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Bill (LB162) would expand emergency notification, training and reunification supports for childcare providers
Summary
Witnesses told the Health and Human Services Committee that child‑care centers and home providers lack the same automatic emergency notifications schools receive; LB 162 would establish a grant program, training and notification designees to integrate childcare into local emergency systems.
Senator Margo Juarez opened the hearing on LB 162, saying the bill would close a safety gap by integrating licensed child‑care centers and family child‑care providers into local emergency notification and reunification systems. "This bill would create the child care safety and security fund and directs the Nebraska Department of Education to award competitive grants that facilitate community partnerships for emergency response procedures involving childcare providers," she said.
Multiple childcare operators and local coordinators described incidents where centers lacked timely notification of nearby threats. Robert Patterson,…
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