‘‘(6) LOW-INCOME FAMILY.—The term ‘low-in-
come family’ means a family with a family income 
described in section 658P(4)(B). 
‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants to eligible States, from allotments described 
in paragraph (2), to enable the States to improve 
the quality of care for infants and toddlers. 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) AMOUNTS RESERVED.— 
‘‘(i) 
TERRITORIES
AND
POSSES-
SIONS.—The Secretary shall reserve an 
amount not to exceed 0.5 percent of the 
amount appropriated under this section for 
each fiscal year for payments to Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, to be allotted in 
accordance with their respective needs. 
‘‘(ii) INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary 
shall reserve not less than 1 percent, and 
not more than 2 percent, of the amount 
appropriated under this section for each 
fiscal year for payments to Indian tribes 
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and tribal organizations with applications 
approved under section 658O(c). 
‘‘(B) ALLOTMENTS
TO
STATES.—After 
making reservations under subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary shall use the remainder of the 
amount appropriated under this section for a 
fiscal year to allot to each State an amount 
that bears the same relationship to that remain-
der as the amount allotted to the State under 
section 658O for that fiscal year bears to the 
amount allotted to all States under section 
658O for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) STATE.—In this paragraph, the term 
‘State’ does not include Guam, American 
Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, or the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands. 
‘‘(c) AMENDMENT TO STATE PLANS.—A State that 
receives a grant under this section shall include in the 
State’s plan under section 658E, a description of how the 
State will use funds provided under this section to improve 
the quality of infant and toddler care. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A State that receives a 
grant under this section shall use the funds made 
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available through the grant to carry out 1 or more 
of the activities described in paragraphs (2) through 
(7). 
‘‘(2) INCREASING HIGH-QUALITY INFANT AND 
TODDLER CARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may use the 
funds described in paragraph (1) to make 
grants to eligible entities to be resources for eli-
gible infant and toddler care providers, to im-
prove the quality of early care and development 
services provided to infants and toddlers in the 
community from low-income families and to 
help such providers serving low-income families 
improve their capacity to offer high-quality care 
to such families. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—To be eligible to 
receive a grant under this paragraph, an entity 
shall be an eligible child care provider that— 
‘‘(i) serves infants and toddlers from 
low-income families; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) is ranked at the top level of 
the State’s Quality Rating and Improve-
ment System or similar rating system or 
accredited by a national accrediting body 
recognized, before the date of enactment of 
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the Infant and Toddler Care Improvement 
Act, for high-quality program standards 
that are valid and reliable; or 
‘‘(II) is an Early Head Start agency 
under section 645A of the Head Start Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9840a) that is in full compli-
ance with the performance standards appli-
cable to such an agency under the Head 
Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.). 
‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—In making grants under 
this paragraph, a State— 
‘‘(i) shall give priority to entities that 
will serve significant populations of low-in-
come families; and 
‘‘(ii) may give priority to entities 
that— 
‘‘(I) are located in low-income 
communities; 
‘‘(II) will serve communities with 
significant populations of families 
with children who are dual language 
learners; or 
‘‘(III) will increase the ability of 
caregivers to provide appropriate serv-
ices and coordinate activities with 
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State and local systems providing 
services under part C of the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) for children 
with developmental delays or disabil-
ities, including such children in the 
child welfare system of the State. 
‘‘(3) STAFFED FAMILY CHILD CARE NETWORKS 
OR SYSTEMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may use the 
funds described in paragraph (1) to make 
grants to organizations with expertise in pro-
viding child care and related technical assist-
ance, to establish new staffed family child care 
networks (new as of the date of amendment of 
the State plan under subsection (c)) or to oper-
ate existing staffed family child care networks 
or systems that offer, to family child care pro-
viders who are eligible infant and toddler care 
providers, technical assistance, training, admin-
istrative support, or direct services including 
monitoring visits to providers. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In making grants under 
this paragraph, a State— 
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‘‘(i) shall give priority to organizations 
described in paragraph (2)(C)(I); and 
‘‘(ii) may give priority to organiza-
tions that have 1 or more of the 3 charac-
teristics described in paragraph (2)(C)(ii). 
‘‘(4) STATEWIDE
NETWORK
OF
INFANT
AND 
TODDLER SPECIALISTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may use the 
funds described in paragraph (1) to support, or 
to make a grant to an organization with exper-
tise in providing child care technical assistance 
to support, a statewide network of specialists 
who are eligible infant and toddler care pro-
viders, that shall— 
‘‘(i) provide individual or group train-
ing and intensive consultation services to 
eligible infant and toddler care providers, 
including relative caregivers, on strategies 
to improve the quality of care for infants 
and toddlers; and 
‘‘(ii) assist eligible infant and toddler 
care providers in coordinating activities 
with other offices responsible for child 
care, including Early Head Start programs 
and Head Start programs carried out 
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under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 
et seq.). 
‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In delivering services or 
making grants under this paragraph, a State— 
‘‘(i) shall give priority to networks 
that deliver support to providers described 
in paragraph (2)(C)(i); and 
‘‘(ii) may give priority to networks 
that deliver support to providers that have 
1 or more of the 3 characteristics de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(C)(ii). 
‘‘(5) STATE
WORKFORCE
QUALITY
INITIA-
TIVES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may use the 
funds described in paragraph (1) to support ini-
tiatives to improve the quality of the workforce 
of eligible infant and toddler care providers, in-
cluding activities that are culturally and linguis-
tically competent to support a diverse workforce 
reflecting the race and ethnicity of children 
served, such as— 
‘‘(i) providing relevant training, pro-
fessional development, or mentoring to eli-
gible infant and toddler care providers, in-
cluding linking the training, development, 
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or mentoring to career pathways for eligi-
ble infant and toddler care providers; 
‘‘(ii) providing scholarships or other 
financial support to eligible infant and tod-
dler care providers to advance their edu-
cation and training; 
‘‘(iii) coordinating activities with the 
State’s higher education system to expand 
the availability and quality of coursework 
for infant and toddler care providers, in-
cluding developing career pathways for eli-
gible infant and toddler care providers; or 
‘‘(iv) 
improving 
the 
State 
credentialing of eligible infant and toddler 
care providers. 
‘‘(6) SYSTEMS QUALITY.—A State may use the 
funds described in paragraph (1) to— 
‘‘(A) develop infant and toddler compo-
nents for the State’s Quality Rating and Im-
provement System or similar rating system, 
child care licensing regulations, or voluntary 
early learning guidelines; 
‘‘(B) improve the ability of parents to ob-
tain information about high-quality infant and 
toddler care; or 
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‘‘(C) assist eligible infant and toddler care 
providers seeking to improve the quality of their 
infant and toddler care by increasing their 
ranking on the State’s Quality Rating and Im-
provement System or similar rating system, 
meeting performance standards applicable to an 
Early Head Start agency under the Head Start 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), or becoming ac-
credited by a national accrediting body de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(B)(ii). 
‘‘(7) OTHER
HIGH-QUALITY
INITIATIVES.—A 
State may use the funds described in paragraph (1) 
to carry out other activities determined by the State 
to improve the quality of infant and toddler care 
provided in the State and for which there is evidence 
that the activities will lead to improved infant and 
toddler safety, infant and toddler development, or in-
fant and toddler well-being. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING.—A State that receives a grant 
under subsection (b) shall submit in the State’s annual 
reports required under section 658K(a)(2), information on 
how the State is using the funding provided under sub-
section (b) to improve the quality of infant and toddler 
care and the effect such funding is having on the quality 
of infant and toddler care in the State. 
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‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 and $500,000,000 for 
each subsequent fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 658B of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended by inserting 
‘‘(other than section 658H)’’ after ‘‘subchapter’’. 
(2) ALLOTMENT.—Section 658O(a)(1) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9858m(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘this subchapter’’ and inserting ‘‘section 658B’’. 
Æ 
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