(b)

1. (1) The department shall award infrastructure grants on a competitive basis to either of the following:

   1. (A) Child care and development and preschool providers that are not local educational agencies and that are one or more of the following:

      1. (i) A child care center or family child care home serving children through an alternative payment program pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 10225).
      2. (ii) A migrant child care and development program serving children pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 10235).
      3. (iii) A child care center or family child care home education network serving children through a California state preschool program pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 8207) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code.
      4. (iv) A child care center or family child care home serving children through a general childcare and development program pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 10240).
      5. (v) A family child care home education network serving children pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 10250).
      6. (vi) Child care and development services for children with special needs pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 10260).
      7. (vii) A child care center or family child care home serving children through a CalWORKs Stage 1, Stage 2, or Stage 3 program pursuant to Chapter 21 (commencing with Section 10370).
      8. (viii) A child care center or family child care home serving children through the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children pursuant to Section 11461.6.

   2. (B) Child care and development and preschool providers that are not local educational agencies and that meet two or more of the following:

      1. (i) Have a demonstrated need for expanded access to subsidized child care and development and preschool programs as measured by the ratio of children in state and federally subsidized child care and development and preschool programs to eligible children in the applicant’s service area.
      2. (ii) Are located in low-income communities, as measured by the proportion of children that qualify for state or federal subsidies for child care and development and preschool programs.
      3. (iii) Plan to use grant funding to serve children that qualify for state or federal subsidies for child care and development and preschool programs.
      4. (iv) Serve children from birth to five years of age, inclusive, with exceptional needs in inclusive environments.
      5. (v) Wish to recover lost capacity as a result of a state or federally declared disaster.

2. (2) The department shall award infrastructure grants for any of the following purposes:

   1. (A) Construction of new child care and development and preschool facilities to increase capacity or recover lost capacity as a result of a state or federally declared disaster.
   2. (B) Renovation, repair, modernization, or retrofitting of existing child care and development and preschool facilities to increase capacity or recover lost capacity as a result of a state or federally declared disaster, or make existing child care and development and preschool facilities more resilient for future natural disasters.
   3. (C) Renovation, repair, modernization, or retrofitting of existing facilities for use as child care and development and preschool facilities.
   4. (D) Renovation, repair, modernization, or retrofitting of existing child care and development and preschool facilities to address needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic and other health and safety or licensure needs.

(d) The department shall give priority for grant funding to both of the following:

1. (1) Applicants with a demonstrated need for expanded access to subsidized child care and development and preschool programs, as measured by the ratio of children in subsidized child care and development and preschool programs to eligible children in the applicant’s service area.
2. (2) Applicants who are currently serving subsidized children in programs described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) and who are not eligible for federal funding for these purposes.

(e) Infrastructure grants may be used for any of the following:

1. (1) One-time infrastructure costs, including, but not limited to, universal design facility renovations, retrofitting to meet licensing requirements, the cost of design, engineering, testing, inspections, plan checking, construction management, site acquisition and development, evaluation and response action costs relating to removal of hazardous substances at a new or existing site, demolition, construction, landscaping, or other related costs as determined by the department.
2. (2) Facility maintenance and improvements, including, but not limited to, maintenance and minor renovations to address concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic such as nonstructural changes to create space for social distancing, minor remodeling and upgrading of facilities to meet licensing requirements or health and safety standards, or other related costs as determined by the department.