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Creates a federal grant program to expand and improve infant and toddler child care for students at public community colleges and minority-serving institutions, strengthen the early childhood workforce, and support community child care supply. It also amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant rules to adjust state plan requirements and federal matching for higher infant/toddler payment rates, and requires colleges to provide information about dependent care allowances in federal student aid materials.
The law establishes multiple grant types (planning, access/impact, and workforce pipeline), sets application and reporting requirements, allows funds for start-up/expansion and training, and changes CCDBG matching and plan language to facilitate higher payments for infant/toddler care. It aims to increase on-campus and near-campus care for student-parents and improve quality and workforce pipelines for infant/toddler care.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced April 10, 2025 by Cory Anthony Booker · Last progress April 10, 2025
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