[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR98.51]

[Page 542]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 98--CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart F--Use of Child Care and Development Funds
 
Sec. 98.51  Activities to improve the quality of child care.

    (a) No less than four percent of the aggregate funds expended by the 
Lead Agency for a fiscal year, and including the amounts expended in the 
State pursuant to Sec. 98.53(b), shall be expended for quality 
activities.
    (1) These activities may include but are not limited to:
    (i) Activities designed to provide comprehensive consumer education 
to parents and the public;
    (ii) Activities that increase parental choice; and
    (iii) Activities designed to improve the quality and availability of 
child care, including, but not limited to those described in paragraph 
(2) of this section.
    (2) Activities to improve the quality of child care services may 
include, but are not limited to:
    (i) Operating directly or providing financial assistance to 
organizations (including private non-profit organizations, public 
organizations, and units of general purpose local government) for the 
development, establishment, expansion, operation, and coordination of 
resource and referral programs specifically related to child care;
    (ii) Making grants or providing loans to child care providers to 
assist such providers in meeting applicable State, local, and tribal 
child care standards, including applicable health and safety 
requirements, pursuant to Secs. 98.40 and 98.41;
    (iii) Improving the monitoring of compliance with, and enforcement 
of, applicable State, local, and tribal requirements pursuant to 
Secs. 98.40 and 98.41;
    (iv) Providing training and technical assistance in areas 
appropriate to the provision of child care services, such as training in 
health and safety, nutrition, first aid, the recognition of communicable 
diseases, child abuse detection and prevention, and care of children 
with special needs;
    (v) Improving salaries and other compensation (such as fringe 
benefits) for full-and part-time staff who provide child care services 
for which assistance is provided under this part; and
    (vi) Any other activities that are consistent with the intent of 
this section.
    (b) Pursuant to Sec. 98.16(h), the Lead Agency shall describe in its 
Plan the activities it will fund under this section.
    (c) Non-Federal expenditures required by Sec. 98.53(c) (i.e., the 
maintenance-of-effort amount) are not subject to the requirement at 
paragraph (a) of this section.