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H.R. 581 119th Congress House

Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025

Official title: To assist States in carrying out projects to expand the child care workforce and child care facilities in the States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 21, 2025 Introduced by: Josh Harder Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Jan 21, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 581: Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-581/
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"H.R. 581: Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-581/.
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