After Hours Child Care Act
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Became law
Mar 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 27, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
After Hours Child Care Act
This bill establishes a pilot program for the Administration for Children & Families to award grants to increase the capacity of child care providers to deliver services to families in which a parent is working nontraditional work hours (e.g., before 9:00 a.m., after 5:00 p.m., or on a Saturday or Sunday).
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 976: After Hours Child Care Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-976/
"S. 976: After Hours Child Care Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-976/.
S. 976, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-976/.
[S. 976: After Hours Child Care Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-976/)