S 169
119th Congress
Senate
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 2025
Introduced: January 21, 2025
Introduced by:
Klobuchar, Amy
Democratic
· Minnesota
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 21, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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