S. 4130 — Expanding Access to Child Care for Military Families Act of 2024

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to direct the military departments to implement a pilot program to improve the access of members of the Armed Forces and their families to high quality early child care opportunities. Under the pilot program, the military departments must establish partnerships with 12 child care providers to (1) increase the capacity of the providers, (2) improve early child care workforce development, and (3) increase recruitment and retention of employees for eligible child care providers. Child care providers under the program may not reduce early child care slots for nonmilitary families after entering into the partnership or enter into the constructio...