(1) assess critical child care needs throughout the state on an ongoing basis and focus its activities on helping to meet the most critical needs;

(2) provide child care subsidy services for income-eligible children through age 12 and for income-eligible children with disabilities through age 18;

(3) provide information: (a) to employers for the development of options for child care in the work place; and (b) for educating the public in obtaining quality child care;

(a) to employers for the development of options for child care in the work place; and

(b) for educating the public in obtaining quality child care;

(4) coordinate services for quality child care training and child care resource and referral core services;

(5) apply for, accept, or expend gifts or donations from public or private sources;

(6) provide administrative support services to the committee;

(7) work collaboratively with the following for the delivery of quality child care, early childhood programs, and school age programs throughout the state: (a) the State Board of Education; and (b) the Department of Health;

(a) the State Board of Education; and

(b) the Department of Health;

(8) research child care programs and public policy to improve the quality and accessibility of child care, early childhood programs, and school age programs in the state;

(9) provide planning and technical assistance for the development and implementation of programs in communities that lack child care, early childhood programs, and school age programs;

(10) provide organizational support for the establishment of nonprofit organizations approved by the Child Care Advisory Committee, created in Section 35A-3-205;

(11) coordinate with the department to include in the annual written report described in Section 35A-1-109 information regarding the status of child care in Utah; and

(12) make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, and consistent with state and federal law, establishing the eligibility requirements for a child care provider to receive a grant or subsidy, including for the following: (a) providing child care for an income-eligible child age 12 or younger; (b) providing child care for an income-eligible child with disabilities age 18 or younger; and (c) qualifying for an award from the High Quality School Readiness Grant Program created in Section 53F-6-305.

(a) providing child care for an income-eligible child age 12 or younger;

(b) providing child care for an income-eligible child with disabilities age 18 or younger; and

(c) qualifying for an award from the High Quality School Readiness Grant Program created in Section 53F-6-305.