Child care great start compensation support payments modified.

HF 2728 modifies Minnesota's Great Start Compensation Support Payments for child care programs. It changes how payments are calculated by basing them on full-time equivalent staff caring for children, with one full-time equivalent defined as 32 hours weekly. The bill adds a 10% payment increase for programs receiving child care assistance under specific statutes or located in designated "child care access equity areas" (defined as regions with low child care access, high poverty, unemployment, low homeownership, and low median income). These changes apply directly to licensed child care programs serving young children.