District of Columbia Code Division I. Government of District. § 4-416. Expansion of the Quality Improvement Network.

(1) Identifying all child development facilities serving either 50% or more Early Head Start eligible children in Wards 7 and 8, or 25% or more dual language learners;

(2) Analyzing the capacity of child development facilities to provide services at the highest QRIS level, meet Early Head Start program performance standards, and ensure culturally and linguistically competent care for all children, including children with developmental delays and disabilities;

(3) Determining whether the Quality Improvement Network has sufficient resources to build capacity in all child development facilities to provide services at the highest QRIS level, meet Early Head Start program performance standards, and ensure culturally and linguistically competent care for all children, including children with developmental delays and disabilities; and

(4) Identifying additional resources necessary to ensure that child development facilities possess the resources necessary to provide the services identified in paragraph (3) of this subsection.

(1) “Dual language learner” means an infant, toddler, or child between the ages of 3 to 5 years learning to speak 2 languages simultaneously or sequentially.

(2) “Early Head Start” means a program established pursuant to section 645a of the Head Start Act Amendments of 1994, approved May 18, 1994 (42 U.S.C. § 9840a).