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S 2825 116th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Child care and development Military personnel and dependents Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' pensions and compensation Vocational and technical education

Veteran Employment and Child Care Access Act of 2019

Introduced: November 7, 2019 Introduced by: Duckworth, Tammy Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Nov 7, 2019
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Veteran Employment and Child Care Access Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide child care assistance to an eligible veteran for any period that the veteran (1) receives VA training or vocational rehabilitation, and (2) is required to travel to and from a facility for the receipt of such training or rehabilitation. Child care assistance may only be provided once for a child and for a period shorter than six months, but the VA is authorized to waive such limitations.

The term eligible veteran is defined as a veteran who is the primary caretaker of a child and (1) who is receiving VA training or vocational rehabilitation on a full-time basis, or needs and would receive such training or rehabilitation from the VA but for the lack of child care; and (2) whose family's adjusted gross income meets certain criteria.

The bill provides for various types of child care assistance, as the VA considers appropriate.

What's happening now November 7, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  • HR 5045 Identical bill Veteran Employment and Child Care Access Act of 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2825: Veteran Employment and Child Care Access Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2825/
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