periences to infants and toddlers, such as cribs, 
changing tables, safety equipment, infant and 
toddler curricula, and age- and developmentally- 
appropriate toys; or 
(D) activities that establish networks of 
family child care providers to share workforce 
training and technical assistance. 
(4) STANDARDS.—The State shall use the 
funds described in paragraph (2) to ensure that in-
fant and toddler child care providers meet relevant 
standards and shall develop statewide plans to im-
prove the knowledge and competencies of the infant 
and toddler child care workforce, by implementing 1 
or more of the activities described in paragraph (3). 
(5) COORDINATION.—The State shall coordi-
nate the activities carried out under this subsection 
with other quality enhancement efforts funded 
through the Child Care and Development Fund. 
(c) APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out 
activities under this section, a State shall comply with the 
requirements of this Act and the Child Care and Develop-
ment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.). 
(d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts made 
available under this Act shall be used to supplement and 
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not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds 
expended to provide child care for children under age 13. 
SEC. 8. TRIBAL APPLICATION. 
To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act 
through an allotment made under section 5(d), an Indian 
tribe or tribal organization shall submit to the Secretary 
an application, as a supplement to the application the tribe 
or tribal organization submits under section 658O(c) of 
the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 9858m(c)). Each such application shall contain 
such information as the Secretary may require, including: 
(1) Information demonstrating that the Indian 
tribe or tribal organization meets the requirements 
for a grant or contract on section 658O(c) of such 
Act. 
(2) At the election of the Indian tribe or tribal 
organization, a plan— 
(A) to align programs for child care funded 
through the Child Care and Development Fund, 
Head Start (including Early Head Start) pro-
grams, early childhood home visitation pro-
grams under section 511 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 711), preschool programs, and 
early childhood programs relating to Indian and 
Native Hawaiian culture and language, to cre-
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ate more aligned and seamless early care and 
learning in tribal communities; and 
(B) to combine funding for the programs 
described in subparagraph (A). 
(3)(A) Information describing how the Indian 
tribe or tribal organization will increase the number 
of high-quality child care slots for eligible families 
with Indian or Native Hawaiian children, to ensure, 
by the end of fiscal year 2026, access to high-qual-
ity, culturally and linguistically appropriate infant 
and toddler child care for such eligible families in 
the tribal community (referred to in this section as 
‘‘universal high-quality child care’’). 
(B) The ambitious goals and measurable bench-
marks that the Indian tribe or tribal organization 
will use to demonstrate progress toward achieving 
universal high-quality child care. 
SEC. 9. TRIBAL EARLY CARE AND LEARNING EXPANSION 
ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An Indian tribe or tribal organi-
zation that receives a grant through an allotment made 
under section 5(d) shall use the grant funds to provide, 
by the end of fiscal year 2026, access to high-quality, cul-
turally and linguistically appropriate child care (or, in the 
case of an entity that submits a plan described in section 
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8(2), high-quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate 
early care and learning) (including related supports) for 
infants and toddlers for such eligible families in the tribal 
community. 
(b) APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out 
activities under this section, an Indian tribe or tribal orga-
nization shall comply with the requirements of this Act 
and the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.). 
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