; (6) assisting in the establishment of Child Care and Early Learning Councils and strengthening the capability of such Councils to effectively advise on the child care and early learning programs; (7) encouraging the cooperation and participation of State agencies in providing child care and early learning services, including health, family planning, mental health, education, nutrition, family, social, and rehabilitative services if that cooperation and participation are requested by appropriate prime sponsors in the development and implementation of child care and early learning plans; (8) encouraging the full utilization of resources and facilities for child care and early learning programs within the State; (9) disseminating the results of research on child care and early learning programs; (10) conducting programs for the exchange of personnel involved in child care and early learning programs within the State; (11) assisting prime sponsors in the acquisition or improvement of facilities for child care and early learning programs; (12) assessing State and local licensing codes as the codes relate to child care and early learning programs within the State; (13) developing information useful in reviewing prime sponsorship plans described in section 113(a) and child care and early learning plans described in section 114(b); (14) facilitating collaboration among prime sponsors and delegate providers within the State; (15) supporting a unified, birth-through-school-entry, early childhood system, including carrying out activities related to establishing braided or blended funding arrangements to promote the integration of services to children and families