Doubles the number of children receiving child care assistance. Provides after-school care for up to half a million children per year. Improves child care safety and quality and enhances early childhood development. Assistance for Businesses Establishes a tax credit for businesses that provide child care services for their employees by building or expanding child care facilities, operating existing facilities, or training child care workers. Authorizes grants to business consortia to improve access to affordable, local, quality child care services through the states to start child care centers.
Small business have priority funding.
Current law only allows low-income kids up to age 13 to get subsidized snacks. This bill would extend that to age 18 and allow new programs to participate. No net cost. No net cost. States may use the funds in a variety of activities including providing training to providers, improved child-staff ratios, pay for comprehensive background checks, expand parent education activities, and to improve the availability of care for children with special needs.