HR 1488
116th Congress
House
Families
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education
Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2019
Introduced: March 4, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 4, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide states and tribal entities with grants to increase access to licensed child care services.
The grants may be used to develop and expand the child care workforce or child care facilities in locations with insufficient available child care. Specifically, grants cover 50% of the cost of programs to support the education and training of caregivers or projects to build, expand, or renovate child care facilities in these areas.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees of jurisdiction
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