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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 581 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To assist States in carrying out projects to expand the child care workforce |
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| 6 | 6 | | and child care facilities in the States, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY21, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | ARDERof California (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and |
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| 12 | 12 | | Workforce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To assist States in carrying out projects to expand the child |
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| 15 | 15 | | care workforce and child care facilities in the States, |
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| 16 | 16 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child Care Workforce 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | and Facilities Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. CHILD CARE WORKFORCE AND FACILITIES GRANTS. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) D |
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| 24 | 24 | | EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) C |
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| 26 | 26 | | HILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | GRANT ACT OF 1990 DEFINITIONS .—The terms ‘‘eli-9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | gible child care provider’’, ‘‘Indian Tribe’’, ‘‘Tribal 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | organization’’ and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the terms in section 658P of the Child Care and De-3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | velopment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 9858n). 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) C |
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| 37 | 37 | | HILD CARE DESERT .—The term ‘‘child 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | care desert’’ means— 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) an area— 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (i) within a census tract; and 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (ii) in which the number of children 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | who are under age 5 (as determined using 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the most recent American Community Sur-12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | vey 1-year Estimates, as published by the 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Bureau of the Census) is more than 3 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | times the number of slots provided by child 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | care providers who are licensed or reg-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | istered by the State involved; or 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (B) a community that the State or Tribal 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | entity involved determines has a low supply of 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | quality, affordable child care. 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) F |
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| 53 | 53 | | AMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDER .—The term 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘family child care provider’’ means such a provider 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | that is described in paragraph (6)(A) of section 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | 658P of the Child Care and Development Block 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Grant Act of 1990. 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (4) LICENSED FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME .— 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | The term ‘‘licensed family child care home’’ means 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | a facility of a family child care provider. 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (5) P |
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| 65 | 65 | | ORTABLE CREDENTIAL ; STACKABLE CRE-4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | DENTIAL.—The terms ‘‘portable’’ and ‘‘stackable’’, 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | used with respect to a credential, have the meanings 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | given the terms in the guidance document entitled 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | 15–10’’, issued by the Assistant Secretary for Em-9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ployment and Training of the Department of Labor 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | on December 15, 2010. 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (6) P |
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| 74 | 74 | | OSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITU -12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | TION.—The term ‘‘postsecondary educational institu-13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | tion’’ means an institution of higher education, as 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (7) S |
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| 80 | 80 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | the Secretary of Health and Human Services, after 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | consultation with the Secretary of Education and 19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | the Secretary of Labor. 20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (8) T |
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| 85 | 85 | | RIBAL AREA.—The term ‘‘Tribal area’’ 21 |
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| 86 | 86 | | means a reservation or other area that is served by 22 |
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| 87 | 87 | | a Tribal entity. 23 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (9) T |
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| 89 | 89 | | RIBAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Tribal entity’’ 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | means an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization. 25 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (b) GRANTS TOSTATES ANDTRIBALENTITIES.— 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (1) G |
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| 96 | 96 | | RANTS.— 2 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (A) I |
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| 98 | 98 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 3 |
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| 99 | 99 | | make grants to States and Tribal entities on a 4 |
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| 100 | 100 | | competitive basis under subparagraph (B) to 5 |
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| 101 | 101 | | pay for the Federal share of the cost of car-6 |
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| 102 | 102 | | rying out projects described in this Act, in 7 |
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| 103 | 103 | | order to increase access to quality child care, by 8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | eligible child care providers, in the States and 9 |
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| 105 | 105 | | Tribal areas. 10 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (B) T |
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| 107 | 107 | | YPES OF GRANTS.—In making those 11 |
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| 108 | 108 | | grants, the Secretary may make— 12 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (i) a child care workforce grant for a 13 |
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| 110 | 110 | | State or Tribal project to develop and ex-14 |
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| 111 | 111 | | pand the workforce of eligible child care 15 |
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| 112 | 112 | | providers in child care deserts in the State 16 |
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| 113 | 113 | | or Tribal area; or 17 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (ii) a child care facility grant for a 18 |
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| 115 | 115 | | State or Tribal project through which a 19 |
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| 116 | 116 | | State or Tribal entity may use or disburse 20 |
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| 117 | 117 | | the grant funds, including by making 21 |
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| 118 | 118 | | loans, for the construction, expansion, or 22 |
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| 119 | 119 | | renovation of facilities of eligible child care 23 |
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| 120 | 120 | | providers, including licensed family child 24 |
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| 121 | 121 | | care homes of family child care providers 25 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (including combinations of such providers) 1 |
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| 126 | 126 | | who are eligible child care providers, in 2 |
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| 127 | 127 | | child care deserts in the State or Tribal 3 |
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| 128 | 128 | | area. 4 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (C) P |
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| 130 | 130 | | ERIOD OF GRANTS .—The Secretary 5 |
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| 131 | 131 | | shall make a grant under this paragraph for a 6 |
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| 132 | 132 | | period of not more than 5 years. 7 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (2) A |
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| 134 | 134 | | PPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 8 |
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| 135 | 135 | | grant under this subsection, a State or Tribal entity 9 |
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| 136 | 136 | | shall submit an application to the Secretary for a 10 |
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| 137 | 137 | | project described in paragraph (1) at such time, in 11 |
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| 138 | 138 | | such manner, and containing a plan that contains 12 |
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| 139 | 139 | | such information related to the project as the Sec-13 |
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| 140 | 140 | | retary may reasonably require, including— 14 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (A) information identifying the lead State 15 |
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| 142 | 142 | | agency that will administer the grant as deter-16 |
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| 143 | 143 | | mined by the Governor of the State, including 17 |
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| 144 | 144 | | whether the lead agency will be different from 18 |
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| 145 | 145 | | the lead agency referred to in section 658D of 19 |
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| 146 | 146 | | the Child Care and Development Block Grant 20 |
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| 147 | 147 | | Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b), or cor-21 |
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| 148 | 148 | | responding information for a lead Tribal agency 22 |
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| 149 | 149 | | in the case of a Tribal area; 23 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (B) in the case of a child care workforce 24 |
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| 151 | 151 | | grant— 25 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (i) information specifying how the 1 |
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| 156 | 156 | | project carried out under the grant will in-2 |
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| 157 | 157 | | crease the number of individuals attaining 3 |
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| 158 | 158 | | stackable and portable credentials in child 4 |
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| 159 | 159 | | care or early childhood education; 5 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (ii) information describing how the 6 |
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| 161 | 161 | | State or Tribal agency will emphasize the 7 |
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| 162 | 162 | | provision of— 8 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (I) outreach to individuals who 9 |
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| 164 | 164 | | do not have degrees from postsec-10 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ondary educational institutions, re-11 |
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| 166 | 166 | | garding career pathways to careers in 12 |
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| 167 | 167 | | child care or early childhood edu-13 |
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| 168 | 168 | | cation; and 14 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (II) outreach to individuals who 15 |
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| 170 | 170 | | seek a career working with children, 16 |
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| 171 | 171 | | but who have not completed the re-17 |
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| 172 | 172 | | quirements for, or cannot afford to 18 |
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| 173 | 173 | | obtain, a degree from a postsecondary 19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | educational institution in education, 20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | child care, or early childhood edu-21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | cation; 22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (iii) information describing how the 23 |
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| 178 | 178 | | project will provide assistance, including 24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | assistance described in paragraph (3)(A), 1 |
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| 183 | 183 | | to individuals— 2 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (I) who are pursuing or with 3 |
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| 185 | 185 | | such project assistance would pursue 4 |
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| 186 | 186 | | secondary education, postsecondary 5 |
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| 187 | 187 | | education, or training, that leads to a 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | recognized postsecondary credential 7 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (as defined in section 3 of the Work-8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | force Innovation Opportunity Act (29 9 |
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| 191 | 191 | | U.S.C. 3102)), and that is eligible for 10 |
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| 192 | 192 | | support under the Carl D. Perkins 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | Career and Technical Education Act 12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) or 13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | to enable the individuals to success-16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | fully complete the education or train-17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ing involved; or 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (II) who are pursuing or with 19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | such project assistance would pursue 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | secondary education, postsecondary 21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | education, or training, that meets 22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | such requirements as the State or 23 |
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| 205 | 205 | | Tribal entity shall specify, even if the 24 |
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| 206 | 206 | | education or training does not lead to 25 |
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| 211 | 211 | | secondary credential or a degree from 2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | a postsecondary educational institu-3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | tion; 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (iv) information describing how the 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | project will— 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (I) increase the availability of 7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | quality child care provided by eligible 8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | child care providers in child care 9 |
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| 219 | 219 | | deserts (referred to in this clause as 10 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ‘‘target child care’’) in the State or 11 |
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| 221 | 221 | | Tribal area; 12 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (II) address the affordability of 13 |
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| 223 | 223 | | target child care; and 14 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (III) address the provision of tar-15 |
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| 225 | 225 | | get child care during nontraditional 16 |
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| 226 | 226 | | hours; 17 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (v) information describing how the 18 |
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| 228 | 228 | | project will increase access to quality child 19 |
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| 229 | 229 | | care provided by eligible child care pro-20 |
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| 230 | 230 | | viders in centers or other child care facili-21 |
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| 231 | 231 | | ties; 22 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (vi) information describing how the 23 |
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| 233 | 233 | | project will enhance retention or compensa-24 |
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| 234 | 234 | | tion of eligible child care providers; and 25 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (vii) a description of how the State 1 |
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| 239 | 239 | | agency or Tribal entity will— 2 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (I) coordinate activities carried 3 |
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| 241 | 241 | | out under the child care workforce 4 |
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| 242 | 242 | | grant with activities carried out under 5 |
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| 243 | 243 | | the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-6 |
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| 244 | 244 | | nical Education Act of 2006 (20 7 |
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| 245 | 245 | | U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) and the Work-8 |
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| 246 | 246 | | force Innovation and Opportunity Act 9 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) to support 10 |
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| 248 | 248 | | education and training described in 11 |
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| 249 | 249 | | clause (iii)(I); 12 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (II) leverage funds provided 13 |
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| 251 | 251 | | under the Acts specified in subclause 14 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (I) to support that education and 15 |
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| 253 | 253 | | training; and 16 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (III) utilize, and encourage indi-17 |
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| 255 | 255 | | vidual participants in projects sup-18 |
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| 256 | 256 | | ported under this subsection to utilize, 19 |
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| 257 | 257 | | available Federal and State financial 20 |
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| 258 | 258 | | assistance, including assistance avail-21 |
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| 259 | 259 | | able under the Workforce Innovation 22 |
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| 260 | 260 | | and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 23 |
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| 261 | 261 | | et seq.), education assistance benefits 24 |
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| 262 | 262 | | available to veterans, and Federal Pell 25 |
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| 266 | 266 | | Grants available under section 401 of 1 |
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| 267 | 267 | | the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 2 |
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| 268 | 268 | | U.S.C. 1070a), prior to using assist-3 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ance made available under this Act; 4 |
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| 270 | 270 | | and 5 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (C) in the case of a child care facility 6 |
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| 272 | 272 | | grant— 7 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (i) information, with respect to the 8 |
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| 274 | 274 | | child care facility project involved, de-9 |
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| 275 | 275 | | scribed in clause (v) of subparagraph (B); 10 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (ii) information on how the State or 11 |
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| 277 | 277 | | Tribal entity will use the grant funds to 12 |
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| 278 | 278 | | expand the supply of family child care pro-13 |
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| 279 | 279 | | viders (including combinations of such pro-14 |
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| 280 | 280 | | viders); and 15 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (iii) information describing how the 16 |
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| 282 | 282 | | project will— 17 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (I) directly and indirectly, in-18 |
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| 284 | 284 | | crease the availability of quality child 19 |
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| 285 | 285 | | care provided by eligible child care 20 |
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| 286 | 286 | | providers in child care deserts (re-21 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ferred to in this clause as ‘‘target 22 |
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| 288 | 288 | | child care’’) in the State or Tribal 23 |
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| 289 | 289 | | area, including through the construc-24 |
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| 290 | 290 | | tion, expansion, or renovation of child 25 |
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| 295 | 295 | | child care facilities and licensed family 2 |
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| 296 | 296 | | child care homes; 3 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (II) address the affordability of 4 |
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| 298 | 298 | | target child care; and 5 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (III) address the provision of tar-6 |
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| 300 | 300 | | get child care during nontraditional 7 |
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| 301 | 301 | | hours. 8 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (3) U |
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| 303 | 303 | | SE OF FUNDS.— 9 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (A) C |
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| 305 | 305 | | HILD CARE WORKFORCE GRANTS .—A 10 |
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| 306 | 306 | | State or Tribal entity that receives a child care 11 |
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| 307 | 307 | | workforce grant under paragraph (1)(B)(i) may 12 |
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| 308 | 308 | | use the funds made available through the grant 13 |
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| 309 | 309 | | to support programs that assist individuals in 14 |
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| 310 | 310 | | obtaining the education or training described in 15 |
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| 311 | 311 | | paragraph (2)(B)(iii)(I), or education or train-16 |
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| 312 | 312 | | ing described in paragraph (2)(B)(iii)(II), in-17 |
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| 313 | 313 | | cluding using the funds to defray any of the fol-18 |
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| 314 | 314 | | lowing costs of related instruction: 19 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (i) Tuition and fees. 20 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (ii) Cost of textbooks, equipment, cur-21 |
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| 317 | 317 | | riculum development, and other required 22 |
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| 318 | 318 | | educational materials. 23 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (iii) Cost of creating or expanding ca-24 |
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| 320 | 320 | | pacity for statewide, regional, or local child 25 |
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| 324 | 324 | | care resource and referral organizations, or 1 |
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| 325 | 325 | | similar entities, to conduct outreach, tech-2 |
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| 326 | 326 | | nical assistance, or State-recognized and 3 |
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| 327 | 327 | | credentialed training. 4 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (iv) Cost of any other item or service 5 |
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| 329 | 329 | | determined by the State or Tribal entity to 6 |
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| 330 | 330 | | be necessary. 7 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (B) C |
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| 332 | 332 | | HILD CARE FACILITY GRANTS .—A 8 |
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| 333 | 333 | | State or Tribal entity that receives a child care 9 |
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| 334 | 334 | | facility grant under paragraph (1)(B)(ii) may 10 |
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| 335 | 335 | | use the funds made available through the grant 11 |
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| 336 | 336 | | to increase the availability of quality child care 12 |
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| 337 | 337 | | as described in paragraph (2)(C)(iii)(I) by con-13 |
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| 338 | 338 | | structing, expanding, or renovating child care 14 |
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| 339 | 339 | | facilities, including using the funds to defray 15 |
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| 340 | 340 | | any of the following costs: 16 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (i) Cost of equipment or materials. 17 |
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| 342 | 342 | | (ii) Cost of construction, expansion, or 18 |
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| 343 | 343 | | renovation. 19 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (iii) Cost of any other item or service 20 |
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| 345 | 345 | | determined by the State or Tribal entity to 21 |
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| 346 | 346 | | be necessary. 22 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (4) A |
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| 348 | 348 | | DMINISTRATIVE COSTS .—The State or 23 |
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| 349 | 349 | | Tribal entity that receives a grant under paragraph 24 |
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| 355 | 355 | | out a project described in paragraph (1). 2 |
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| 357 | 357 | | EDERALSHARE.— 3 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (1) I |
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| 359 | 359 | | N GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 4 |
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| 360 | 360 | | cost described in subsection (b)(1) shall be 50 per-5 |
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| 361 | 361 | | cent. 6 |
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| 362 | 362 | | (2) N |
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| 363 | 363 | | ON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The State or Trib-7 |
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| 364 | 364 | | al entity may make the non-Federal share avail-8 |
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| 365 | 365 | | able— 9 |
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| 366 | 366 | | (A) in cash or in-kind, fairly evaluated, in-10 |
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| 367 | 367 | | cluding plant, equipment, or services; and 11 |
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| 368 | 368 | | (B) directly or through donations from 12 |
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| 369 | 369 | | public or private entities (other than recipients 13 |
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| 370 | 370 | | of assistance from a State or Tribal entity 14 |
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| 371 | 371 | | under this section). 15 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (d) E |
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| 373 | 373 | | VALUATION ANDREPORT.— 16 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (1) E |
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| 375 | 375 | | VALUATION.—The Secretary shall conduct 17 |
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| 376 | 376 | | an evaluation of the activities carried out under the 18 |
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| 377 | 377 | | grants, which shall include an analysis of— 19 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (A) with respect to the child care work-20 |
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| 379 | 379 | | force grants— 21 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (i) the characteristics of the individ-22 |
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| 381 | 381 | | uals benefitting from the grants; 23 |
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| 385 | 385 | | (ii) the progress of such individuals in 1 |
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| 386 | 386 | | attaining stackable, portable credentials; 2 |
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| 387 | 387 | | and 3 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (iii) the progress the States and Trib-4 |
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| 389 | 389 | | al entities have achieved through the 5 |
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| 390 | 390 | | grants in enhancing retention and com-6 |
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| 391 | 391 | | pensation of eligible child care providers; 7 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (B) with respect to the child care facilities 8 |
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| 393 | 393 | | grants, the number and location of facilities 9 |
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| 394 | 394 | | benefitting from the grants; and 10 |
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| 395 | 395 | | (C) the overall impact of the grants made 11 |
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| 396 | 396 | | under this section on the number and con-12 |
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| 397 | 397 | | centration of child care deserts across the Na-13 |
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| 398 | 398 | | tion. 14 |
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| 400 | 400 | | EPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 15 |
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| 401 | 401 | | end of the grant period of the first child care work-16 |
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| 402 | 402 | | force or child care facility grant the Secretary makes 17 |
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| 403 | 403 | | under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall submit 18 |
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| 404 | 404 | | a report to Congress that contains the findings of 19 |
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| 405 | 405 | | the evaluation. 20 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (e) P |
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| 407 | 407 | | OLICY OF THEUNITEDSTATES.—It is the pol-21 |
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| 408 | 408 | | icy of the United States that funds made available to a 22 |
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| 409 | 409 | | State or Tribal entity under this section should be used 23 |
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| 410 | 410 | | to supplement and not supplant other funds available 24 |
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| 411 | 411 | | under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-25 |
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| 415 | 415 | | cation Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) and the 1 |
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| 416 | 416 | | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 2 |
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| 417 | 417 | | 3101 et seq.) and other Federal and State funds available 3 |
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| 418 | 418 | | to the State or Tribal entity to support programs to de-4 |
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| 419 | 419 | | velop or expand the child care workforce or to construct, 5 |
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| 420 | 420 | | expand, or renovate child care facilities. 6 |
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| 421 | 421 | | SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 7 |
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| 422 | 422 | | There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 8 |
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| 423 | 423 | | this Act a total of $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2025 9 |
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| 424 | 424 | | through 2031. 10 |
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