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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5876 

To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide funding 

to sustain and increase the supply and quality of child care, access 

to child care, and the child care workforce, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 3, 2023 

Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 

Ms. PLASKETT, and Mr. HORSFORD) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act 

to provide funding to sustain and increase the supply 

and quality of child care, access to child care, and the 

child care workforce, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Building Child Care 

5 for a Better Future Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE CHILD CARE ENTI2 TLEMENT TO STATES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 418(a)(3) of the Social 

4 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(3)) is amended to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘(3) APPROPRIATION.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For grants under this 

8 section, there are appropriated— 

9 ‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2024, 

10 $10,000,000,000; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) for each fiscal year after fiscal 

12 year 2024, the greater of— 

13 ‘‘(I) the amount appropriated 

14 under this subparagraph for the pre15 vious fiscal year, increased by the per16 centage increase (if any) in the con17 sumer price index for all urban con18 sumers (all items; United States city 

19 average) for the most recent 12- 

20 month period for which data is avail21 able; and 

22 ‘‘(II) the amount appropriated 

23 under this subparagraph for the pre24 vious fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(B) AMOUNTS RESERVED.—Of the 

2 amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) 

3 for a fiscal year— 

4 ‘‘(i) an amount equal to 5 percent of 

5 such amount shall be available for grants 

6 to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations; 

7 ‘‘(ii) an amount equal to 4 percent of 

8 such amount shall be available for grants 

9 to territories; 

‘‘(iii) an amount, not to exceed 1 10 ⁄2 of 

11 1 percent of such amount, shall be re12 served by the Secretary to support tech13 nical assistance and dissemination activi14 ties under paragraphs (3) and (4) of sec15 tion 658I(a) of the Child Care and Devel16 opment Block Grant Act of 1990; and 

‘‘(iv) an amount equal to 1 17 ⁄2 of 1 per18 cent of such amount appropriated may be 

19 reserved by the Secretary to conduct re20 search and demonstration activities, as well 

21 as periodic external, independent evalua22 tions of the impact of the Child Care and 

23 Development Block Grant program estab24 lished under subchapter C of chapter 8 of 

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1 ation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–35), as 

2 carried out under this subsection and 

3 under such subchapter, on increasing ac4 cess to child care services and improving 

5 the safety and quality of child care serv6 ices, using scientifically valid research 

7 methodologies, and to disseminate the key 

8 findings of those evaluations widely and on 

9 a timely basis.’’. 

10 (b) REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS RESERVED FOR

11 TRIBAL GRANTS.—Section 418(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 618(a)) is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para14 graph (6); and 

15 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4), the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(5) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED TRIBAL

18 GRANTS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

20 determine an appropriate procedure for redis21 tributing the amounts described in subpara22 graph (B) for each fiscal year to each Indian 

23 Tribe and Tribal organization that applies for 

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1 nization will be able to use such additional 

2 amounts to provide child care assistance. 

3 ‘‘(B) AMOUNTS DESCRIBED.—The 

4 amounts described in this subparagraph are, 

5 with respect to a fiscal year, the unused 

6 amounts of any payment made to an Indian 

7 Tribe or Tribal organization under this sub8 section for the fiscal year which the Secretary 

9 determines will not be used by the Indian Tribe 

10 or Tribal organization during the period in 

11 which such payments are available to be obli12 gated.’’. 

13 (c) REMOVAL OF RESTRICTION ON APPLICATION OF

14 UPDATED FMAP.—Section 418(a)(2)(C) of such Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 618(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘, as such 

16 section was in effect on September 30, 1995’’. 

17 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

18 Section 418 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre21 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘para22 graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)(A) 

23 and remaining after the application of para24 graph (3)(B),’’; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 

2 ‘‘paragraph (3)(A),’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

3 (3)(A) and remaining after the application of 

4 paragraph (3)(B) and’’; 

5 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

7 ‘‘paragraph (3)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘para8 graph (3)(B)(ii)’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking subparagraph (E); and 

10 (D) in paragraph (6), (as redesignated by 

11 subsection (b)(1)), by inserting ‘‘(as in effect on 

12 June 29, 2003)’’ after ‘‘section 403(a)(1)(D)’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘by a State 

14 under this section’’ and inserting ‘‘by a State, a ter15 ritory, or an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization 

16 under subsection (a)’’; 

17 (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF CHILD CARE AND DEVELOP20 MENT BLOCK GRANT ACT of 1990.—Notwithstanding any 

21 other provision of law, amounts provided to a State, a ter22 ritory, or a Indian Tribe or Tribal organization under sub23 section (a) shall be transferred to the lead agency under 

24 the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, 

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1 al organization into the programs established by the State, 

2 territory, Indian Tribe or Tribal organization under such 

3 Act, and be subject to requirements and limitations of 

4 such Act.’’; and 

5 (4) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 

9 means entities included on the list published pursu10 ant to section 104(a) of the Federally Recognized 

11 Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131(a)). 

12 ‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 

13 the 50 States and the District of Columbia. 

14 ‘‘(3) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means 

15 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 

16 States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 

17 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is18 lands. 

19 ‘‘(4) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Tribal 

20 organization’ means— 

21 ‘‘(A) the recognized governing body of any 

22 Indian Tribe, and any legally established orga23 nization of Indians which is controlled, sanc24 tioned, or chartered by such governing body or 

25 which is democratically elected by the adult 


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1 members of the Indian community to be served 

2 by such organization and which includes the 

3 maximum participation of Indians in all phases 

4 of its activities, except that in any case where 

5 a contract is let or grant made to an organiza6 tion to perform services benefitting more than 

7 one Indian Tribe, the approval of each such In8 dian Tribe shall be a prerequisite to the letting 

9 or making of such contract or grant; and 

10 ‘‘(B) includes a Native Hawaiian organiza11 tion, as defined in section 6207 of the Elemen12 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

13 U.S.C. 7517) and a private nonprofit organiza14 tion established for the purpose of serving 

15 youth who are Indians or Native Hawaiians.’’. 

16 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 this section take effect on October 1, 2023. 

18 SEC. 3. GRANTS TO IMPROVE CHILD CARE WORKFORCE, 

19 SUPPLY, QUALITY, AND ACCESS IN AREAS OF 

20 PARTICULAR NEED. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 418 of the Social Security 

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 618), as amended by section 2, is further 

23 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(e) GRANTS TO IMPROVE CHILD CARE WORK2 FORCE, SUPPLY, QUALITY, AND ACCESS IN AREAS OF

3 PARTICULAR NEED.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro5 vided in this subsection, the preceding provisions of 

6 this section shall not apply to this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For grants under this 

9 subsection to improve child care workforce, sup10 ply, quality, and access in areas of particular 

11 need, there are appropriated $5,000,000,000 

12 for each fiscal year. 

13 ‘‘(B) AMOUNTS RESERVED.—Of the 

14 amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) 

15 for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve— 

16 ‘‘(i) an amount equal to 5 percent of 

17 such amount for grants to Indian Tribes 

18 and Tribal organizations; 

19 ‘‘(ii) an amount equal to 4 percent of 

20 such amount for grants to territories; 

‘‘(iii) an amount, not to exceed 1 21 ⁄2 of 

22 1 percent of such amount, to support tech23 nical assistance and dissemination activi24 ties related to improving child care work25 force, supply, quality, and access, including 


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1 in areas of particular need, under para2 graphs (3) and (4), respectively, of section 

3 658I(a) of the Child Care and Develop4 ment Block Grant Act of 1990; 

‘‘(iv) an amount equal to 1 5 ⁄2 of 1 per6 cent of such amount to carry out the eval7 uation required under paragraph (8); and 

8 ‘‘(v) an amount, not to exceed 3 per9 cent of such amount, for administrative ex10 penses of the Secretary in administering 

11 this subsection. 

12 ‘‘(3) GRANTS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANI14 ZATIONS.—The Secretary shall use the amount 

15 reserved under paragraph (2)(B)(i) for a fiscal 

16 year to make grants under this subsection for 

17 the fiscal year to Indian Tribes and Tribal or18 ganizations in amounts that shall be allotted 

19 among Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations 

20 in proportion to their respective needs. 

21 ‘‘(B) TERRITORIES.—The Secretary shall 

22 use the amount reserved under paragraph 

23 (2)(B)(ii) for a fiscal year to make grants 

24 under this subsection for the fiscal year to each 

25 territory in amounts that shall be allotted 


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1 among the territories in proportion to their re2 spective needs. 

3 ‘‘(C) STATES.—The Secretary shall use the 

4 amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) 

5 of paragraph (2) for a fiscal year that remains 

6 after the application of subparagraph (B) of 

7 that paragraph, to make grants for the fiscal 

8 year under this subsection to each State in 

9 amounts that bear the same proportion to the 

10 amount so remaining as the sum of the amount 

11 granted under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 

12 and the amount allotted and paid under para13 graph (2) of subsection (a) to each such State 

14 for the fiscal year (without regard to amounts 

15 redistributed under subparagraph (D) of sub16 section (a)(2) for the fiscal year) bears to the 

17 total amounts granted and allotted to all of the 

18 States under paragraphs (1) and (2) of that 

19 subsection for such fiscal year. 

20 ‘‘(4) INCORPORATION INTO CCDBG PLAN.— 

21 ‘‘(A) CONTENTS.—In order to be paid a 

22 grant under this subsection for a fiscal year, 

23 the lead agency of a State, territory, Indian 

24 Tribe, or Tribal organization shall submit to 

25 the Secretary, as part of the initial submission 


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1 of the Child Care and Development Block 

2 Grant plan for the period that includes such fis3 cal year, or as an amendment to that plan, a 

4 description of the planned use of grant funds 

5 that— 

6 ‘‘(i) describes the demographic and 

7 economic data and other criteria the lead 

8 agency proposes to use to determine 

9 whether an area is in particular need of 

10 child care; 

11 ‘‘(ii) describes how community mem12 bers were engaged to identify community13 specific needs such as diverse types of care 

14 delivery, care for infant and toddlers, mul15 tilingual care, and nontraditional oper16 ational hours; 

17 ‘‘(iii) identifies specific areas deter18 mined to be in particular need of child 

19 care, where such areas are located, the size 

20 and scope of such areas, and the age 

21 groups of children in need of child care in 

22 such areas; 

23 ‘‘(iv) outlines how the lead agency 

24 proposes to use the grant funds to increase 

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1 access for all families, including families 

2 who are eligible for subsidies under the 

3 Child Care and Development Block Grant 

4 Act of 1990, in the areas determined to be 

5 in particular need of child care through ac6 tivities such as— 

7 ‘‘(I) contracting and providing 

8 grants to child care providers to pay 

9 for specified numbers of child care 

10 slots (including slots in family child 

11 care homes) and to build supply and 

12 stability by including expectations for 

13 compensation in the contracts and 

14 grants; 

15 ‘‘(II) establishing or expanding 

16 the operation of community or neigh17 borhood-based family child care net18 works by providing grants and con19 tracts for training and other activities 

20 that increase the supply and quality of 

21 family child care; 

22 ‘‘(III) furnishing child care pro23 viders with start-up funding, technical 

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1 gating real estate financing and devel2 opment processes, including leveraging 

3 additional facilities financing re4 sources; 

5 ‘‘(IV) providing guidance to child 

6 care providers on negotiating with 

7 landlords or applying for land or 

8 home ownership; 

9 ‘‘(V) providing technical assist10 ance to child care providers through11 out the child care licensing process; 

12 ‘‘(VI) recruiting child care pro13 viders and staff; 

14 ‘‘(VII) supporting the training 

15 and professional development of the 

16 child care workforce including through 

17 apprenticeships, partnerships with 

18 labor unions or labor-management 

19 partnerships, and partnerships with 

20 public and nonprofit institutions of 

21 higher education to provide com22 prehensive scholarships that support 

23 equitable access to, and completion of, 

24 credentials and degrees in early child25 hood education; 


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1 ‘‘(VIII) attracting and maintain2 ing an effective and diverse early care 

3 workforce by increasing total com4 pensation, providing wage supple5 ments or bonuses, or offering wage 

6 and retention rewards and ensuring 

7 adequate wages for staff of child care 

8 providers, including sole proprietors 

9 and independent contractors, that, at 

10 a minimum— 

11 ‘‘(aa) provide a living wage 

12 for all staff of such child care 

13 providers; and 

14 ‘‘(bb) are adjusted on an an15 nual basis for cost of living in16 creases to ensure payment rates 

17 remain sufficient to meet the re18 quirements of this subsection; 

19 ‘‘(IX) subject to subparagraph 

20 (C), providing financial support (with21 out regard to limitations on expendi22 tures imposed under section 658F(b) 

23 of the Child Care and Development 

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1 ment of land, a major renovation, 

2 repurposing facilities, the purchase, 

3 acquisition, construction, or perma4 nent improvement of any building or 

5 facility, including major renovation 

6 and minor remodeling, indoor or out7 door modifications, including such 

8 modifications to support accessibility 

9 for children with disabilities, 

10 predevelopment or soft costs, and for 

11 projects to upgrade child care facili12 ties to assure that providers meet 

13 State and local child care standards, 

14 including applicable health, safety, 

15 and quality requirements; or 

16 ‘‘(X) subject to subparagraph 

17 (C), contracting with an intermediary 

18 with experience securing private 

19 sources of capital financing for child 

20 care facilities or other low-income 

21 community development projects to 

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1 mentation, or furnishing an evaluation 

2 of sustainability or operational capac3 ity of providers; 

4 ‘‘(v) in the case of a State or terri5 tory, contains an assurance that the State 

6 or territory shall collaborate with respect 

7 to the use of grant funds to improve child 

8 care workforce, supply, quality, and access 

9 in areas of particular need identified with10 in the State or territory with each Indian 

11 Tribe and Tribal organization in such area; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(vi) contains such other information 

14 as the Secretary may require. 

15 ‘‘(B) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ap16 prove a planned use of funds submission that 

17 contains the information required under sub18 paragraph (A), and, with respect to the pro19 posed criteria required under subparagraph 

20 (A)(i), shall accept any reasonable criteria that 

21 are based on internal analyses by a lead agency 

22 of a State, territory, Indian Tribe, or Tribal or23 ganization or analyses by organizations with ex24 perience in evaluating research on various ap25 proaches to identifying areas where there is a 


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1 low supply of child care that is affordable and 

2 that is in particular need of child care. 

3 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

5 shall develop parameters on the use of 

6 funds from an allotment paid under this 

7 subsection for projects described in sub8 clause (IX) or (X) of subparagraph 

9 (A)(iv). 

10 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENT.—The param11 eters developed under clause (i) shall pro12 vide that, in the case of funds from an al13 lotment paid under this subsection that are 

14 used for projects described in subclause 

15 (IX) or (X) of subparagraph (A)(iv)— 

16 ‘‘(I) for such projects involving a 

17 privately owned family child care 

18 home, the Secretary shall not retain 

19 any Federal interest; and 

20 ‘‘(II) for all other such projects, 

21 the Secretary shall not retain a Fed22 eral interest after a period of 10 

23 years. 

24 ‘‘(5) OTHER FUNDING AND PAYMENT RULES.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) APPROVAL AND PAYMENT DEAD2 LINE.—The Secretary shall make quarterly pay3 ments to the lead agency of each State, terri4 tory, Indian Tribe, and Tribal organization with 

5 a planned use of funds submission approved 

6 under paragraph (4) from the grant determined 

7 for the State, territory, Indian Tribe, or Tribal 

8 organization under paragraph (3) for a fiscal 

9 year. 

10 ‘‘(B) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Nei11 ther subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(2) nor 

12 any other cash or in-kind matching requirement 

13 shall apply to the grants paid under this sub14 section. 

15 ‘‘(C) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 

16 ‘‘(i) CERTIFICATION FUNDS WILL

17 SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT, GENERAL

18 REVENUE EXPENDITURES.—Each State 

19 paid a grant under this subsection for a 

20 fiscal year shall certify that the grant 

21 funds will be used to supplement and not 

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1 vide child care assistance for low-income 

2 families. 

3 ‘‘(ii) STATE MINIMUM EXPENDITURES

4 REQUIREMENT.— 

5 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Each State 

6 paid a grant under this subsection for 

7 a fiscal year shall certify that the 

8 State shall satisfy the required min9 imum general revenue expenditures 

10 for child care assistance for low-in11 come families dollar amount applica12 ble to the State for the fiscal year. 

13 ‘‘(II) STATE MINIMUM GENERAL

14 REVENUE EXPENDITURES FOR CHILD

15 CARE ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME

16 FAMILIES DOLLAR AMOUNT.—With 

17 respect to a State and a fiscal year, 

18 the minimum general revenue expend19 itures for child care assistance for 

20 low-income families dollar amount for 

21 the State and fiscal year is— 

22 ‘‘(aa) in the case of the first 

23 fiscal year for which the State is 

24 paid a grant under this sub25 section, the aggregate dollar 


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1 amount of general revenue ex2 penditures for child care assist3 ance for low-income families for 

4 the most recent State fiscal year 

5 for which data is available; and 

6 ‘‘(bb) in the case of any suc7 ceeding fiscal year, the greater 

8 of— 

9 ‘‘(AA) the minimum 

10 baseline dollar amount of 

11 general revenue expenditures 

12 for child care assistance for 

13 low-income families applica14 ble to the State for the pre15 ceding year; and 

16 ‘‘(BB) the minimum 

17 baseline dollar amount of 

18 general revenue expenditures 

19 for child care assistance for 

20 low-income families for the 

21 most recent State fiscal year 

22 for which data is available. 

23 ‘‘(III) ANNUAL GUIDANCE.—The 

24 Secretary shall issue annual guidance 

25 to States specifying— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) the data and reporting 

2 that will be required for purposes 

3 of enforcing the State minimum 

4 general revenue expenditures for 

5 child care assistance for low-in6 come families dollar amount re7 quirement under this subpara8 graph; and 

9 ‘‘(bb) for each fiscal year 

10 and State for which a grant is 

11 paid under this subsection, the 

12 minimum general revenue ex13 penditures for child care assist14 ance for low-income families dol15 lar amount that is required for 

16 the State and fiscal year. 

17 ‘‘(D) PERIOD FOR AVAILABILITY; REDIS18 TRIBUTION OF UNUSED FUNDS.— 

19 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro20 vided in clause (ii), the period in which the 

21 funds from grants paid under this sub22 section for a fiscal year are available for 

23 expenditure, the determination as to 

24 whether funds from the grant will not be 

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1 unused funds, shall be made in the same 

2 manner as if— 

3 ‘‘(I) in the case of 1 of the 50 

4 States or the District of Columbia, 

5 the funds were considered amounts al6 lotted to the State or District under 

7 subsection (a)(2)(B) for a fiscal year; 

8 ‘‘(II) in the case of a territory, 

9 the funds were considered a grant 

10 made to the territory under subsection 

11 (a)(4) for such fiscal year; and 

12 ‘‘(III) in the case of an Indian 

13 Tribe or Tribal organization, the 

14 funds were considered a grant made 

15 to the Indian Tribe or Tribal organi16 zation under subsection (a) for such 

17 fiscal year. 

18 ‘‘(ii) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY OF

19 FUNDS USED FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.—If 

20 funds from a grant paid under this sub21 section are used to provide financial sup22 port for a project described in subclause 

23 (IX) or (X) of paragraph (4)(A)(iv), the 

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1 tory, Indian Tribe, or Tribal organization 

2 (as applicable) for a period of 5 years. 

3 ‘‘(E) INAPPLICABILITY OF TERRITORIAL

4 PAYMENT LIMITATION.—Section 1108(a) shall 

5 not apply with respect to any funds paid under 

6 this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(6) USE OF FUNDS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To the extent per9 mitted under this paragraph, section 658G(b) 

10 of the Child Care and Development Block 

11 Grant Act of 1990, and the approved planned 

12 use of funds submission of the lead agency of 

13 a State, territory, Indian Tribe, or Tribal orga14 nization under paragraph (4), each such lead 

15 agency shall use funds from a grant paid under 

16 this subsection to increase child care workforce, 

17 supply, quality, and access in areas determined 

18 to be in particular need of child care (with ac19 tivities provided directly, or through grants or 

20 contracts with local child care resource and re21 ferral organizations or other appropriate enti22 ties). Activities carried out with such funds 

23 shall be— 

24 ‘‘(i) designed to improve the quality of 

25 child care services, including improving the 


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1 quality of the child care workforce, and in2 crease parental options for, and access to, 

3 high-quality child care, especially in areas 

4 of concentrated poverty; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) in alignment with the most re6 cent statewide or Tribal assessment of the 

7 State’s or Indian Tribe’s or Tribal organi8 zation’s needs to carry out such services 

9 and care. 

10 ‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—If a lead agency chooses 

11 to make grants from the funds paid under this 

12 subsection, each such lead agency shall give pri13 ority to funding child care services that will use 

14 the grant to provide or coordinate services in 

15 order to— 

16 ‘‘(i) provide child care services during 

17 nontraditional hours; 

18 ‘‘(ii) serve dual language learners, 

19 children with disabilities, children experi20 encing homelessness, children in foster 

21 care, children from low-income families, or 

22 infants and toddlers; 

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1 ment Block Grant Act of 1990 for the 

2 child care; 

3 ‘‘(iv) operate in rural communities 

4 with a low supply of child care; 

5 ‘‘(v) support child care services pro6 vided by public entities, non-profit entities, 

7 and small businesses that are at least 51 

8 percent owned and controlled by individ9 uals who are socially and economically dis10 advantaged, as defined by the Adminis11 trator of the Small Business Administra12 tion; or 

13 ‘‘(vi) provide competitive wages and 

14 support the recruitment and retention of a 

15 high-quality child care workforce, including 

16 through increased compensation (including 

17 wages and benefits), bonuses, tuition or fee 

18 support for educational attainment or pro19 fessional development, child care appren20 ticeship programs, or other financial incen21 tives. 

22 ‘‘(C) HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD

23 START PROGRAMS.—A lead agency may use 

24 funds from a grant paid under this subsection 

25 for activities or assistance under a Head Start 


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1 program (including an Early Head Start pro2 gram) carried out under the Head Start Act 

3 (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.). 

4 ‘‘(D) ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE

5 CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

6 ACT of 1990.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro8 vided in clause (ii) or to the extent other9 wise provided in this subsection, subsection 

10 (c) shall apply to the grants paid under 

11 this subsection in the same manner as that 

12 subsection applies to amounts paid under 

13 subsection (a). 

14 ‘‘(ii) NONAPPLICATION OF CERTAIN

15 USE OF FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—The re16 quirements of subparagraphs (D) and (E) 

17 of section 658E(c)(3) of the Child Care 

18 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 

19 shall not apply to the grants paid under 

20 this subsection. 

21 ‘‘(7) REPORTS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) CCDBG REPORTS.—The lead agency 

23 of each State, territory, Indian Tribe, and Trib24 al organization paid a grant under this sub25 section for a fiscal year shall include informaVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:10 Oct 05, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5876.IH H5876

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1 tion regarding how the lead agency spent the 

2 grant in each monthly, quarterly, or annual re3 port, as applicable, submitted under section 

4 658K(a)(2) of the Child Care and Development 

5 Block Grant Act of 1990. The information re6 quired to be collected and reported under this 

7 paragraph shall be— 

8 ‘‘(i) in addition to, and shall not af9 fect, reporting and data collection require10 ments imposed under the Child Care and 

11 Development Block Grant Act of 1990, in12 cluding to the extent any information spec13 ified under this paragraph also is required 

14 to be included in a report submitted under 

15 that Act; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) made publicly available. 

17 ‘‘(B) 1-YEAR POST-AWARD REPORT.—Not 

18 later than 6 months after receipt of the first 

19 payment from a grant under this subsection, 

20 the lead agency of the State, territory, Indian 

21 Tribe, or Tribal organization (as applicable) 

22 shall submit a report to the Secretary that in23 cludes information and data (reported on such 

24 basis as the Secretary shall specify) regard25 ing— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the supply of child care in the 

2 areas determined to be in particular need 

3 of child care by the lead agency, including 

4 with respect to the pre-grant award assess5 ment of the number of Child Care and De6 velopment Block Grant-eligible child care 

7 slots reserved by grants or contracts in 

8 such areas and the pre-grant award assess9 ment of the number of providers who are 

10 regulated under State law in such areas, 

11 and the number of providers who are not 

12 covered by or are exempt from such a reg13 ulation but are eligible child care providers 

14 providing services under the Child Care 

15 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 

16 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) in such areas; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the supply, quality, and access of 

19 child care in the areas determined to be in 

20 particular need of child care by the lead 

21 agency. 

22 ‘‘(C) 3-YEAR POST-AWARD REPORT.—Not 

23 later than December 31 of the calendar year in 

24 which the third fiscal year for which the lead 

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1 Tribal organization is paid a grant under this 

2 subsection ends, the lead agency shall submit a 

3 report to the Secretary that includes the fol4 lowing information: 

5 ‘‘(i) Data that describes the impact of 

6 expenditures of grant funds on— 

7 ‘‘(I) the supply of child care in 

8 the areas determined to be in par9 ticular need of child care by the lead 

10 agency, including with respect to the 

11 pre-grant award assessment of the 

12 number of Child Care and Develop13 ment Block Grant-eligible child care 

14 slots reserved by grants or contracts 

15 in such areas and the pre-grant award 

16 assessment of the number of providers 

17 who are regulated under State law in 

18 such areas, and the number of pro19 viders who are not covered by or are 

20 exempt from such a regulation but are 

21 eligible child care providers providing 

22 services under the Child Care and De23 velopment Block Grant Act of 1990 

24 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) in such 

25 areas; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) the supply, quality, and ac2 cess of child care in the areas deter3 mined to be in particular need of child 

4 care by the lead agency, and on the 

5 extent to which areas in which such 

6 funds were used experienced outcomes 

7 that reduced the conditions in such 

8 areas which factored into such deter9 mination. 

10 ‘‘(ii) Information specifying the areas 

11 determined to be in particular need of 

12 child care by the lead agency and the ac13 tivities in which grant funds were used in 

14 such areas. 

15 ‘‘(iii) Demographic data on the child 

16 care providers receiving funds and on the 

17 families and children served. 

18 ‘‘(iv) Information specifying whether 

19 grant funds were used for projects de20 scribed in subclause (IX) or (X) of para21 graph (4)(A)(iv) and if so, the status of 

22 such projects, including if such projects 

23 are ongoing at the time of reporting. 

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1 graphs (A), (B), and (C) shall be incorporated 

2 into the biennial reports to Congress by the 

3 Secretary required under section 658L(a) of the 

4 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 

5 of 1990. 

6 ‘‘(8) REGULAR EVALUATIONS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From a geographically 

8 diverse selection of the lead agencies paid a 

9 grant under this subsection that includes rep10 resentation of States, territories, and Indian 

11 Tribes and Tribal organizations, the Secretary 

12 regularly shall evaluate the impact of the activi13 ties carried out by such lead agencies with re14 spect to improving the supply and quality of 

15 child care in the areas determined to be in par16 ticular need of child care by such lead agencies. 

17 ‘‘(B) SUPPLY ASSESSMENT.—In evaluating 

18 the extent to which there are improvements in 

19 the supply of child care in the areas determined 

20 to be in particular need of child care, the Sec21 retary shall focus on the following areas: 

22 ‘‘(i) General availability of child care 

23 services. 

24 ‘‘(ii) Availability of child care services 

25 that— 


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1 ‘‘(I) are provided during non2 traditional hours; 

3 ‘‘(II) serve dual language learn4 ers, children with disabilities, children 

5 experiencing homelessness, children in 

6 foster care, children from low-income 

7 families, or infants and toddlers; 

8 ‘‘(III) serve a high proportion of 

9 children whose families are eligible for 

10 subsidies under the Child Care and 

11 Development Block Grant Act of 

12 1990; and 

13 ‘‘(IV) operate in rural commu14 nities with a low supply of child care. 

15 ‘‘(iii) Opportunity for parental choice 

16 in child care services. 

17 ‘‘(iv) Improvement in workforce re18 cruitment and retention for child care serv19 ices. 

20 ‘‘(C) QUALITY ASSESSMENT.—In evalu21 ating the extent to which there are improve22 ments in the quality of child care in the areas 

23 determined to be in particular need of child 

24 care, the Secretary shall focus on at least 5 of 

25 the following areas: 


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1 ‘‘(i) Ratios of staff to children and 

2 group size. 

3 ‘‘(ii) Developmentally appropriate cur4 riculum. 

5 ‘‘(iii) Approaches to instruction. 

6 ‘‘(iv) Relationship quality between 

7 children and staff. 

8 ‘‘(v) Children’s learning and develop9 ment. 

10 ‘‘(vi) Physical environment quality 

11 and ability to protect children and staff 

12 from illness and injury. 

13 ‘‘(vii) Qualifications, experience, and 

14 specialized training of staff. 

15 ‘‘(viii) Opportunities for staff profes16 sional development. 

17 ‘‘(ix) Wages and benefits for staff. 

18 ‘‘(x) Ability to foster relationships 

19 with families and communities. 

20 ‘‘(xi) Leadership and management ca21 pacity. 

22 ‘‘(xii) Creating a stable work environ23 ment for staff retention. 

24 ‘‘(xiii) Pursuit or earning of national 

25 accreditation. 


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1 ‘‘(D) REPORT.—The Secretary shall— 

2 ‘‘(i) submit a report to the appro3 priate committees of Congress regarding 

4 the evaluations of the impact of the activi5 ties carried out by lead agencies with funds 

6 from grants paid under this subsection— 

7 ‘‘(I) within 180 days of the com8 pletion of each such evaluation; and 

9 ‘‘(II) at least once every 5 years; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(ii) make each such report, along 

12 with the data and report for each evalua13 tion, publicly available. 

14 ‘‘(9) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

15 ‘‘(A) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON16 GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of 

17 Congress’ means the Committee on Appropria18 tions, the Committee on Ways and Means, and 

19 the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

20 of the House of Representatives and the Com21 mittee on Appropriations, the Committee on Fi22 nance, and the Committee on Health, Edu23 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 

24 ‘‘(B) LEAD AGENCY.—The term ‘lead 

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1 tion 658P(9) of the Child Care and Develop2 ment Block Grant Act of 1990.’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 this section take effect on October 1, 2023. 

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