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HR 5000 113th Congress House

Working Families Child Care Act of 2014

Official title: To provide for child care services for families with infants or toddlers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 26, 2014 Introduced by: Frankel, Lois Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
Families Child care and developmentEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingEmployment and training programs
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Nov 17, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Jun 26, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 26, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 17, 2014

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Working Families Child Care Act of 2014 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to create a supplemental state entitlement for child care assistance for families with infants or toddlers under age three.

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 expertise in providing child care and related technical assistance, to establish new staffed family child care networks or to operate existing staffed family child care networks or systems that offer, to eligible infant and toddler care providers, technical assistance, training, administrative support, or direct services including monitoring visits to providers; (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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 67
Cartwright, Matt
· Sep 15, 2014
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Sep 15, 2014
Pascrell, Bill
· Jul 31, 2014
PRICE, DAVID
· Jul 29, 2014
McNerney, Jerry
· Jul 16, 2014
D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jul 16, 2014
D
Swalwell, Eric
California · Jul 16, 2014
Bass, Karen
· Jun 26, 2014
BROWN, CORRINE
· Jun 26, 2014
D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jun 26, 2014
Bustos, Cheri
· Jun 26, 2014
Butterfield, G. K.
· Jun 26, 2014
D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jun 26, 2014
D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jun 26, 2014
D
Chu, Judy
California · Jun 26, 2014
Cicilline, David
· Jun 26, 2014
D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Jun 26, 2014
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 26, 2014
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 26, 2014
CONYERS, JOHN
· Jun 26, 2014
CROWLEY, JOSEPH
· Jun 26, 2014
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 26, 2014
Deutch, Theodore
· Jun 26, 2014
Edwards, Donna
· Jun 26, 2014
Ellison, Keith
· Jun 26, 2014
Esty, Elizabeth
· Jun 26, 2014
Fudge, Marcia
· Jun 26, 2014
D
Garamendi, John
California · Jun 26, 2014
Grayson, Alan
· Jun 26, 2014
D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Jun 26, 2014
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Jun 26, 2014
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Jun 26, 2014
HONDA, MICHAEL
· Jun 26, 2014
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 26, 2014
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Jun 26, 2014
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 26, 2014
D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Jun 26, 2014
Kirkpatrick, Ann
· Jun 26, 2014
LANGEVIN, JAMES
· Jun 26, 2014
Lee, Barbara
· Jun 26, 2014
Loebsack, David
· Jun 26, 2014
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 26, 2014
Lowenthal, Alan
· Jun 26, 2014
LOWEY, NITA
· Jun 26, 2014
Maloney, Sean
· Jun 26, 2014
D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jun 26, 2014
D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 26, 2014
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 26, 2014
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jun 26, 2014
D
Meng, Grace
New York · Jun 26, 2014
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