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HR 3643 115th Congress House

Children First Act of 2017

Official title: To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide additional child care funding, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 1, 2017 See on congress.gov
Families Alaska Natives and HawaiiansAppropriationsChild care and developmentChild safety and welfare
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Aug 4, 2017
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.

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Children First Act of 2017

This bill provides additional funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to provide child care for infants and toddlers under the age of four. Specifically, HHS must make grants to: (1) expand access to high-quality child care for infants and toddlers who do not receive child care funded through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), (2) increase the quality of child care funded through CCDF, and (3) provide financial incentives to highly-qualified child care providers and their workforce. HHS may make grants to enable the provision of child care during nontraditional and unpredictable hours.

Under current law, an individual is exempted from TANF's mandatory work requirements if the individual is a single custodial parent caring for a child who is under 6 years of age. This bill expands the exemption to include a single custodial parent or other individual with custody caring for a child who is under 13 years of age.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Castor, Kathy
Florida · Sep 1, 2017
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 1, 2017
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Frankel, Lois
Florida · Aug 4, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3643: Children First Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3643/
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"H.R. 3643: Children First Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3643/.
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H.R. 3643, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3643/.
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