Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0032 - Early Childhood › Chapter 1 - EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANT › Section 1-4 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Applicant" means a person or
				organization seeking funding for the Early Childhood Community Partnership
				Grant.
(b) "Application" means the
				form developed by the Early Childhood Community Partnership Grant Committee,
				which a person or vested community stakeholder uses to submit a request for
				funding.
(c) "Capital Construction"
				means the process of construction, modification, replacement, repair,
				remodeling or renovation of a structure (object).
(d) "Care-taking" means a service provided
				for families on behalf of children and parents; and designed to supplement
				daily parental care.
(e) "Community
				Partnership" means a group of people who are working toward the same common
				goal.
(f) "Early Childhood" means
				the years between one (1) and eight (8) years of age.
(g) "Early Childhood Community Partnership
				Grant Administrator" means the agency or agency director with whom DFS shall
				contract to provide oversight of the Early Childhood Community Partnership
				Grants. The Administrator shall provide technical assistance for the Early
				Childhood Community Partnership Grantees as well as approve the form of
				assessment used by the grantee, make policy recommendations, assist with
				monitoring and provide coordination of reporting to the Early Education
				Community Partnership Grant Committee and DFS.
(h) "Early Childhood Community Partnership
				Grant Committee" means a group of individuals consisting of personnel from the
				Department of Education, DFS, Department of Workforce Services, Department of
				Health, Wyoming Kids First, statewide non?profit agencies and early childhood
				professionals whom DFS designates to serve in an advisory role for the Early
				Childhood Community Partnership Grant selection, administration and
				evaluation.
(i) "Early Learning
				Guidelines" means the Wyoming guidelines available to parents, caregivers,
				early childhood professionals and policy makers about development and early
				learning in the first three (3) years of life, which were produced by the
				Wyoming Early Learning Guidelines Task Force (2011), which can be found at:
https://sites.google.com/a/wyo.gov/early-childcare-and-licensing/child-care-1/home/dfs-in-your-community/child-care-resources/childcare-licensing-rules/parents
.
(j) "Early Learning Foundations" means the
				Wyoming foundations for children three (3) through five (5), which support
				Wyomings young learners so they not only learn reading, writing, and
				mathematics, but also become critical thinkers and problem solvers in academic
				and social situations, which were produced by the Wyoming Early Learning
				Foundations Committee (2013), which can be found at:
https://sites.google.com/a/wyo.gov/early-childcare-and-licensing/child-care-1/home/dfs-in-your-community/child-care-resources/childcare-licensing-rules/parents
.
(k) "Educational Programs" means an early
				childhood organization or group that works with young children to prepare them
				for formal education.
(l) "Quorum"
				means a minimum of four (4) individuals including a minimum of one (1) DFS
				representative.
(m) "Strategic
				Priorities" means objectives ranked by importance in achieving a strategic
				goal.
(n) "Technical Assistance"
				means providing advice, assistance and training.
(o) "Work" means activities, projects or
				events conducted to prepare children for formal education.