3.0.0 820 2023-01-11T19:46:23Z 2023-01-11T19:46:23Z Senate S S 2007-03-08 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-08T21:45:34Z Choices in Child Care Act 110 1438 HR 2007-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Identical bill CRS 2007-03-08 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-03-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2917-2918) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N Families Block grants Congressional reporting requirements Day care Economics and Public Finance Evaluation research (Social action programs) Government Operations and Politics Infants Labor and Employment Poor children Social Welfare Working poor Families 00 2007-03-08 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-20T14:39:23Z Choices in Child Care Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to five to seven states for demonstration projects to provide at-home infant care benefits to low-income families. Allows grants to Indian tribes. Requires the Secretary to seek to ensure geographic diversity among participants and to give priority to states that demonstrate a commitment to improving the quality of infant care and the choices available to parents of infants, that have relevant experience, and that have a shortage of infant care.

Requires states, to participate in the demonstration project, to certify to the Secretary that the state: (1) will not reduce expenditures for child care services while carrying out the project; (2) will not give priority or preference to low-income families seeking to receive at-home infant care benefits over other families on a waiting list for child care assistance through other state programs, but will select a combination of such families; and (3) will ensure that applicants are permitted to choose between receipt of at-home care subsidies and certificates for child care needed for employment.

Sets forth eligibility requirements for families seeking assistance, including having a parent who had a recent work history prior to the application for benefits. Requires states to permit two-parent families to participate in the project, but prohibits states from limiting participation in the project to such families.

]]> Choices in Child Care Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish demonstration projects to provide at-home infant care benefits. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Choices in Child Care Act Short Titles as Introduced Choices in Child Care Act Introduced in Senate 2007-03-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s820is/xml/BILLS-110s820is.xml 2007-03-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.