child care resource and referral organizations or 
local health departments; 
(F) assistance for care for children with 
disabilities; 
(G) assistance to maintain nonstandard 
hours for expanded hours of child care; 
(H) assistance for payment of expenses for 
operation, construction, or renovation of a child 
care facility; or 
(I) assistance for any other relevant activ-
ity determined appropriate by the lead agency. 
(2) APPLICATION.—In order for a covered enti-
ty to be eligible to receive funds from a lead agency 
under this section, the covered entity or, if the entity 
is a consortium including a unit of local government, 
the unit of local government involved, shall prepare 
and submit to the lead agency an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the lead agency may require. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.—With respect to grant funds 
received under this section, a lead agency may not 
provide in excess of $3,000,000 from such funds to 
any single applicant. 
(f) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section, a lead agency shall pro-
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vide assurances to the Secretary that, with respect to the 
costs to be incurred by a covered entity receiving funds 
in carrying out activities under this section, the covered 
entity will make available (directly or through donations 
from public or private entities) non-Federal contributions 
for such costs in an amount equal to— 
(1) for the first fiscal year for which the cov-
ered entity receives such funds, not less than 10 per-
cent of such costs; 
(2) for the second fiscal year for which the cov-
ered entity receives such funds, not less than 25 per-
cent of such costs; and 
(3) for the third fiscal year for which the cov-
ered entity receives such funds, not less than 332⁄3 
percent of such costs. 
(g) REQUIREMENTS OF PROVIDERS.—To be eligible 
to receive assistance under a grant awarded under this 
section, a child care provider shall meet the definitions of, 
and requirements specified in, each of the following: 
(1) Section 658P(6) of the Child Care and De-
velopment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858n(6)). 
(2) Section 98.41 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or successor regulations). 
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(3) Section 98.43 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or successor regulations). 
(h) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) LEAD AGENCY.—A lead agency shall, with 
respect to administering a grant awarded under this 
section, have the duties described in section 658D(b) 
of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b(b)). A lead agency shall 
have the responsibility for administering a grant 
awarded under this section and for monitoring use 
of funds and adherence to health and safety require-
ments by covered entities and child care providers 
that receive funds under such grant. 
(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—A lead agency 
administering a grant awarded under this section 
shall, for the duration of the period of such grant, 
provide to covered entities technical assistance re-
garding such grant. 
(3) AUDITS.—A lead agency shall require each 
covered entity receiving funds under a grant award-
ed under this section, and any child care provider re-
ceiving funds through the covered entity, to conduct 
an annual audit with respect to the activities of the 
covered entity and the child care provider. Such au-
dits shall be submitted to the lead agency. 
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(4) MISUSE OF FUNDS.— 
(A) REPAYMENT.—If the lead agency de-
termines, through an audit or otherwise, that a 
covered entity or child care provider receiving 
funds under a grant awarded under this section 
has misused the funds, the lead agency shall 
notify the Secretary of the misuse. The Sec-
retary, upon such a notification, may seek from 
such covered entity or child care provider the 
repayment of an amount equal to the amount 
of any such misused funds plus interest. 
(B) APPEALS
PROCESS.—The Secretary 
shall by regulation provide for an appeals proc-
ess with respect to repayments under this para-
graph. 
(5) 2-YEAR STUDY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date on which the Secretary first 
awards grants under this section, the Secretary 
shall conduct a study to determine— 
(i) the capacity of covered entities, 
and child care providers receiving funds 
through such a grant, to meet the child 
care needs of communities within States; 
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(ii) the kinds of consortia that are 
being formed with respect to child care at 
the local level to carry out programs fund-
ed under this section; and 
(iii) who is using the programs funded 
under this section and the income levels of 
such individuals. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 28 months 
after the date on which the Secretary first 
awards grants under this section, the Secretary 
shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the results 
of the study conducted in accordance with sub-
paragraph (A). 
(6) FOUR-YEAR STUDY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 
after the date on which the Secretary first 
awards grants under this section, the Secretary 
shall conduct a study to determine— 
(i) the number of child care facilities 
that— 
(I) receive funds for construction 
or renovation through covered entities 
that received funds through a grant 
awarded under this section; and 
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(II) remain in operation; 
(ii) the extent to which such facilities 
are meeting the child care needs of the in-
dividuals served by such facilities; and 
(iii) the extent to which other sectors 
of first responders, as defined in section 
3025 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10705), have unmet child care needs. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 52 months 
after the date on which the Secretary first 
awards grants under this section, the Secretary 
shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the results 
of the study conducted in accordance with sub-
paragraph (A). 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘‘consortium’’ 
means a partnership that includes one or more law 
enforcement agencies and may also include a unit of 
local government, a child care provider, or a founda-
tion. 
(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’ means a law enforcement agency or a consor-
tium. 
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(3) ELIGIBLE
CHILD
CARE
PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘‘eligible child care provider’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 658P(6) of the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858n(6)). 
(4) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means a government 
agency with criminal or civil law enforcement pow-
ers. 
(5) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 2503 of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10533). 
(6) LEAD AGENCY.—The term ‘‘lead agency’’ 
means an agency or office designated or established 
under section 658D(a) of the Child Care and Devel-
opment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858b). 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary of the Administra-
tion for Children and Families. 
(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) each of the several States of the 
United States; 
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(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the territories of the United States; 
and 
(D) an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization 
(as such terms are defined in section 658P of 
the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n)). 
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $24,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 
(2) STUDIES AND ADMINISTRATION.—With re-
spect to the total amount appropriated for the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 in accordance 
with this subsection, not more than $2,500,000 of 
that amount may be used for expenditures related to 
conducting studies required under, and the adminis-
tration of, this section. 
(k) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM.—The program es-
tablished under this section shall terminate on September 
30, 2030. 
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