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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="9.5-1002" title_number="9.5" title_name="Division of Early Childhood Development" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Patricia H. Kirwan Family Support Services">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A family support center shall be known as a “Patty Center”.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A family support center shall provide parents and their children with a hospitable and constructive environment and services that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Improve parenting skills;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Develop the family as a functioning unit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Promote the growth and development of their children.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>For fiscal year 2021, the State shall provide funding for six additional centers.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For each of fiscal years 2022 through 2029, the State shall provide funding for three additional centers per fiscal year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Governor shall appropriate in each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 $330,000 for each additional center required under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall select the location for the centers funded under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A family support center may receive multiyear funding.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a family support center receives multiyear funding, funding may be used for planning and development in the first year of funding for the family support center.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
