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Emergency Child Care for the Gulf Coast Region Act of 2007

Introduced: March 8, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 27, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Mar 8, 2007
Introduced in House
Mar 8, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Child Care for the Gulf Coast Region Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish grant programs for: (1) businesses and consortia in the Gulf Coast Region to pay start-up costs and to provide additional child care services for employees; (2) nonprofit business organizations in the Region to provide technical assistance to such businesses for child care services; (3) entities to develop distance learning child care training technology infrastructures and model technology-based training courses for child care providers and workers in the Region; and (4) child care providers in the Region to improve the qualifications and promote the retention of such providers. Defines "Gulf Coast Region" to mean the area declared by the President to be a major disaster as a consequence of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make scholarship grants to child care providers to improve their educational qualifications to provide services.

What's happening now June 27, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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