3.0.0 568 2022-11-01T16:47:43Z 2022-11-01T16:47:43Z Senate S 2019-02-26 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-26T21:56:08Z Child Care for Working Families Act 116 1364 HR 2019-02-26 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS To amend the Head Start Act to extend the duration of grants under such Act, and for other purposes. 116 8004 HR 2020-08-11 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2019-02-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-02-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2019-02-26 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-02-26 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-02-26 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-02-26 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-02-26 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-02-26 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2019-02-26 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-02-26 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-02-26 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2019-02-26 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-02-26 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-02-26 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-02-26 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-02-26 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-02-26 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-02-26 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-02-26 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-02-26 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-02-26 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2019-02-26 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-02-26 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-02-26 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-02-26 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2019-02-26 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2019-02-26 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-02-26 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2019-02-26 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2019-02-26 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-02-26 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-02-26 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-02-26 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-02-26 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-02-26 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-02-26 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2020-07-21 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-12-18 False Education Academic performance and assessments Adoption and foster care Appropriations Child care and development Child health Crime prevention Disability and paralysis Domestic violence and child abuse Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Family services Health programs administration and funding Higher education Homelessness and emergency shelter Preschool education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Women's health Education 00 2019-02-26 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-17T17:26:47Z Child Care for Working Families Act

This bill provides funds and otherwise revises certain child care and early learning programs for low- to moderate-income families.

Specifically, the bill provides funds for the Child Care and Development Block Grant program and reestablishes it as a child care and development assistance program. It also allocates program funds for states to provide services and supports to infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities.

Further, it revises the program to require each state to, among other things

  • create a tiered and transparent system for measuring the quality of child care providers, which must include evidence-based standards and payment rates that are based on a certain cost estimation model;
  • assure that copayments are based on a sliding scale and that no family receiving assistance pays more than 7% of their household income on child care; and
  • use quality child care amounts for certain activities, such as improving the supply of child care providers who provide care to infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities (e.g., professional development).

It also provides funds and establishes grants for states to create preschool programs for low- to moderate-income children between the ages of three and five years.

Finally, the Department of Health and Human Services must make grants to Head Start agencies to (1) provide children with access to full-school-year and full-school-day services, (2) provide access to additional service hours for migrant and seasonal agencies, or (3) enhance the quality of existing services.

]]> Child Care for Working Families Act Display Title Child Care for Working Families Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Child Care for Working Families Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 and the Head Start Act to promote child care and early learning, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s568is/xml/BILLS-116s568is.xml 2019-02-26 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.