(a)  Using a template developed by the department, the county shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, the State Department of Social Services, and the department a report that summarizes the success of the county’s plan, and the county’s ability to maximize the use of funds and to improve and stabilize child care in the county. The report shall be submitted as follows:

(1) At the end of year one of the plan, a report that describes the first year of implementation.

(2) At the end of year three of the plan, a report that describes years two and three of implementation.

(3) At the end of year five of the plan, a report that describes years four and five of implementation.

(b) The department shall review the reports submitted pursuant to subdivision (a), along with any applicable programmatic and fiscal compliance records submitted by the contracting agencies participating in the plan, and determine whether to allow the county to continue with the plan without change, or whether to require modifications to be made to the plan. If the plan includes CalWORKs child care, the State Department of Social Services may also review whether modifications to the plan are advised or necessary.

(c) The county shall, by the end of the first fiscal year of operation under the approved plan, demonstrate, in the report required pursuant to this section, that there was no reduction in the number of children served as compared to the number of children served before the implementation of the plan.

(d) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 7, Sec. 9. (AB 108) Effective March 13, 2018. Conditionally inoperative as prescribed by Section 8332.7)