3.0.0 3667 2023-01-11T13:21:42Z 2023-01-11T13:21:42Z Senate S S 2010-07-29 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-07-29T16:40:05Z Children First Act of 2010 111 5938 HR 2010-07-29 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2010-07-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2010-07-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6524) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2010-07-29 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2010-07-29 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2010-08-03 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2010-08-04 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2010-08-05 False Social Welfare Appropriations Business records Child care and development Child health Child safety and welfare Employment and training programs Poverty and welfare assistance State and local government operations Social Welfare 00 2010-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2011-08-22T15:34:11Z Children First Act of 2010 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) exclude child care assistance from the determination of the five-year limit on TANF assistance; and (2) increase funding for child care.

Requires an eligible state's TANF plan to include a certification by the state's chief executive officer that procedures are in effect to ensure that any child care provider in the state that provides services funded through TANF expenditures or with qualified state expenditures complies with all applicable state or local health and safety requirements under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.

Increases from 5 to 12 the maximum age of a child for which a single custodial parent who is unable to find child care for such child will not penalized with a reduction or termination of TANF assistance based on that individual's refusal to engage in required work in order to take care of the child.

Subjects to the individual and case data reporting requirements of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 any TANF funds expended for child care, whether or not transferred to that Act, and exempts such funds from SSA reporting requirements.

]]> Children First Act of 2010 Display Title Children First Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to exclude child care from the determination of the 5-year limit on assistance under the temporary assistance to needy families program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Children First Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3667is/xml/BILLS-111s3667is.xml 2010-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.