The council shall recommend measures to improve the quality, availability, and affordability of child care in this state. In addition, the council shall:

(1) Provide a mechanism for the planning and coordination of child care programs at the state and local levels;

(2) Inventory and monitor the disbursement and make recommendations as to the coordination of the disbursement of all state and federal funding streams that impact the supply, quality, and affordability of child care;

(3) Develop an annual Georgia child care plan which includes all identified revenue sources and, at a minimum, the requirements indicated in the federal act;

(4) Develop an annual Georgia report on child care, reporting child care statistics, an evaluation of the state planning process, and at a minimum meeting the reporting requirements of the federal act;

(5) Hold at least one annual public hearing on child care needs;

(6) Serve as the state clearing-house for information on child care resources and statistics;

(7) Provide child care information to corporations and business seeking to locate in Georgia;

(8) Promote public-private sector collaboration for child care;

(9) Recommend to the Governor and to the General Assembly policies, legislation, and funding that will promote the work of the council and the realization of the Georgia child care plan to promote quality, affordable, and accessible child care for Georgia's children;

(10) Develop requests for proposals, in accordance with the Georgia child care plan, for federal block grant funds available to Georgia under the federal act;

(11) Promote consumer education to parents to help them select child care including the expansion of child care resource and referral agencies; and

(12) Monitor, review, and recommend improvements to child care licensing requirements.