3.0.0 3436 2023-01-11T13:23:07Z 2023-01-11T13:23:07Z Senate S S 2012-07-25 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-07-25T19:57:50Z 2012-07-25 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2012-07-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2012-07-25 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2012-07-25 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2012-07-26 False Families Child care and development Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Employment and training programs Preschool education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Families 00 2012-07-25 Introduced in Senate 2012-09-18T16:55:04Z Infant and Toddler Care Improvement Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to enable eligible states (including Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) to improve the quality of care for infants and toddlers, especially those from low-income families.

Authorizes the use of grant funds to: (1) make grants to organizations with pertinent expertise to establish and operate staffed family child care networks or systems that offer family child care providers technical assistance, training, administrative support, or direct services; (2) support a statewide network of infant and toddler care specialists; and (3) support initiatives to improve the quality of the provider workforce.

Allows the use of such funds also to: (1) develop infant and toddler components for the State's Quality Rating and Improvement System or a similar rating system, child care licensing regulations, or voluntary early learning guidelines; (2) improve the ability of parents to obtain information about high-quality infant and toddler care; or (3) assist eligible infant and toddler care providers seeking to increase their ranking on the State's Quality Rating and Improvement System or similar rating system, meet performance standards applicable to an Early Head Start agency, or become accredited by a national accrediting body.

]]> Infant and Toddler Care Improvement Act Display Title Infant and Toddler Care Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to improve the quality of infant and toddler care. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Infant and Toddler Care Improvement Act Introduced in Senate 2012-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3436is/xml/BILLS-112s3436is.xml 2012-07-25 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.