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Child Care for Working Families Act

USA117th CongressS-1360| Senate 
| Updated: 4/22/2021
Patty Murray

Patty Murray

Democratic Senator

Washington

Cosponsors (36)
Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Charles E. Schumer (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Alex Padilla (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Maria Cantwell (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Child Care for Working Families Act This bill provides funds and otherwise revises certain child care and early learning programs for low- to moderate-income families. Specifically, the bill provides funds for the Child Care and Development Block Grant program and reestablishes it as a child care and development assistance program. The bill also allocates program funds for states to provide services and supports to infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities. Further, the bill revises the program to require each state to create a tiered and transparent system for measuring the quality of child care providers, which must include evidence-based standards and payment rates that are based on a certain cost estimation model; ensure that copayments are based on a sliding scale and that no family receiving assistance pays more than 7% of its household income on child care; and use quality child care amounts for certain activities, such as increasing the supply of child care providers. The bill also provides funds and establishes grants for states to create preschool programs for low- to moderate-income children between the ages of three and five years. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must make grants to Head Start agencies to provide children with access to full-school-year and full-school-day services, provide access to additional service hours for migrant and seasonal agencies, or enhance the quality of existing services. Finally, the bill requires, and provides funds for, HHS to assist Head Start agencies with ensuring their teachers and staff are paid a living wage.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-568
Child Care for Working Families Act
Apr 22, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-2817
Introduced in House
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Apr 22, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-568
    Child Care for Working Families Act


  • April 22, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-2817
    Introduced in House


  • April 22, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 22, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Families

Related Bills

  • HR 117-2817: Child Care for Working Families Act
Academic performance and assessmentsAdoption and foster careAppropriationsChild care and developmentChild healthCrime preventionDisability and paralysisDomestic violence and child abuseEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingEmployee leaveEmployment and training programsFamily servicesForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHigher educationHomelessness and emergency shelterLabor standardsMental healthPreschool educationSelf-employedStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curriculaTemporary and part-time employmentWages and earningsWomen's health

Child Care for Working Families Act

USA117th CongressS-1360| Senate 
| Updated: 4/22/2021
Child Care for Working Families Act This bill provides funds and otherwise revises certain child care and early learning programs for low- to moderate-income families. Specifically, the bill provides funds for the Child Care and Development Block Grant program and reestablishes it as a child care and development assistance program. The bill also allocates program funds for states to provide services and supports to infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities. Further, the bill revises the program to require each state to create a tiered and transparent system for measuring the quality of child care providers, which must include evidence-based standards and payment rates that are based on a certain cost estimation model; ensure that copayments are based on a sliding scale and that no family receiving assistance pays more than 7% of its household income on child care; and use quality child care amounts for certain activities, such as increasing the supply of child care providers. The bill also provides funds and establishes grants for states to create preschool programs for low- to moderate-income children between the ages of three and five years. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must make grants to Head Start agencies to provide children with access to full-school-year and full-school-day services, provide access to additional service hours for migrant and seasonal agencies, or enhance the quality of existing services. Finally, the bill requires, and provides funds for, HHS to assist Head Start agencies with ensuring their teachers and staff are paid a living wage.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-568
Child Care for Working Families Act
Apr 22, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-2817
Introduced in House
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Apr 22, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-568
    Child Care for Working Families Act


  • April 22, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-2817
    Introduced in House


  • April 22, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 22, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Patty Murray

Patty Murray

Democratic Senator

Washington

Cosponsors (36)
Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Patrick J. Leahy (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Charles E. Schumer (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Alex Padilla (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Maria Cantwell (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Families

Related Bills

  • HR 117-2817: Child Care for Working Families Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Academic performance and assessmentsAdoption and foster careAppropriationsChild care and developmentChild healthCrime preventionDisability and paralysisDomestic violence and child abuseEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingEmployee leaveEmployment and training programsFamily servicesForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHigher educationHomelessness and emergency shelterLabor standardsMental healthPreschool educationSelf-employedStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curriculaTemporary and part-time employmentWages and earningsWomen's health