AB 2732: Grant Information Act of 2018: internet web portal: climate-related grants: childcare sector.

Existing law, the Grant Information Act of 2018, requires the California State Library to create a funding opportunities internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find state grant opportunities. Existing law requires the Natural Resources Agency to update every 3 years the states climate adaptation strategy, known as the Safeguarding California Plan, and to coordinate with other state agencies to identify vulnerabilities to climate change by sectors, including, among others, transportation and public health.

This bill would require the library, in consultation with the agency, to include on the above-described internet web portal the category childcare under the category tab, in order to ensure that the childcare sector has the ability to search for climate-related grants applicable to childcare providers. tab, and would also require the library to consult with all agencies and departments administering grants that are included on the portal to identify and indicate on the portal grants in which childcare providers are eligible applicants. The bill would require those agencies and departments to provide the library with information relating to the eligibility of childcare providers for grant identification purposes.