Definition: In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.
Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Parents as First Teachers Act of
1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) New scientific research shows that experiences in the
first 3 years of life have a dramatic impact on brain
development.
(2) Experiences in the earliest years of a child's life are
critical to their cognitive, emotional, and physical
development.
(3) Nurturing and stimulating children in the first years
of life prepare them for the challenges of school and later
life.
(4) According to a Carnegie Corporation publication
entitled ''Years of Promise: A Comprehensive Strategy for
America's Children,'' kindergarten teachers estimate that 1 out
of every 3 children enters the classroom unprepared to meet the
challenges of kindergarten.
(5) Children who receive high quality child care services
are less likely to need special education, be retained a grade,
or engage in juvenile delinquency or other antisocial behavior
as they grow up.
(6) According to ''The State of America's Children,
Yearbook 1997,'' published by the Children's Defense Fund,
approximately 7,700,000 children less than 5 years of age are
being cared for by someone other than their parents while their
mothers work.
(7) Documented in the 1997 edition of ''Key Facts About
Child Care and Early Education: A Briefing Book,'' also
published by the Children's Defense Fund, is the fact that 60
percent of mothers with children less than 6 years of age, and
52 percent of mothers with children less than 1 year of age,
are working outside the home.
(8) Demand for child care services in low-income
communities will rise dramatically through 2002 as a result of
the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193).
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to provide financial assistance to train, to support,
and to place as early childhood teaching professionals, parents
in families that receive assistance under State programs funded
under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act,
(2) to increase nationwide the number of qualified
individuals who provide early childhood education,
(3) to reduce dependency on assistance under State programs
funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, and
(4) to increase the number of children who receive high
quality child care services.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants to
eligible counties to carry out programs--
(1) to provide to parents in families that receive
assistance under State programs funded under part A of title IV
of the Social Security Act, training relating to early
childhood development and education for the purpose of
preparing such parents for obtaining employment as caregivers
of high quality child care services, and
(2) to provide supportive services and job placement
services to such parents necessary for their participation in
such training and their obtaining such employment at the
completion of such training.

SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE GRANTS.

To be eligible to receive a grant under section 3, a county shall
submit to the Secretary an application that contains all of the
following:
(1) An assurance that the county has established an
administrative committee that will administer such program and
that includes at least--
(A) 1 representative of a county agency that has
responsibility for the development of the local work
force,
(B) 1 representative of a county agency that has
responsibility for providing human services to
residents of the county,
(C) 1 representative of a county agency that has
responsibility for providing training and employment
services to such residents,
(D) 1 representative of a county agency that has
supervisory responsibility for public education
provided by the county,
(E) 1 representative of an institution of higher
education that will provide educational services
through the program for which such grant is requested,
and
(F) 1 representative of a center-based child care
provider that will participate in such program.
(2) Information on the identities and qualifications of the
members of such committee and on how such committee will
administer such program.
(3) A plan that--
(A) contains information describing how parents in
families that receive assistance under State programs
funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security
Act will be selected to participate in such program,
(B) identifies the institutions of higher education
that will provide educational services and training
through such program and specifies with respect to each
of such institutions, the course requirements that must
be satisfied to complete the education program or
training program to be provided,
(C) describes the supportive services that will be
provided, directly or indirectly, by the county for the
benefit of such families to permit such parents to
participate in such program, and
(D) contains a plan for the job placement of, and
follow-up services for a post-employment period not to
exceed 13 weeks for, such parents who complete the
participation requirements established in such program.
(4) An assurance that such program will provide to
participating parents in families that receive assistance under
State programs funded under part A of title IV of the Social
Security Act--
(A) not less than 228 hours of classroom
instruction, and
(B) not less than 200 hours of clinical training,
of which not less than 63 hours shall consist of
experience as a caregiver on the business premises of a
center-based child care provider.
(5) Assurance that such grant will be used only--
(A) to provide education and training services,
supportive services, job placement services, and post-
employment follow-up services that satisfy the
requirements of such plan,
(B) at the option of the county, to pay
compensation for the services of an individual employed
by the county to manage the implementation of such plan
and the operation of such program, and
(C) to pay costs incurred by participants in such
program to comply with health and safety requirements
(including fingerprinting and medical testing)
applicable to caregivers employed by center-based child
care providers.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act--
(1) the term ''caregiver'' means an individual who provides
service directly to a child on a person-to-person basis,
(2) the term ''child'' means an individual who is less than
the age of compulsory school attendance,
(3) the term ''county'' means--
(A) a county of a State or a parish in the case of
the State of Louisiana, or
(B) the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands of
the United States,
(4) the term ''follow-up services'' means services designed
to assist individuals to successfully perform their job
requirements as a caregiver of high quality child care services
during their first employment obtained after their completion
of the training received in a program carried out under this
section by a county.
(5) the term ''institution of higher education'' has the
meaning given such term in section 1201(a) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)),
(6) the term ''State'' means any of the several States, and
(7) the term ''supportive services'' includes child care
services for children less than 13 years of age and
transportation.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 to carry
out this Act.
Output:
Parents as First Teachers Act of 1997 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible counties to carry out programs to provide: (1) early childhood development and education training to parents in families that receive assistance under State programs funded under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act, for the purpose of preparing such parents to obtain employment as caregivers of high quality child care services; and (2) supportive services and job placement services to such parents necessary for their participation in such training and their obtaining such employment at the completion of such training. Authorizes appropriations.