not
about
like.
What's
the
new
sexy
program
that
we
can
start
up,
but
how
can
we
grow,
what
works
and
sustain
it
right
and
ensure
that
more
children
have
access
to
it
next
slide.
E
And
so
again,
our
office
serves
as
that
umbrella
organization
to
unify
and
early
care
the
early
childhood
system
in
kentucky
to
create
that
larger
and
sustainable
impact,
and
we
know
that
investing
early
is
a
smart
investment
but
there's
not
a
magic
wand.
It's
very
messy
very
messy
work,
but
we
also
know
that
when
we
invest
and
unify
that
system,
we
will
ensure
that
more
children
have
a
strong
start
and
more
children
will
reach
their
full
potential
in
the
commonwealth.
C
C
C
Now,
participation
in
the
all-star
program
is
mandatory
in
order
to
get
any
kind
of
state
or
federal
funding
to
to
have
children
that
receive
subsidy,
but
centers
don't
have
to
go
beyond
that
one
star:
they
can
enter
at
the
one
star
when
they're
licensed
or
certified,
and
they
can
stay
there.
But
there
is
a
significant
amount
of
encouragement
for
centers
to
move
up
to
a
higher
rating
help.
C
Parents
see
that
it's
a
high
quality
program
to
help
our
children,
encourage
professional
development
and
continued
education
for
our
child
care
providers
and
the
funding
we
received
from
the
tobacco
settlement
really
aids.
That
program.
This
is
called
a
qris
program,
which
is
a
quality
rate
of
incentive
system.
It
is
mandated
by
the
federal
government,
but
in
kentucky.
C
You
know
their
incentive,
which
might
help
them
to
buy
a
new,
washer
and
dryer,
which
they
might
not
have
the
money
to,
because
child
care
so
often
operates
just
on
the
margins
if
they
can
meet
their
bills
and
pay
them,
then
that
is
a
successful
year,
and
so
these
incentives
are
are
so
important
for
our
child
care
providers.
C
The
breakdown
of
what
we
spent
last
year.
You
can
see
that
most
of
it
is
related
to
this
qris
system
and
not
only
for
the
administration
of
it,
our
raters
that
go
out
into
the
field
and
assess
these
programs,
but
also
for
the
initial
reward
for
people
to
participate,
and
then
annual
rewards
and
quality
rewards
to
help
them
a
lot
of
times.
C
You'll
see
that
also
a
portion
of
this
is
dedicated
to
training
and
that's
workforce
development
for
our
teachers
to
help
make
sure
that
that
they
have
the
training
that
they
need
to
work
with
different
types
of
children.
Children
with
typical
abilities,
children
who,
who
need
additional
supports
to
work
with
different
types
of
families
and
to
make
sure
that
that
their
skills
are
where
they
need
to
be
to
serve
all
the
children
within
our
commonwealth
and
and
so
this.
This
portion
of
our
funding.
C
So
the
vast
majority
of
funding
that
we
receive
in
the
division
of
child
care
comes
from
the
federal
level
and
it's
from
the
child
care
and
development
block
grant
these
funds
go
to
every
state
and
they
have
specific
purposes
like
child
care.
Subsidy,
like
monitoring
child
care
facilities,
to
make
sure
that
basic
health
and
safety
are
there.
C
Money
that
we
receive
from
the
tobacco
funds
makes
it
possible
for
us
to
receive
a
very
large
portion
of
funding
annually
from
the
federal
government
that
goes
into
that
and
with
our
ccdbg
funds,
the
the
block
grant
that
I
talked
about.
In
the
past
year,
we
have
served
almost
30
000
children
in
a
subsidy
role,
making
sure
that
lots
of
families
have
access
to
high
quality
child
care.
C
We've
been
able
to
monitor
over
2
000
child
care
programs
to
make
sure
that
they
have
necessary
health
and
safety
procedures
in
place
and
that
they
are
environments
that
are
safe
and
welcoming
to
our
families
and
children.
We've
done
background
checks.
Since
the
national
background
check
system
started
in
february
2018.
C
C
I
want
to
move
forward,
so
I
talked
a
little
bit
about
kentucky
all-stars,
but
I
do
want
to
kind
of
break
it
down
for
you
a
little
bit.
This
is
our
rating
system
and
an
improvement
system.
We
we
show
programs
how
they
can
move
up
and
improve
as
they
strive
for
their
next
level.
We
have
coaches
out
in
the
field
to
help
child
care
providers
not
only
meet
the
mandatory
health
and
safety
requirements,
but
also
to
look
at
what
their
next
goals
are
and
to
move
up
that
one
to
five
star
system.
C
C
So
right
now
you
can
see
the
breakdown
of
kentucky
child
care
programs
and
and
where
they
are
at
different
levels.
Certified
programs
in
the
state
of
kentucky
are
in-home
facilities,
as
well
as
licensed
type
one
centers.
There
are
also
in-home
facility,
I'm
sorry
licensed
type
two
facilities
are
in-home
license
type
one
or
what
you
think
of
as
center-based
care,
and
that's
the
majority
of
our
care
in
kentucky.
These
are
centers
that
may
care
for
anywhere
from
50
children
up
to
350
children,
depending
on
the
size
of
the
program
and
the
location
of
the
program.
C
So
the
vast
majority
of
our
programs
in
kentucky
are
center-based
care
and
the
the
largest
aspect
of
our
centers
are
still
in
that
level.
One
that
does
mean
that
they
accept
subsidy
children,
but
then
you
can
see
as
we're
working
with
programs
that
people
are
moving
further
and
further
up
the
scale
and
and
beginning
to
to
hit
those
higher
levels.
C
One
of
the
great
benefits
of
being
a
three
or
four
three,
four
and
five
star
program
is
not
only
do
they
get
that
annual
incentive,
but
when
they
have
children
enrolled
in
the
subsidy
program,
they
get
an
enhanced
amount
for
having
those
children
in
the
subsidy
system,
so
the
more
children
they
have
that
receive
subsidy
at
the
three
four
and
five
star
level
than
the
more
funding
that
the
center
will
get,
and
this
encourages
them
to
make
sure
that
lots
of
our
children
who
are
more
vulnerable,
have
access
to
bus.
Those
high
quality
programs.
C
So
what
does
high
quality
child
care?
Look
like
for
you
all
to
have
a
reference
point?
You
may
not
have
had
a
child
in
child
care
for
a
while
or
or
maybe
you
don't
have
children,
but
there
are
several
key
factors
that
we
really
look
at
when
we're
looking
at
what
high
quality
child
care
is
and
what
it
does
for
the
children.
C
So
some
of
the
key
factors.
Of
course
we
want
healthy
and
safe
facilities
and
that's
a
big
part
of
what
our
licensing
monitoring
team
through
the
office
of
the
inspector
general
goes
out
and
makes
sure
that
the
facility
is
is
up
to
code
and
that
it
has
healthy
procedures
in
place.
We
also
want
to
see
low
adult
to
child
ratios
the
fewer
children
that
each
staff
member
has
to
monitor.
Then,
the
more
interaction
between
the
two,
the
more
language
rich
the
program
is,
and
the
more
individualized
attention
possible.
C
We
look
for
trained
and
experienced
teachers
and
training
looks
like
there's
a
lot
of
different
variations
of
training.
It
could
be
college
degrees,
it
could
be
technical
school
degrees
or
it
could
be
just
continued
training
and
professional
development
classes
that
make
the
teacher
a
lifelong
learner
where
they're
continuing
to
to
learn
about
how
to
be
a
better
educator.
C
C
You
know
a
family
event
like
a
spaghetti
night
or
family
reading,
or
things
like
that,
but
also
how
they
communicate
if
they
have
parent-teacher
conferences,
if
they
do
assessments
and
sit
down
and
share
that
information
with
the
parents
to
make
sure
that
the
family
always
knows
how
their
child
is
developing
and
whether
that's
on
track
with
the
norm
for
for
a
child
that
age
or
if
there
is
a
problem
that
that
we
see
things
are
looking
a
little
bit
different
than
normal,
how
the
staff
communicates
that
with
the
parents
in
order
to
make
sure
that
the
child
can
advance
and
be
successful.
C
We're
also
looking
for
planned
curriculum
and
developmental
assessments
as
part
of
the
curriculum.
How
that
curriculum
again
is
individualized
to
the
children
in
the
classroom.
If
you
have
a
group
of
children
that
that
might
not
be
meeting
the
typical
norms
for
their
age,
then
how
the
teacher
adjusts
and-
and
likewise,
if
you
have
a
group
of
children
that
are
a
little
more
advanced
than
normal
for
their
developmental
age,
then
how
do
we
advance
that
curriculum
so
that
they
can
be
as
successful
as
possible?
C
We
want
to
see
classrooms
that,
starting
in
the
infant
room,
the
teachers
are
talking
to
the
babies
even
before
the
babies
can
talk
back
the
more
words
that
young
children
hear
the
more
they're
going
to
be
able
to
reciprocate
and
learn
about
language,
and
their
vocabulary
is
going
to
be
significant,
larger,
larger
than
other
children.
If
teachers
are
able
to
talk
with
them
and
interact
with
them
and
sing
songs
with
them
and
read
books
with
them
at
very
young
ages.
C
C
So
in
the
past
year,
tobacco
settlement
dollars
have
helped
for
137
scholarships
for
child
development
associates,
which
is
a
national
level
credential
177
scholarships
for
the
commonwealth
child
care
credential,
which
is
something
an
introductory
degree
that
we
have
created
here
in
kentucky
we've
given
away
64
mini
grants
for
the
child
development
associates
and
we've
given
milestone,
grants
to
people
as
they
go
through
this
process,
as
they
are
halfway
through
as
they
complete
that
we
reward
them
for
the
work
that
they've
done
and
can
encourage
them
to
continue.
C
And
then
we've
done
some
education
reimbursement
grants
as
well,
and
these
are
all
put
in
place
so
that
we
can
help
our
teachers
to
be
more
skilled
and
more
successful
at
their
job.
Knowing
that,
being
the
teacher
in
a
classroom,
full
of
young
children
can
be
a
very
demanding
job
and
we
want
to
give
them
the
skills
that
they
need
in
that
setting.
C
So
things
on
how
kentucky
stands
out,
one
of
our
workforce
tools
that
we
are
really
proud
of-
is
our
comprehensive
professional
registry
eku
partners
with
us
to
do
this
and
within
this
registry,
every
child
care
provider
in
the
state
has
all
of
their
training
their
degrees
essential
reminders
when
a
particular
training
runs
out.
They
get
notified,
and
so
this
registry
is
a
huge
tool
for
our
child
care
providers,
as
well
as
for
the
office
of
the
inspector
general.
C
We're
really
lucky
that
we
have
integrated
systems
to
support
quality
and
we
partner
quite
frequently
with
department
of
public
health
with
the
kentucky
department
of
education
with
other
entities,
so
that
children
get
as
much
of
a
wraparound
service
as
they
can.
So
they
just
don't
get
child
care,
but
public
health
comes
in
and
assists
us
to
make
sure
that
those
environments
are
healthy
and
safe,
that
kentucky
department
of
ed
partners
with
us.
C
Even
though
they
might
not
be
the
same
age,
and
it
does
very
well
in
rural
communities
because
centers,
they
have
a
hard
time
surviving
in
rural
areas,
because
families
are
spaced
so
far
apart.
They
can't
fill
up
a
center
and
it
survive,
but
a
family
childcare
home
could
do
well
there
because
they
only
need
two
or
three
families.
So
we've
set
up
this
supportive
environment
so
that
we
can
grow
our
family
child
care
homes
in
the
next
few
years
and
having
dedicated
staff
to
help
them.
A
We
do
have
a
question
representative
king.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
I've
been
trying
to
sort
this
out
in
my
mind,
so
it
might
be
a
complex
question.
With
several
facets,
may
we
go
back
to
tile
or
slide
three,
the
child
care
and
development
fund
in
the
printed
out
packet?
It's
slide
three.
There
we
go
there.
We
go
okay,
the
the
subtitle
there,
the
149
million
dollar
number
is
that
including
the
state
match
from
tobacco
settlement
dollars.
If
not,
what
is
the
state
match
from
tobacco
settlement
dollars?.
C
Missy,
you
can
probably
support
me
on
this,
but
to
my
understanding
that
does
include
the
state
match.
Our
state
match
has
been
approximately
around
20
million
because
it
includes
the
tobacco
dollars
and
then
there's
also
been
another
10
million
that
is
allocated
in
the
general
budget
that
goes
specifically
towards
subsidy
and
that
meets
our
our
requirement
for
the
state
match.
Approximately
our
our
finance
department
is
also
on
here,
and
they
can
probably
give
a
little
more
details
if
I
mess
up
anything.
Okay,.
B
No,
no!
No,
but
that's
fine,
so
the
149
million
probably
includes
the
state
match.
Yes,
correct.
Okay,
if
I
may,
mr
chair,
that
will
lead
that
will
be
the
number
I'll
use
for
my
next
observation
and
question.
According
to
the
2020
census,
we
have
1
million
21
936
people
0
to
17
years
old
and
in
the
zero
to
four-year-old
range.
We
have
282
410.
B
So
if
my
calculations
are
correct,
that's
like
146
thousand
dollars
invested
in
1.02
million
children
and
even
more
so
if
we
only
use
the
preschool
number,
can
you
help
me
rationalize
where
all
of
those
dollars
are
going?
I
know
we
have
all
of
the
different
buckets
that
you
talked
about,
but
when
I
did
the
math.
That
seems
like
a
very,
very
high
number.
C
Well,
it
goes
to
different
things.
The
vast
majority
of
the
money
does
go
to
subsidy,
so
the
subsidy
numbers,
when
you
think
about
serving
30
000
children
a
year
in
subsidy
and
then
up
to
you,
know
up
to
170
per
week
in
child
care
depending
on
each
county,
is
different
for
subsidy,
because
it's
based
on
the
market
rate
in
that
county
and
then
infant
toddler
care,
preschool
care
and
school
aged
care
are
all
different
rates
in
each
county
so
that
that
number
fluctuates.
C
But
in
general
the
the
vast
majority
does
go
to
the
subsidy
program.
Now
within
that
we
have
other
contract
grants
that
we
share
funding
with.
So
we
have
large
contracts
with
both
the
office
of
the
inspector
general
university
of
kentucky
eastern
kentucky
university,
western
kentucky
university
and
forgiving
one
other
person.
C
We
have
in
all
of
our
star
raiders,
which
of
course
we
talked
about
being
covered
in
the
tobacco
funds.
And
then
we
have
our
central
office
staff
that
work
on
larger
projects.
We
have
a
contract
with
dcbs
at
large
for
the
national
background
check
system,
and
so
we
pay
for
all
the
national
background
check
systems
right
now,
we've
been
paying
for
that
child
care
providers
at
some
point
will
pay
a
portion
of
that
and
we'll
pay
a
portion
of
that.
C
But
we
do
all
the
the
fingerprint
checks,
as
well
as
the
criminal
registry
checks,
background
checks
on
sex
offenders
on
child
abuse
and
neglect
and
make
sure
that
everybody
meets
all
of
the
required
mandates
on
being
felony
free
for
a
certain
period
of
time.
Those
types
of
things,
so
those
are
a
lot
of
our
quality
initiatives,
as
well
as
our
health
and
safety
initiatives.
C
C
I
will
say
that
with
our
subsidy,
we
have
a
lot
of
families
that
qualify
for
subsidy,
but
we
also
have
families
that
are
part
of
the
protection
and
permanency
services.
So
if
a
child
has
to
be
removed
from
the
home
or
they're
at
risk
of
that,
we
do
have
services
for
them
that
help
that
child,
because
child
care
is
kind
of
a
front
line
defense
for
a
lot
of
abuse
and
neglect
situations.
C
So
if
it
would
benefit
the
family
in
an
extreme
circumstance
for
the
child
to
have
that
kind
of
respite
away
from
the
family
and
get
the
care
that
they
need
or
children
who've
experienced
trauma
and
foster
care.
If
they
need
that
consistent
care
every
day,
as
they've
had
to
switch
foster
homes,
things
of
that
nature,
then
they
also
get
that
consistency
of
care.
That
way.
B
Thank
you
for
the
explanation
and
I
certainly
appreciate
your
work.
Colleagues
as
we
go
into
another
budget
session,
I
just
think
we
really
need
to
look
at
these
huge,
huge
numbers
and
make
sure
the
dollars
are
actually
getting
to
the
little
guys
that
we
need
served
and
not
eaten
up
in
potentially
high
administrative
costs.
So
that's
that's
something
I'm
going
to
be
earmarking
and
and
kind
of
looking
into
as
we
go
into
the
next
budget
session.
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
A
Thank
you,
representative
king.
Would
you
want
to
continue
with
the
presentation
please.
A
Do
we
have
any
more
presentation
to
go?
Yes,
please
continue.
G
G
G
The
program
also
provides
all
the
kits
to
the
health
department
to
conduct
furnished
services,
and
importantly,
we
support
the
training
of
local
health
department,
public
health
nurses
by
providing
all
their
teaching
materials
their
technical
manuals,
and
we
do
the
demonstration
varnish
kits
in
fiscal
year.
21
34
of
our
health
departments
were
supported
with
this
funding
for
unpaid
services
and
for
all
the
kits
that
they
receive.
G
We
hold
day-long
programs
to
train
our
public
health
nurses
in
this
very
technical
service.
That's
provided,
and
while
the
funding
to
the
program
at
the
local
health
department
level
has
been
steady
in
recent
years,
we
noticed
that
our
health
departments
were
using
all
their
budgeted
funding
for
varnishes
about
halfway
or
six
months
into
their
fiscal
year.
So
in
fiscal
year,
22
we're
increasing
the
budget
to
those
local
health
departments
by
50
in
hopes
that
we
can
double
the
number
of
children
that
we
serve.
G
In
fiscal
year
21
approximately
8
000
services
were
provided
through
this
funding
and
any
leftover
funding
we
have
earmarked
already
and
are
in
the
process
of
our
future
projects,
and
so
we
are
going
to
be
conducting
a
survey
and
we're
providing
support
for
loan
and
residency
support
programs.
D
D
And
so
this
program
has,
over
the
years,
really
increased
the
number
of
therapists
that
are
out
in
the
regions
of
the
state
in
the
comprehensive
mental
health
centers
across
the
state
to
be
able
to
see
young
children
and
understand
the
appropriate
types
of
evidence-based
practices
that
can
be
used
with
young
children.
D
We
do
have
early
childhood
mental
health
specialist
in
the
comprehensive
community
health
centers
around
the
state
and
they
serve
as
that
resident
expert,
so
to
speak
at
the
mental
health
center
to
make
sure
that
everybody
again
as
they're
looking
to
have
questions
about
working
with
young
children
and
their
families,
or
that
they
have
they
can
bring
in
training
for
everyone
on
specific
therapy
approaches.
So
that
people
keep
their
skills
up
today,.
D
Excuse
me:
the
program
has
another
function
where
they
work
with
community
partners,
on
training,
doing
consultation
in
child
care
to
help
identify
those
children
who
may
be
in
need,
as
well
as
providing
some
information
and
strategies
to
child
care
providers
or
to
family
members
who
are
working
with
the
children
to
make
life
much
easier
on
them
and
help
them
understand
what
the
child
is
going
through.
D
But
there
were
children
that
received
services,
and
I
think
our
early
childhood
mental
health
specialists
really
worked
to
learn
their
how
to
change
their
practice.
To
use
that
medium
to
reach
the
children
working
with
adults
is
a
little
easier,
and
so
they
found
that
was
successful
in
working
with
families.
D
They
provided
consultations
to
the
child,
serving
agencies
primarily
child
care.
Again,
this
could
be
done
through
telehealth.
They
could
also
work
with
public
schools
once
they
were
open
and
serving
children.
They
could
also
work
with
other
agencies
within
their
communities,
such
as
dcbs,
child
protective
services
and
and
such
again,
providing
that
consultative
lens
concerning
mental
health
and
social
and
emotional
development.
D
Training
continued
with
you
know
them
targeting
the
early
care
and
education
staffs
in
head
start
child
care
and
in
the
state
funded
preschool.
So
we
really
feel
that
the
capacity
and
the
ability
to
have
this
infrastructure
already
built
and
ready
to
go,
has
really
assisted
families
and
will
continue
to
do
so,
because
one
thing
we
have
learned
is
the
need
for
mental
health
supports
for
children
and
families
next
slide,
please.
D
D
They
too
had
a
challenging
year,
but
again
continued
to
do
their
job
and
to
do
it
well,
they
were
really
critical
in
dealing
with
helping
child
care.
Centers
provide
a
safe
and
healthy
environment
and
the
ability
to
stay
open
because
they
did
have
that
a
healthy
and
safe
environment,
and
so
they
provide
they
provided
training
to
1
694
child
care
providers,
which
was
actually
an
increase
from
the
previous
year,
so
they
were
really
front
and
center
and
helping
their
colleagues
in
child
care.
D
D
Again,
I
think
this
piece
and
having
that
capacity
for
them
to
work
with
child
care
and
work
as
partners
with
child
care
to
ensure
that
we
have
that
needed
service
out
there.
You
know
our
economy
needs
child
care
to
run,
and
this
piece
really
helps
those
centers
stay
open
and
provide
good
quality,
safe
and
healthy
care
to
young
children,
and
then
the
third
program
I'm
going
to
talk
about
is
our
health
access
nurturing
development
services,
which
is
the
hands
program.
D
D
So
this
helps
us
take
that
seven
million
dollars
that
we
get
and
leverage
that
out
to
about
24
million
dollars
roughly
to
serve
more
families
and
to
serve
you
know,
have
the
services
across
the
state,
and
so
through
that
we
have
continued
to
serve
families.
This
past
year
was
done
in
you
know,
primarily
through
telehealth.
D
We
did
learn
through
telehealth
that
not
all
new
parents
want
to
do
telehealth.
They
really
like
the
in-home
support,
and
you
all
remember
what
that's
like.
If
you
have
children
bringing
home
that
new
baby
and
nobody
gave
you
a
set
of
instructions,
there's
a
lot
of
flutter
and
help
for
a
little
while
and
then
they
all
go
away.
And
it's
you
and
the
baby.
And
what
do
you
do?
And
so
that's
where
hands
becomes
really
very
critical?
D
D
You
know
we
really
see
that
our
programs
not
only
in
hands
but
in
child
care,
health,
consultation
and
in
early
childhood
mental
health
are
building
back
stronger.
D
They
have
more
methods
of
how
to
reach
out
to
families
and
the
access
that
telehealth
provides
to
areas
of
the
state
that
we
were
are
unable
to
get
to
if
you're
not
doing
in-person
services,
we're
really
really
critical,
and
I
think
that
these
being
able
to
pivot
quickly
change
service
delivery
being
able
to
address
the
needs
that
we
see
the
families
are
and
keep
evolving
as
we
work
with
our
families
and
support
them.
D
You
know
these
were
are
all
results
of
a
vision
that
happened
many
many
years
ago
and
we're
very
pleased
to
be
a
part
of
it.
A
We
don't
so
would
like
to
thank
you
all
for
your
presentation
of
what
you've
done
this
morning.
It's
greatly
appreciated.
I
know
each
and
every
one
of
us
take
take
into
consideration
the
things
that
this
money
does
to
impact
children,
the
tobacco
settlement
money
as
far
as
helping
our
young
people
across
the
state-
and
we
are
appreciative
of
that-
I
don't
know
how
many
of
our
members
may
have
been
contacted.
A
Last
week,
as
I
said,
we
want
to
give
our
children
the
most
potential
to
be
able
to
succeed,
and
I
don't
know
how
many
of
our
members
may
have
been
contacted
last
week,
but
I
know
I
had
both
of
my
school
district
superintendents
had
reached
out
to
me
concerning
read
to
achieve
grants
and
the
kentucky
department
of
education
has
changed
those
grants
and
is
limiting
the
amount
of
money
that
our
school
districts
will
be
able
to
use.
As
far
as
in
person
in
person.
A
Work
with
our
younger
children,
who
are
struggling
to
read
and
reading
is
the
most
important
thing
that
for
our
children
to
succeed,
they
have
to
be
able
to
read,
and
I
hope
that
the
kentucky
department
of
education
will
re-look
look
over
this
change
in
this
grant
application,
because
I
think
what
they
have
done
is
going
to
be
detrimental
to
our
young
people.
But
with
that
being
said,
I'd
like
to
ask
do
we
have
a
motion
to
adjourn.