118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 268 — Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2023

“A bill to assist States in carrying out projects to expand the child care workforce and child care facilities in the States, and for other purposes.”

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Introduced Feb 2, 2023

Last action Feb 2, 2023

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SummaryCRS Summary

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.

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

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Feb 2, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Feb 2, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.