S 169 119th Congress Senate In Committee

Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025

Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · Jan 21, 2025

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Legislative 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.

Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS).

Sponsor
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Independent · MN
Cosponsors (7)
Sen. SullivanSen. GillibrandSen. KingSen. MerkleySen. ShaheenSen. WhitehouseSen. Duckworth

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