H.R. 6045 — COACH Act

This section requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator to publish or update, not later than one year after enactment and not less frequently than every five years thereafter, a resource guide applicable to various business models for small business concerns operating as child care providers. The resource guide must include guidance on (1) operations (including marketing and management planning); (2) finances (including financial planning, financing, payroll, and insurance); (3) compliance with relevant laws (including the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act); (4) training and safety (including equipment and materials); (5) quality (including eligibility for funding under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBG)); and (6) other matters determined appropriate by the Administrator. (As background, the CCDBG provides block grants to states to subsidize child care for low-income working families and improve child care quality.) Before publication or update, the Administrator must consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, representatives from CCDBG lead agencies, local or regional child care resource and referral organizations, and other relevant entities as determined by the Administrator. The Administrator must publish the guide in English and the 10 most commonly spoken languages other than English in the United States (including Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, and Korean), with translations available on a publicly accessible SBA website, and distribute it to SBA offices (including district offices) and persons consulted. Women’s business centers, small business development centers, chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), and Veteran Business Outreach Centers must distribute the guide and other relevant resources to small business concerns operating as child care providers, sole proprietors operating as child care providers, and child care providers with limited administrative capacity (as determined by the Administrator).