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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1285 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide funding |
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| 6 | 6 | | to sustain and increase the supply and quality of child care, access |
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| 7 | 7 | | to child care, and the child care workforce, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL3, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. W |
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| 11 | 11 | | YDEN(for himself, Ms. WARREN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. SMITH, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | W |
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| 13 | 13 | | ELCH, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. KIM, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. MAR- |
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| 14 | 14 | | KEY, and Mrs. SHAHEEN) introduced the following bill; which was read |
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| 15 | 15 | | twice and referred to the Committee on Finance |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act |
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| 18 | 18 | | to provide funding to sustain and increase the supply |
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| 19 | 19 | | and quality of child care, access to child care, and the |
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| 20 | 20 | | child care workforce, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Building Child Care 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | for a Better Future Act’’. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE CHILD CARE ENTI-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | TLEMENT TO STATES. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—Section 418(a)(3) of the Social 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(3)) is amended to read 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | as follows: 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 36 | 36 | | PPROPRIATION.— 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 38 | 38 | | N GENERAL.—For grants under this 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | section, there are appropriated— 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2026, 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | $20,000,000,000; and 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(ii) for each fiscal year after fiscal 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | year 2026, the greater of— 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(I) the amount appropriated 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | under this subparagraph for the pre-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | vious fiscal year, increased by the per-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | centage increase (if any) in the con-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | sumer price index for all urban con-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | sumers (all items; United States city 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | average) for the most recent 12- 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | month period for which data is avail-20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | able; and 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(II) the amount appropriated 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | under this subparagraph for the pre-23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | vious fiscal year. 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(B) AMOUNTS RESERVED .—Of the 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | for a fiscal year— 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(i) an amount equal to 5 percent of 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | such amount shall be available for grants 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | to Indian tribes and tribal organizations; 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(ii) an amount equal to 4 percent of 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | such amount shall be available for grants 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | to territories; 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(iii) an amount, not to exceed |
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| 69 | 69 | | 1 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ⁄2of 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | 1 percent of such amount, shall be re-11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | served by the Secretary to support tech-12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | nical assistance and dissemination activi-13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ties under paragraphs (3) and (4) of sec-14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tion 658I(a) of the Child Care and Devel-15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | opment Block Grant Act of 1990; and 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(iv) an amount equal to |
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| 78 | 78 | | 1 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ⁄2of 1 per-17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | cent of such amount appropriated may be 18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | reserved by the Secretary to conduct re-19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | search and demonstration activities, as well 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | as periodic external, independent evalua-21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | tions of the impact of the Child Care and 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | Development Block Grant program estab-23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | lished under subchapter C of chapter 8 of 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | title VI of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-25 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–35), as 1 |
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| 92 | 92 | | carried out under this subsection and 2 |
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| 93 | 93 | | under such subchapter, on increasing ac-3 |
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| 94 | 94 | | cess to child care services and improving 4 |
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| 95 | 95 | | the safety and quality of child care serv-5 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ices, using scientifically valid research 6 |
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| 97 | 97 | | methodologies, and to disseminate the key 7 |
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| 98 | 98 | | findings of those evaluations widely and on 8 |
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| 99 | 99 | | a timely basis.’’. 9 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (b) R |
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| 101 | 101 | | EDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDSRESERVED FOR 10 |
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| 102 | 102 | | T |
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| 103 | 103 | | RIBALGRANTS.—Section 418(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11 |
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| 104 | 104 | | 618(a)) is amended— 12 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-13 |
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| 106 | 106 | | graph (6); and 14 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (2) by inserting after paragraph (4), the fol-15 |
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| 108 | 108 | | lowing: 16 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ‘‘(5) R |
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| 110 | 110 | | EDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED TRIBAL 17 |
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| 111 | 111 | | GRANTS.— 18 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 113 | 113 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 19 |
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| 114 | 114 | | determine an appropriate procedure for redis-20 |
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| 115 | 115 | | tributing the amounts described in subpara-21 |
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| 116 | 116 | | graph (B) for each fiscal year to each Indian 22 |
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| 117 | 117 | | tribe and tribal organization that applies for 23 |
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| 118 | 118 | | such amounts, to the extent the Secretary de-24 |
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| 119 | 119 | | termines that the Indian tribe or tribal organi-25 |
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| 123 | 123 | | zation will be able to use such additional 1 |
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| 124 | 124 | | amounts to provide child care assistance. 2 |
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| 125 | 125 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 126 | 126 | | MOUNTS DESCRIBED .—The 3 |
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| 127 | 127 | | amounts described in this subparagraph are, 4 |
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| 128 | 128 | | with respect to a fiscal year, the unused 5 |
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| 129 | 129 | | amounts of any payment made to an Indian 6 |
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| 130 | 130 | | tribe or tribal organization under this sub-7 |
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| 131 | 131 | | section for the fiscal year which the Secretary 8 |
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| 132 | 132 | | determines will not be used by the Indian tribe 9 |
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| 133 | 133 | | or tribal organization during the period in 10 |
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| 134 | 134 | | which such payments are available to be obli-11 |
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| 135 | 135 | | gated.’’. 12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (c) R |
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| 137 | 137 | | EMOVAL OFRESTRICTION ONAPPLICATION OF 13 |
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| 138 | 138 | | U |
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| 139 | 139 | | PDATEDFMAP.—Section 418(a)(2)(C) of such Act (42 14 |
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| 140 | 140 | | U.S.C. 618(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘, as such 15 |
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| 141 | 141 | | section was in effect on September 30, 1995’’. 16 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (d) T |
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| 143 | 143 | | ECHNICAL ANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 17 |
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| 144 | 144 | | Section 418 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)) is amended— 18 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (1) in subsection (a)— 19 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-20 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘para-21 |
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| 148 | 148 | | graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)(A) 22 |
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| 149 | 149 | | and remaining after the application of para-23 |
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| 150 | 150 | | graph (3)(B)’’; 24 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | ‘‘paragraph (3)(A),’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 2 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (3)(A) and remaining after the application of 3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | paragraph (3)(B) and’’; 4 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (C) in paragraph (4)— 5 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 6 |
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| 160 | 160 | | ‘‘paragraph (3)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-7 |
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| 161 | 161 | | graph (3)(B)(ii)’’; and 8 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (ii) by striking subparagraph (E); and 9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (D) in paragraph (6), (as redesignated by 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | subsection (b)(1)), by inserting ‘‘(as in effect on 11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | June 29, 2003)’’ after ‘‘section 403(a)(1)(D)’’; 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘by a State 13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | under this section’’ and inserting ‘‘by a State, a ter-14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ritory, or an Indian tribe or tribal organization 15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | under subsection (a)’’; 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 17 |
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| 171 | 171 | | following: 18 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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| 173 | 173 | | PPLICATION OFCHILDCARE ANDDEVELOP-19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | MENTBLOCKGRANTACTof 1990.—Notwithstanding any 20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | other provision of law, amounts provided to a State, a ter-21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ritory, or a Indian tribe or tribal organization under sub-22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | section (a) shall be transferred to the lead agency under 23 |
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| 178 | 178 | | the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, 24 |
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| 179 | 179 | | integrated by the State, territory, or Indian tribe or tribal 25 |
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| 183 | 183 | | organization into the programs established by the State, 1 |
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| 184 | 184 | | territory, Indian tribe or tribal organization under such 2 |
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| 185 | 185 | | Act, and be subject to requirements and limitations of 3 |
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| 186 | 186 | | such Act.’’; and 4 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (4) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 5 |
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| 188 | 188 | | following: 6 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ‘‘(d) D |
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| 190 | 190 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 192 | 192 | | NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 8 |
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| 193 | 193 | | means entities included on the list published pursu-9 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ant to section 104(a) of the Federally Recognized 10 |
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| 195 | 195 | | Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131(a)). 11 |
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| 196 | 196 | | ‘‘(2) S |
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| 197 | 197 | | TATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 12 |
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| 198 | 198 | | the 50 States and the District of Columbia. 13 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ‘‘(3) T |
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| 200 | 200 | | ERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means 14 |
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| 201 | 201 | | the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 15 |
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| 202 | 202 | | States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 16 |
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| 203 | 203 | | the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-17 |
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| 204 | 204 | | lands. 18 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ‘‘(4) T |
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| 206 | 206 | | RIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘tribal 19 |
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| 207 | 207 | | organization’ means— 20 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(A) the recognized governing body of any 21 |
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| 209 | 209 | | Indian tribe, and any legally established organi-22 |
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| 210 | 210 | | zation of Indians which is controlled, sanc-23 |
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| 211 | 211 | | tioned, or chartered by such governing body or 24 |
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| 212 | 212 | | which is democratically elected by the adult 25 |
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| 216 | 216 | | members of the Indian community to be served 1 |
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| 217 | 217 | | by such organization and which includes the 2 |
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| 218 | 218 | | maximum participation of Indians in all phases 3 |
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| 219 | 219 | | of its activities, except that in any case where 4 |
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| 220 | 220 | | a contract is let or grant made to an organiza-5 |
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| 221 | 221 | | tion to perform services benefitting more than 6 |
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| 222 | 222 | | one Indian tribe, the approval of each such In-7 |
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| 223 | 223 | | dian tribe shall be a prerequisite to the letting 8 |
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| 224 | 224 | | or making of such contract or grant; and 9 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ‘‘(B) includes a Native Hawaiian organiza-10 |
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| 226 | 226 | | tion, as defined in section 6207 of the Elemen-11 |
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| 227 | 227 | | tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 12 |
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| 228 | 228 | | U.S.C. 7517) and a private nonprofit organiza-13 |
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| 229 | 229 | | tion established for the purpose of serving 14 |
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| 230 | 230 | | youth who are Indians or Native Hawaiians.’’. 15 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (e) E |
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| 232 | 232 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 16 |
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| 233 | 233 | | this section take effect on October 1, 2025. 17 |
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| 234 | 234 | | SEC. 3. GRANTS TO IMPROVE CHILD CARE WORKFORCE, 18 |
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| 235 | 235 | | SUPPLY, QUALITY, AND ACCESS IN AREAS OF 19 |
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| 236 | 236 | | PARTICULAR NEED. 20 |
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| 237 | 237 | | (a) I |
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| 238 | 238 | | NGENERAL.—Section 418 of the Social Security 21 |
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| 239 | 239 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 618), as amended by section 2, is further 22 |
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| 240 | 240 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 23 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ‘‘(e) GRANTSTOIMPROVECHILDCAREWORK-1 |
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| 245 | 245 | | FORCE, SUPPLY, QUALITY, ANDACCESS INAREAS OF 2 |
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| 246 | 246 | | P |
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| 247 | 247 | | ARTICULARNEED.— 3 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 249 | 249 | | N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-4 |
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| 250 | 250 | | vided in this subsection, the preceding provisions of 5 |
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| 251 | 251 | | this section shall not apply to this subsection. 6 |
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| 252 | 252 | | ‘‘(2) A |
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| 253 | 253 | | PPROPRIATIONS.— 7 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 255 | 255 | | N GENERAL.—For grants under this 8 |
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| 256 | 256 | | subsection to improve child care workforce, sup-9 |
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| 257 | 257 | | ply, quality, and access in areas of particular 10 |
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| 258 | 258 | | need, there are appropriated $5,000,000,000 11 |
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| 259 | 259 | | for each fiscal year. 12 |
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| 260 | 260 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 261 | 261 | | MOUNTS RESERVED .—Of the 13 |
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| 262 | 262 | | amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) 14 |
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| 263 | 263 | | for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve— 15 |
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| 264 | 264 | | ‘‘(i) an amount equal to 5 percent of 16 |
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| 265 | 265 | | such amount for grants to Indian tribes 17 |
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| 266 | 266 | | and tribal organizations; 18 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ‘‘(ii) an amount equal to 4 percent of 19 |
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| 268 | 268 | | such amount for grants to territories; 20 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ‘‘(iii) an amount, not to exceed |
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| 270 | 270 | | 1 |
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| 271 | 271 | | ⁄2of 21 |
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| 272 | 272 | | 1 percent of such amount, to support tech-22 |
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| 273 | 273 | | nical assistance and dissemination activi-23 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ties related to improving child care work-24 |
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| 275 | 275 | | force, supply, quality, and access, including 25 |
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| 279 | 279 | | in areas of particular need, under para-1 |
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| 280 | 280 | | graphs (3) and (4), respectively, of section 2 |
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| 281 | 281 | | 658I(a) of the Child Care and Develop-3 |
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| 282 | 282 | | ment Block Grant Act of 1990; 4 |
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| 283 | 283 | | ‘‘(iv) an amount equal to |
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| 284 | 284 | | 1 |
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| 285 | 285 | | ⁄2of 1 per-5 |
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| 286 | 286 | | cent of such amount to carry out the eval-6 |
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| 287 | 287 | | uation required under paragraph (8); and 7 |
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| 288 | 288 | | ‘‘(v) an amount, not to exceed 3 per-8 |
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| 289 | 289 | | cent of such amount, for administrative ex-9 |
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| 290 | 290 | | penses of the Secretary in administering 10 |
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| 291 | 291 | | this subsection. 11 |
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| 292 | 292 | | ‘‘(3) G |
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| 293 | 293 | | RANTS.— 12 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 295 | 295 | | NDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANI -13 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ZATIONS.—The Secretary shall use the amount 14 |
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| 297 | 297 | | reserved under paragraph (2)(B)(i) for a fiscal 15 |
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| 298 | 298 | | year to make grants under this subsection for 16 |
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| 299 | 299 | | the fiscal year to Indian tribes and tribal orga-17 |
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| 300 | 300 | | nizations in amounts that shall be allotted 18 |
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| 301 | 301 | | among Indian tribes and tribal organizations in 19 |
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| 302 | 302 | | proportion to their respective needs. 20 |
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| 303 | 303 | | ‘‘(B) T |
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| 304 | 304 | | ERRITORIES.—The Secretary shall 21 |
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| 305 | 305 | | use the amount reserved under paragraph 22 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (2)(B)(ii) for a fiscal year to make grants 23 |
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| 307 | 307 | | under this subsection for the fiscal year to each 24 |
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| 308 | 308 | | territory in amounts that shall be allotted 25 |
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| 312 | 312 | | among the territories in proportion to their re-1 |
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| 313 | 313 | | spective needs. 2 |
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| 314 | 314 | | ‘‘(C) S |
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| 315 | 315 | | TATES.—The Secretary shall use the 3 |
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| 316 | 316 | | amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) 4 |
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| 317 | 317 | | of paragraph (2) for a fiscal year that remains 5 |
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| 318 | 318 | | after the application of subparagraph (B) of 6 |
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| 319 | 319 | | that paragraph, to make grants for the fiscal 7 |
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| 320 | 320 | | year under this subsection to each State in 8 |
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| 321 | 321 | | amounts that bear the same proportion to the 9 |
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| 322 | 322 | | amount so remaining as the sum of the amount 10 |
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| 323 | 323 | | granted under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 11 |
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| 324 | 324 | | and the amount allotted and paid under para-12 |
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| 325 | 325 | | graph (2) of subsection (a) to each such State 13 |
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| 326 | 326 | | for the fiscal year (without regard to amounts 14 |
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| 327 | 327 | | redistributed under subparagraph (D) of sub-15 |
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| 328 | 328 | | section (a)(2) for the fiscal year) bears to the 16 |
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| 329 | 329 | | total amounts granted and allotted to all of the 17 |
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| 330 | 330 | | States under paragraphs (1) and (2) of that 18 |
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| 331 | 331 | | subsection for such fiscal year. 19 |
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| 332 | 332 | | ‘‘(4) I |
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| 333 | 333 | | NCORPORATION INTO CCDBG PLAN .— 20 |
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| 334 | 334 | | ‘‘(A) C |
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| 335 | 335 | | ONTENTS.—In order to be paid a 21 |
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| 336 | 336 | | grant under this subsection for a fiscal year, 22 |
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| 337 | 337 | | the lead agency of a State, territory, Indian 23 |
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| 338 | 338 | | tribe, or tribal organization shall submit to the 24 |
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| 339 | 339 | | Secretary, as part of the initial submission of 25 |
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| 343 | 343 | | the Child Care and Development Block Grant 1 |
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| 344 | 344 | | plan for the period that includes such fiscal 2 |
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| 345 | 345 | | year, or as an amendment to that plan, a de-3 |
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| 346 | 346 | | scription of the planned use of grant funds 4 |
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| 347 | 347 | | that— 5 |
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| 348 | 348 | | ‘‘(i) describes the demographic and 6 |
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| 349 | 349 | | economic data and other criteria the lead 7 |
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| 350 | 350 | | agency proposes to use to determine 8 |
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| 351 | 351 | | whether an area is in particular need of 9 |
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| 352 | 352 | | child care; 10 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ‘‘(ii) describes how community mem-11 |
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| 354 | 354 | | bers were engaged to identify community- 12 |
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| 355 | 355 | | specific needs such as diverse types of care 13 |
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| 356 | 356 | | delivery, care for infant and toddlers, mul-14 |
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| 357 | 357 | | tilingual care, and nontraditional oper-15 |
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| 358 | 358 | | ational hours; 16 |
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| 359 | 359 | | ‘‘(iii) identifies specific areas deter-17 |
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| 360 | 360 | | mined to be in particular need of child 18 |
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| 361 | 361 | | care, where such areas are located, the size 19 |
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| 362 | 362 | | and scope of such areas, and the age 20 |
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| 363 | 363 | | groups of children in need of child care in 21 |
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| 364 | 364 | | such areas; 22 |
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| 365 | 365 | | ‘‘(iv) outlines how the lead agency 23 |
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| 366 | 366 | | proposes to use the grant funds to increase 24 |
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| 367 | 367 | | child care workforce, supply, quality, and 25 |
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| 371 | 371 | | access for all families, including families 1 |
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| 372 | 372 | | who are eligible for subsidies under the 2 |
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| 373 | 373 | | Child Care and Development Block Grant 3 |
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| 374 | 374 | | Act of 1990, in the areas determined to be 4 |
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| 375 | 375 | | in particular need of child care through ac-5 |
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| 376 | 376 | | tivities such as— 6 |
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| 377 | 377 | | ‘‘(I) contracting and providing 7 |
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| 378 | 378 | | grants to child care providers to pay 8 |
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| 379 | 379 | | for specified numbers of child care 9 |
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| 380 | 380 | | slots (including slots in family child 10 |
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| 381 | 381 | | care homes) and to build supply and 11 |
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| 382 | 382 | | stability by including expectations for 12 |
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| 383 | 383 | | compensation in the contracts and 13 |
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| 384 | 384 | | grants; 14 |
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| 385 | 385 | | ‘‘(II) establishing or expanding 15 |
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| 386 | 386 | | the operation of community or neigh-16 |
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| 387 | 387 | | borhood-based family child care net-17 |
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| 388 | 388 | | works by providing grants and con-18 |
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| 389 | 389 | | tracts for training and other activities 19 |
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| 390 | 390 | | that increase the supply and quality of 20 |
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| 391 | 391 | | family child care; 21 |
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| 392 | 392 | | ‘‘(III) furnishing child care pro-22 |
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| 393 | 393 | | viders with start-up funding, technical 23 |
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| 394 | 394 | | assistance, support for improving 24 |
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| 395 | 395 | | business practices, and support navi-25 |
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| 399 | 399 | | gating real estate financing and devel-1 |
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| 400 | 400 | | opment processes, including leveraging 2 |
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| 401 | 401 | | additional facilities financing re-3 |
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| 402 | 402 | | sources; 4 |
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| 403 | 403 | | ‘‘(IV) providing guidance to child 5 |
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| 404 | 404 | | care providers on negotiating with 6 |
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| 405 | 405 | | landlords or applying for land or 7 |
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| 406 | 406 | | home ownership; 8 |
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| 407 | 407 | | ‘‘(V) providing technical assist-9 |
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| 408 | 408 | | ance to child care providers through-10 |
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| 409 | 409 | | out the child care licensing process; 11 |
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| 410 | 410 | | ‘‘(VI) recruiting child care pro-12 |
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| 411 | 411 | | viders and staff; 13 |
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| 412 | 412 | | ‘‘(VII) supporting the training 14 |
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| 413 | 413 | | and professional development of the 15 |
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| 414 | 414 | | child care workforce including through 16 |
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| 415 | 415 | | apprenticeships, partnerships with 17 |
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| 416 | 416 | | labor unions or labor-management 18 |
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| 417 | 417 | | partnerships, and partnerships with 19 |
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| 418 | 418 | | public and nonprofit institutions of 20 |
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| 419 | 419 | | higher education to provide com-21 |
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| 420 | 420 | | prehensive scholarships that support 22 |
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| 421 | 421 | | equitable access to, and completion of, 23 |
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| 422 | 422 | | credentials and degrees in early child-24 |
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| 423 | 423 | | hood education; 25 |
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| 427 | 427 | | ‘‘(VIII) attracting and maintain-1 |
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| 428 | 428 | | ing an effective and diverse early care 2 |
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| 429 | 429 | | workforce by increasing total com-3 |
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| 430 | 430 | | pensation, providing wage supple-4 |
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| 431 | 431 | | ments or bonuses, or offering wage 5 |
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| 432 | 432 | | and retention rewards and ensuring 6 |
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| 433 | 433 | | adequate wages for staff of child care 7 |
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| 434 | 434 | | providers, including sole proprietors 8 |
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| 435 | 435 | | and independent contractors, that, at 9 |
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| 436 | 436 | | a minimum— 10 |
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| 437 | 437 | | ‘‘(aa) provide a living wage 11 |
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| 438 | 438 | | for all staff of such child care 12 |
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| 439 | 439 | | providers; and 13 |
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| 440 | 440 | | ‘‘(bb) are adjusted on an an-14 |
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| 441 | 441 | | nual basis for cost of living in-15 |
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| 442 | 442 | | creases to ensure payment rates 16 |
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| 443 | 443 | | remain sufficient to meet the re-17 |
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| 444 | 444 | | quirements of this subsection; 18 |
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| 445 | 445 | | ‘‘(IX) subject to subparagraph 19 |
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| 446 | 446 | | (C), providing financial support (with-20 |
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| 447 | 447 | | out regard to limitations on expendi-21 |
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| 448 | 448 | | tures imposed under section 658F(b) 22 |
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| 449 | 449 | | of the Child Care and Development 23 |
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| 450 | 450 | | Block Grant Act of 1990) for projects 24 |
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| 451 | 451 | | involving the purchase or improve-25 |
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| 455 | 455 | | ment of land, a major renovation, 1 |
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| 456 | 456 | | repurposing facilities, the purchase, 2 |
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| 457 | 457 | | acquisition, construction, or perma-3 |
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| 458 | 458 | | nent improvement of any building or 4 |
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| 459 | 459 | | facility, including major renovation 5 |
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| 460 | 460 | | and minor remodeling, indoor or out-6 |
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| 461 | 461 | | door modifications, including such 7 |
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| 462 | 462 | | modifications to support accessibility 8 |
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| 463 | 463 | | for children with disabilities, 9 |
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| 464 | 464 | | predevelopment or soft costs, and for 10 |
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| 465 | 465 | | projects to upgrade child care facili-11 |
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| 466 | 466 | | ties to assure that providers meet 12 |
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| 467 | 467 | | State and local child care standards, 13 |
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| 468 | 468 | | including applicable health, safety, 14 |
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| 469 | 469 | | and quality requirements; or 15 |
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| 470 | 470 | | ‘‘(X) subject to subparagraph 16 |
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| 471 | 471 | | (C), contracting with an intermediary 17 |
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| 472 | 472 | | with experience securing private 18 |
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| 473 | 473 | | sources of capital financing for child 19 |
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| 474 | 474 | | care facilities or other low-income 20 |
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| 475 | 475 | | community development projects to 21 |
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| 476 | 476 | | provide financial or managerial assist-22 |
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| 477 | 477 | | ance, technical support through the 23 |
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| 478 | 478 | | real estate process, including success-24 |
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| 479 | 479 | | ful execution of Federal interest docu-25 |
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| 483 | 483 | | mentation, or furnishing an evaluation 1 |
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| 484 | 484 | | of sustainability or operational capac-2 |
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| 485 | 485 | | ity of providers; 3 |
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| 486 | 486 | | ‘‘(v) in the case of a State or terri-4 |
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| 487 | 487 | | tory, contains an assurance that the State 5 |
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| 488 | 488 | | or territory shall collaborate with respect 6 |
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| 489 | 489 | | to the use of grant funds to improve child 7 |
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| 490 | 490 | | care workforce, supply, quality, and access 8 |
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| 491 | 491 | | in areas of particular need identified with-9 |
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| 492 | 492 | | in the State or territory with each Indian 10 |
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| 493 | 493 | | tribe and tribal organization in such area; 11 |
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| 494 | 494 | | and 12 |
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| 495 | 495 | | ‘‘(vi) contains such other information 13 |
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| 496 | 496 | | as the Secretary may require. 14 |
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| 497 | 497 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 498 | 498 | | PPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ap-15 |
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| 499 | 499 | | prove a planned use of funds submission that 16 |
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| 500 | 500 | | contains the information required under sub-17 |
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| 501 | 501 | | paragraph (A), and, with respect to the pro-18 |
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| 502 | 502 | | posed criteria required under subparagraph 19 |
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| 503 | 503 | | (A)(i), shall accept any reasonable criteria that 20 |
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| 504 | 504 | | are based on internal analyses by a lead agency 21 |
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| 505 | 505 | | of a State, territory, Indian tribe, or tribal or-22 |
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| 506 | 506 | | ganization or analyses by organizations with ex-23 |
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| 507 | 507 | | perience in evaluating research on various ap-24 |
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| 508 | 508 | | proaches to identifying areas where there is a 25 |
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| 511 | 511 | | •S 1285 IS |
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| 512 | 512 | | low supply of child care that is affordable and 1 |
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| 513 | 513 | | that is in particular need of child care. 2 |
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| 514 | 514 | | ‘‘(C) S |
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| 515 | 515 | | PECIAL RULES.— 3 |
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| 516 | 516 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 517 | 517 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary 4 |
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| 518 | 518 | | shall develop parameters on the use of 5 |
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| 519 | 519 | | funds from an allotment paid under this 6 |
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| 520 | 520 | | subsection for projects described in sub-7 |
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| 521 | 521 | | clause (IX) or (X) of subparagraph 8 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (A)(iv). 9 |
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| 523 | 523 | | ‘‘(ii) R |
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| 524 | 524 | | EQUIREMENT.—The param-10 |
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| 525 | 525 | | eters developed under clause (i) shall pro-11 |
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| 526 | 526 | | vide that, in the case of funds from an al-12 |
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| 527 | 527 | | lotment paid under this subsection that are 13 |
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| 528 | 528 | | used for projects described in subclause 14 |
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| 529 | 529 | | (IX) or (X) of subparagraph (A)(iv)— 15 |
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| 530 | 530 | | ‘‘(I) for such projects involving a 16 |
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| 531 | 531 | | privately-owned family child care 17 |
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| 532 | 532 | | home, the Secretary shall not retain 18 |
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| 533 | 533 | | any Federal interest; and 19 |
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| 534 | 534 | | ‘‘(II) for all other such projects, 20 |
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| 535 | 535 | | the Secretary shall not retain a Fed-21 |
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| 536 | 536 | | eral interest after a period of 10 22 |
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| 537 | 537 | | years. 23 |
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| 538 | 538 | | ‘‘(iii) W |
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| 539 | 539 | | AGE RATES.—All laborers and 24 |
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| 540 | 540 | | mechanics employed by contractors or sub-25 |
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| 544 | 544 | | contractors in the performance of construc-1 |
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| 545 | 545 | | tion, alteration, or repair work carried out, 2 |
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| 546 | 546 | | in whole or in part, with funds from an al-3 |
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| 547 | 547 | | lotment paid under this subsection for 4 |
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| 548 | 548 | | projects described in subparagraph (A)(iv) 5 |
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| 549 | 549 | | shall be paid wages at rates not less than 6 |
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| 550 | 550 | | the prevailing rates for projects of a simi-7 |
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| 551 | 551 | | lar character in the locality as determined 8 |
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| 552 | 552 | | by the Secretary of Labor in accordance 9 |
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| 553 | 553 | | with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 10 |
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| 554 | 554 | | 40, United States Code. With respect to 11 |
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| 555 | 555 | | the labor standards specified in the first 12 |
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| 556 | 556 | | sentence of this clause, the Secretary of 13 |
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| 557 | 557 | | Labor shall have the authority and func-14 |
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| 558 | 558 | | tions set forth in Reorganization Plan 15 |
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| 559 | 559 | | Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 16 |
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| 560 | 560 | | U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, 17 |
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| 561 | 561 | | United States Code. 18 |
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| 562 | 562 | | ‘‘(5) O |
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| 563 | 563 | | THER FUNDING AND PAYMENT RULES .— 19 |
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| 564 | 564 | | ‘‘(A) A |
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| 565 | 565 | | PPROVAL AND PAYMENT DEAD -20 |
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| 566 | 566 | | LINE.—The Secretary shall make quarterly pay-21 |
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| 567 | 567 | | ments to the lead agency of each State, terri-22 |
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| 568 | 568 | | tory, Indian tribe, and tribal organization with 23 |
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| 569 | 569 | | a planned use of funds submission approved 24 |
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| 570 | 570 | | under paragraph (4) from the grant determined 25 |
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| 574 | 574 | | for the State, territory, Indian tribe, or tribal 1 |
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| 575 | 575 | | organization under paragraph (3) for a fiscal 2 |
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| 576 | 576 | | year. 3 |
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| 577 | 577 | | ‘‘(B) N |
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| 578 | 578 | | O MATCHING REQUIREMENT .—Nei-4 |
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| 579 | 579 | | ther subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(2) nor 5 |
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| 580 | 580 | | any other cash or in-kind matching requirement 6 |
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| 581 | 581 | | shall apply to the grants paid under this sub-7 |
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| 582 | 582 | | section. 8 |
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| 583 | 583 | | ‘‘(C) M |
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| 584 | 584 | | AINTENANCE OF EFFORT .— 9 |
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| 585 | 585 | | ‘‘(i) C |
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| 586 | 586 | | ERTIFICATION FUNDS WILL 10 |
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| 587 | 587 | | SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT, GENERAL 11 |
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| 588 | 588 | | REVENUE EXPENDITURES .—Each State 12 |
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| 589 | 589 | | paid a grant under this subsection for a 13 |
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| 590 | 590 | | fiscal year shall certify that the grant 14 |
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| 591 | 591 | | funds will be used to supplement and not 15 |
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| 592 | 592 | | supplant the level of general revenue ex-16 |
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| 593 | 593 | | penditures from State, local, and other 17 |
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| 594 | 594 | | non-Federal sources that are used to pro-18 |
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| 595 | 595 | | vide child care assistance for low-income 19 |
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| 596 | 596 | | families. 20 |
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| 597 | 597 | | ‘‘(ii) S |
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| 598 | 598 | | TATE MINIMUM EXPENDITURES 21 |
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| 599 | 599 | | REQUIREMENT.— 22 |
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| 600 | 600 | | ‘‘(I) I |
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| 601 | 601 | | N GENERAL.—Each State 23 |
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| 602 | 602 | | paid a grant under this subsection for 24 |
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| 603 | 603 | | a fiscal year shall certify that the 25 |
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| 607 | 607 | | State shall satisfy the required min-1 |
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| 608 | 608 | | imum general revenue expenditures 2 |
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| 609 | 609 | | for child care assistance for low-in-3 |
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| 610 | 610 | | come families dollar amount applica-4 |
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| 611 | 611 | | ble to the State for the fiscal year. 5 |
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| 612 | 612 | | ‘‘(II) S |
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| 613 | 613 | | TATE MINIMUM GENERAL 6 |
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| 614 | 614 | | REVENUE EXPENDITURES FOR CHILD 7 |
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| 615 | 615 | | CARE ASSISTANCE FOR LOW -INCOME 8 |
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| 616 | 616 | | FAMILIES DOLLAR AMOUNT .—With 9 |
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| 617 | 617 | | respect to a State and a fiscal year, 10 |
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| 618 | 618 | | the minimum general revenue expend-11 |
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| 619 | 619 | | itures for child care assistance for 12 |
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| 620 | 620 | | low-income families dollar amount for 13 |
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| 621 | 621 | | the State and fiscal year is— 14 |
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| 622 | 622 | | ‘‘(aa) in the case of the first 15 |
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| 623 | 623 | | fiscal year for which the State is 16 |
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| 624 | 624 | | paid a grant under this sub-17 |
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| 625 | 625 | | section, the aggregate dollar 18 |
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| 626 | 626 | | amount of general revenue ex-19 |
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| 627 | 627 | | penditures for child care assist-20 |
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| 628 | 628 | | ance for low-income families for 21 |
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| 629 | 629 | | the most recent State fiscal year 22 |
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| 630 | 630 | | for which data is available; and 23 |
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| 634 | 634 | | ‘‘(bb) in the case of any suc-1 |
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| 635 | 635 | | ceeding fiscal year, the greater 2 |
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| 636 | 636 | | of— 3 |
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| 637 | 637 | | ‘‘(AA) the minimum 4 |
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| 638 | 638 | | baseline dollar amount of 5 |
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| 639 | 639 | | general revenue expenditures 6 |
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| 640 | 640 | | for child care assistance for 7 |
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| 641 | 641 | | low-income families applica-8 |
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| 642 | 642 | | ble to the State for the pre-9 |
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| 643 | 643 | | ceding year; and 10 |
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| 644 | 644 | | ‘‘(BB) the minimum 11 |
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| 645 | 645 | | baseline dollar amount of 12 |
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| 646 | 646 | | general revenue expenditures 13 |
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| 647 | 647 | | for child care assistance for 14 |
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| 648 | 648 | | low-income families for the 15 |
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| 649 | 649 | | most recent State fiscal year 16 |
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| 650 | 650 | | for which data is available. 17 |
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| 651 | 651 | | ‘‘(III) A |
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| 652 | 652 | | NNUAL GUIDANCE.—The 18 |
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| 653 | 653 | | Secretary shall issue annual guidance 19 |
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| 654 | 654 | | to States specifying— 20 |
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| 655 | 655 | | ‘‘(aa) the data and reporting 21 |
|---|
| 656 | 656 | | that will be required for purposes 22 |
|---|
| 657 | 657 | | of enforcing the State minimum 23 |
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| 658 | 658 | | general revenue expenditures for 24 |
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| 659 | 659 | | child care assistance for low-in-25 |
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| 662 | 662 | | •S 1285 IS |
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| 663 | 663 | | come families dollar amount re-1 |
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| 664 | 664 | | quirement under this subpara-2 |
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| 665 | 665 | | graph; and 3 |
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| 666 | 666 | | ‘‘(bb) for each fiscal year 4 |
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| 667 | 667 | | and State for which a grant is 5 |
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| 668 | 668 | | paid under this subsection, the 6 |
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| 669 | 669 | | minimum general revenue ex-7 |
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| 670 | 670 | | penditures for child care assist-8 |
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| 671 | 671 | | ance for low-income families dol-9 |
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| 672 | 672 | | lar amount that is required for 10 |
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| 673 | 673 | | the State and fiscal year. 11 |
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| 674 | 674 | | ‘‘(D) P |
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| 675 | 675 | | ERIOD FOR AVAILABILITY ; REDIS-12 |
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| 676 | 676 | | TRIBUTION OF UNUSED FUNDS .— 13 |
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| 677 | 677 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 678 | 678 | | N GENERAL.—Except as pro-14 |
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| 679 | 679 | | vided in clause (ii), the period in which the 15 |
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| 680 | 680 | | funds from grants paid under this sub-16 |
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| 681 | 681 | | section for a fiscal year are available for 17 |
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| 682 | 682 | | expenditure, the determination as to 18 |
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| 683 | 683 | | whether funds from the grant will not be 19 |
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| 684 | 684 | | used, and the procedure for redistributing 20 |
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| 685 | 685 | | unused funds, shall be made in the same 21 |
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| 686 | 686 | | manner as if— 22 |
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| 687 | 687 | | ‘‘(I) in the case of 1 of the 50 23 |
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| 688 | 688 | | States or the District of Columbia, 24 |
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| 695 | 695 | | ‘‘(II) in the case of a territory, 3 |
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| 696 | 696 | | the funds were considered a grant 4 |
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| 697 | 697 | | made to the territory under subsection 5 |
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| 698 | 698 | | (a)(4) for such fiscal year; and 6 |
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| 699 | 699 | | ‘‘(III) in the case of an Indian 7 |
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| 700 | 700 | | tribe or tribal organization, the funds 8 |
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| 701 | 701 | | were considered a grant made to the 9 |
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| 702 | 702 | | Indian tribe or tribal organization 10 |
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| 703 | 703 | | under subsection (a) for such fiscal 11 |
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| 704 | 704 | | year. 12 |
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| 705 | 705 | | ‘‘(ii) E |
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| 706 | 706 | | XTENSION OF AVAILABILITY OF 13 |
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| 707 | 707 | | FUNDS USED FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS .—If 14 |
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| 708 | 708 | | funds from a grant paid under this sub-15 |
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| 709 | 709 | | section are used to provide financial sup-16 |
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| 710 | 710 | | port for a project described in subclause 17 |
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| 711 | 711 | | (IX) or (X) of paragraph (4)(A)(iv), the 18 |
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| 712 | 712 | | funds shall remain available for expendi-19 |
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| 713 | 713 | | ture by the lead agency of a State, terri-20 |
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| 714 | 714 | | tory, Indian tribe, or tribal organization 21 |
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| 715 | 715 | | (as applicable) for a period of 5 years. 22 |
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| 716 | 716 | | ‘‘(E) I |
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| 717 | 717 | | NAPPLICABILITY OF TERRITORIAL 23 |
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| 718 | 718 | | PAYMENT LIMITATION .—Section 1108(a) shall 24 |
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| 723 | 723 | | this subsection. 2 |
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| 724 | 724 | | ‘‘(6) U |
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| 725 | 725 | | SE OF FUNDS.— 3 |
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| 726 | 726 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 727 | 727 | | N GENERAL.—To the extent per-4 |
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| 728 | 728 | | mitted under this paragraph, section 658G(b) 5 |
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| 729 | 729 | | of the Child Care and Development Block 6 |
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| 730 | 730 | | Grant Act of 1990, and the approved planned 7 |
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| 731 | 731 | | use of funds submission of the lead agency of 8 |
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| 732 | 732 | | a State, territory, Indian tribe, or tribal organi-9 |
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| 733 | 733 | | zation under paragraph (4), each such lead 10 |
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| 734 | 734 | | agency shall use funds from a grant paid under 11 |
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| 735 | 735 | | this subsection to increase child care workforce, 12 |
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| 736 | 736 | | supply, quality, and access in areas determined 13 |
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| 737 | 737 | | to be in particular need of child care (with ac-14 |
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| 738 | 738 | | tivities provided directly, or through grants or 15 |
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| 739 | 739 | | contracts with local child care resource and re-16 |
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| 740 | 740 | | ferral organizations or other appropriate enti-17 |
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| 741 | 741 | | ties). Activities carried out with such funds 18 |
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| 742 | 742 | | shall be— 19 |
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| 743 | 743 | | ‘‘(i) designed to improve the quality of 20 |
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| 744 | 744 | | child care services, including improving the 21 |
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| 745 | 745 | | quality of the child care workforce, and in-22 |
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| 746 | 746 | | crease parental options for, and access to, 23 |
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| 747 | 747 | | high-quality child care, especially in areas 24 |
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| 748 | 748 | | of concentrated poverty; and 25 |
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| 753 | 753 | | cent statewide or tribal assessment of the 2 |
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| 754 | 754 | | State’s or Indian tribe’s or tribal organiza-3 |
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| 755 | 755 | | tion’s needs to carry out such services and 4 |
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| 756 | 756 | | care. 5 |
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| 757 | 757 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 758 | 758 | | RIORITY.—If a lead agency chooses 6 |
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| 759 | 759 | | to make grants from the funds paid under this 7 |
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| 760 | 760 | | subsection, each such lead agency shall give pri-8 |
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| 761 | 761 | | ority to funding child care services that will use 9 |
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| 762 | 762 | | the grant to provide or coordinate services in 10 |
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| 763 | 763 | | order to— 11 |
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| 764 | 764 | | ‘‘(i) provide child care services during 12 |
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| 765 | 765 | | nontraditional hours; 13 |
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| 766 | 766 | | ‘‘(ii) serve dual language learners, 14 |
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| 767 | 767 | | children with disabilities, children experi-15 |
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| 768 | 768 | | encing homelessness, children in foster 16 |
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| 769 | 769 | | care, children from low-income families, or 17 |
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| 770 | 770 | | infants and toddlers; 18 |
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| 771 | 771 | | ‘‘(iii) serve a high proportion of chil-19 |
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| 772 | 772 | | dren whose families are eligible for sub-20 |
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| 773 | 773 | | sidies under the Child Care and Develop-21 |
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| 774 | 774 | | ment Block Grant Act of 1990 for the 22 |
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| 775 | 775 | | child care; 23 |
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| 776 | 776 | | ‘‘(iv) operate in rural communities 24 |
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| 777 | 777 | | with a low supply of child care; 25 |
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| 781 | 781 | | ‘‘(v) support child care services pro-1 |
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| 782 | 782 | | vided by public entities, non-profit entities, 2 |
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| 783 | 783 | | and small businesses that are at least 51 3 |
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| 784 | 784 | | percent owned and controlled by individ-4 |
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| 785 | 785 | | uals who are socially and economically dis-5 |
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| 786 | 786 | | advantaged, as defined by the Adminis-6 |
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| 787 | 787 | | trator of the Small Business Administra-7 |
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| 788 | 788 | | tion; or 8 |
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| 789 | 789 | | ‘‘(vi) provide competitive wages and 9 |
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| 790 | 790 | | support the recruitment and retention of a 10 |
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| 791 | 791 | | high-quality child care workforce, including 11 |
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| 792 | 792 | | through increased compensation (including 12 |
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| 793 | 793 | | wages and benefits), bonuses, tuition or fee 13 |
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| 794 | 794 | | support for educational attainment or pro-14 |
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| 795 | 795 | | fessional development, child care appren-15 |
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| 796 | 796 | | ticeship programs, or other financial incen-16 |
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| 797 | 797 | | tives. 17 |
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| 798 | 798 | | ‘‘(C) H |
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| 799 | 799 | | EAD START AND EARLY HEAD 18 |
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| 800 | 800 | | START PROGRAMS .—A lead agency may use 19 |
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| 801 | 801 | | funds from a grant paid under this subsection 20 |
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| 802 | 802 | | for activities or assistance under a Head Start 21 |
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| 803 | 803 | | program (including an Early Head Start pro-22 |
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| 804 | 804 | | gram) carried out under the Head Start Act 23 |
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| 805 | 805 | | (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.). 24 |
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| 809 | 809 | | ‘‘(D) ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE 1 |
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| 810 | 810 | | CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 2 |
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| 811 | 811 | | ACTof 1990.— 3 |
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| 812 | 812 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 813 | 813 | | N GENERAL.—Except as pro-4 |
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| 814 | 814 | | vided in clause (ii) or to the extent other-5 |
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| 815 | 815 | | wise provided in this subsection, subsection 6 |
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| 816 | 816 | | (c) shall apply to the grants paid under 7 |
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| 817 | 817 | | this subsection in the same manner as that 8 |
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| 818 | 818 | | subsection applies to amounts paid under 9 |
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| 819 | 819 | | subsection (a). 10 |
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| 820 | 820 | | ‘‘(ii) N |
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| 821 | 821 | | ONAPPLICATION OF CERTAIN 11 |
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| 822 | 822 | | USE OF FUNDS REQUIREMENTS .—The re-12 |
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| 823 | 823 | | quirements of subparagraphs (D) and (E) 13 |
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| 824 | 824 | | of section 658E(c)(3) of the Child Care 14 |
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| 825 | 825 | | and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 15 |
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| 826 | 826 | | shall not apply to the grants paid under 16 |
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| 827 | 827 | | this subsection. 17 |
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| 828 | 828 | | ‘‘(7) R |
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| 829 | 829 | | EPORTS.— 18 |
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| 830 | 830 | | ‘‘(A) CCDBG |
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| 831 | 831 | | REPORTS.—The lead agency 19 |
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| 832 | 832 | | of each State, territory, Indian tribe, and tribal 20 |
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| 833 | 833 | | organization paid a grant under this subsection 21 |
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| 834 | 834 | | for a fiscal year shall include information re-22 |
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| 835 | 835 | | garding how the lead agency spent the grant in 23 |
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| 836 | 836 | | each monthly, quarterly, or annual report, as 24 |
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| 837 | 837 | | applicable, submitted under section 658K(a)(2) 25 |
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| 842 | 842 | | Grant Act of 1990. The information required to 2 |
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| 843 | 843 | | be collected and reported under this paragraph 3 |
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| 844 | 844 | | shall be— 4 |
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| 845 | 845 | | ‘‘(i) in addition to, and shall not af-5 |
|---|
| 846 | 846 | | fect, reporting and data collection require-6 |
|---|
| 847 | 847 | | ments imposed under the Child Care and 7 |
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| 848 | 848 | | Development Block Grant Act of 1990, in-8 |
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| 849 | 849 | | cluding to the extent any information spec-9 |
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| 850 | 850 | | ified under this paragraph also is required 10 |
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| 851 | 851 | | to be included in a report submitted under 11 |
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| 852 | 852 | | that Act; and 12 |
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| 853 | 853 | | ‘‘(ii) made publicly available. 13 |
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| 854 | 854 | | ‘‘(B) 1- |
|---|
| 855 | 855 | | YEAR POST-AWARD REPORT.—Not 14 |
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| 856 | 856 | | later than 6 months after receipt of the first 15 |
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| 857 | 857 | | payment from a grant under this subsection, 16 |
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| 858 | 858 | | the lead agency of the State, territory, Indian 17 |
|---|
| 859 | 859 | | tribe, or tribal organization (as applicable) shall 18 |
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| 860 | 860 | | submit a report to the Secretary that includes 19 |
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| 861 | 861 | | information and data (reported on such basis as 20 |
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| 862 | 862 | | the Secretary shall specify) regarding— 21 |
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| 863 | 863 | | ‘‘(i) the supply of child care in the 22 |
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| 864 | 864 | | areas determined to be in particular need 23 |
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| 865 | 865 | | of child care by the lead agency, including 24 |
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| 866 | 866 | | with respect to the pre-grant award assess-25 |
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| 870 | 870 | | ment of the number of Child Care and De-1 |
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| 871 | 871 | | velopment Block Grant-eligible child care 2 |
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| 872 | 872 | | slots reserved by grants or contracts in 3 |
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| 873 | 873 | | such areas and the pre-grant award assess-4 |
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| 874 | 874 | | ment of the number of providers who are 5 |
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| 875 | 875 | | regulated under State law in such areas, 6 |
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| 876 | 876 | | and the number of providers who are not 7 |
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| 877 | 877 | | covered by or are exempt from such a reg-8 |
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| 878 | 878 | | ulation but are eligible child care providers 9 |
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| 879 | 879 | | providing services under the Child Care 10 |
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| 880 | 880 | | and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 11 |
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| 881 | 881 | | (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) in such areas; 12 |
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| 882 | 882 | | and 13 |
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| 883 | 883 | | ‘‘(ii) the supply, quality, and access of 14 |
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| 884 | 884 | | child care in the areas determined to be in 15 |
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| 885 | 885 | | particular need of child care by the lead 16 |
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| 886 | 886 | | agency. 17 |
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| 887 | 887 | | ‘‘(C) 3- |
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| 888 | 888 | | YEAR POST-AWARD REPORT.—Not 18 |
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| 889 | 889 | | later than December 31 of the calendar year in 19 |
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| 890 | 890 | | which the third fiscal year for which the lead 20 |
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| 891 | 891 | | agency of a State, territory, Indian tribe, or 21 |
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| 892 | 892 | | tribal organization is paid a grant under this 22 |
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| 893 | 893 | | subsection ends, the lead agency shall submit a 23 |
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| 894 | 894 | | report to the Secretary that includes the fol-24 |
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| 895 | 895 | | lowing information: 25 |
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| 900 | 900 | | expenditures of grant funds on— 2 |
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| 901 | 901 | | ‘‘(I) the supply of child care in 3 |
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| 902 | 902 | | the areas determined to be in par-4 |
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| 903 | 903 | | ticular need of child care by the lead 5 |
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| 904 | 904 | | agency, including with respect to the 6 |
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| 905 | 905 | | pre-grant award assessment of the 7 |
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| 906 | 906 | | number of Child Care and Develop-8 |
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| 907 | 907 | | ment Block Grant-eligible child care 9 |
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| 908 | 908 | | slots reserved by grants or contracts 10 |
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| 909 | 909 | | in such areas and the pre-grant award 11 |
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| 910 | 910 | | assessment of the number of providers 12 |
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| 911 | 911 | | who are regulated under State law in 13 |
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| 912 | 912 | | such areas, and the number of pro-14 |
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| 913 | 913 | | viders who are not covered by or are 15 |
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| 914 | 914 | | exempt from such a regulation but are 16 |
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| 915 | 915 | | eligible child care providers providing 17 |
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| 916 | 916 | | services under the Child Care and De-18 |
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| 917 | 917 | | velopment Block Grant Act of 1990 19 |
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| 918 | 918 | | (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) in such 20 |
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| 919 | 919 | | areas; and 21 |
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| 920 | 920 | | ‘‘(II) the supply, quality, and ac-22 |
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| 921 | 921 | | cess of child care in the areas deter-23 |
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| 922 | 922 | | mined to be in particular need of child 24 |
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| 923 | 923 | | care by the lead agency, and on the 25 |
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| 928 | 928 | | funds were used experienced outcomes 2 |
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| 929 | 929 | | that reduced the conditions in such 3 |
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| 930 | 930 | | areas which factored into such deter-4 |
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| 931 | 931 | | mination. 5 |
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| 932 | 932 | | ‘‘(ii) Information specifying the areas 6 |
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| 933 | 933 | | determined to be in particular need of 7 |
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| 934 | 934 | | child care by the lead agency and the ac-8 |
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| 935 | 935 | | tivities in which grant funds were used in 9 |
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| 936 | 936 | | such areas. 10 |
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| 937 | 937 | | ‘‘(iii) Demographic data on the child 11 |
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| 938 | 938 | | care providers receiving funds and on the 12 |
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| 939 | 939 | | families and children served. 13 |
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| 940 | 940 | | ‘‘(iv) Information specifying whether 14 |
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| 941 | 941 | | grant funds were used for projects de-15 |
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| 942 | 942 | | scribed in subclause (IX) or (X) of para-16 |
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| 943 | 943 | | graph (4)(A)(iv) and if so, the status of 17 |
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| 944 | 944 | | such projects, including if such projects 18 |
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| 945 | 945 | | are ongoing at the time of reporting. 19 |
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| 946 | 946 | | ‘‘(D) S |
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| 947 | 947 | | UBMISSION TO CONGRESS .—The in-20 |
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| 948 | 948 | | formation reported in accordance with subpara-21 |
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| 949 | 949 | | graphs (A), (B), and (C) shall be incorporated 22 |
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| 950 | 950 | | into the biennial reports to Congress by the 23 |
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| 951 | 951 | | Secretary required under section 658L(a) of the 24 |
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| 956 | 956 | | of 1990. 2 |
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| 957 | 957 | | ‘‘(8) R |
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| 958 | 958 | | EGULAR EVALUATIONS .— 3 |
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| 959 | 959 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 960 | 960 | | N GENERAL.—From a geographically 4 |
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| 961 | 961 | | diverse selection of the lead agencies paid a 5 |
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| 962 | 962 | | grant under this subsection that includes rep-6 |
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| 963 | 963 | | resentation of States, territories, and Indian 7 |
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| 964 | 964 | | tribes and tribal organizations, the Secretary 8 |
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| 965 | 965 | | regularly shall evaluate the impact of the activi-9 |
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| 966 | 966 | | ties carried out by such lead agencies with re-10 |
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| 967 | 967 | | spect to improving the supply and quality of 11 |
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| 968 | 968 | | child care in the areas determined to be in par-12 |
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| 969 | 969 | | ticular need of child care by such lead agencies. 13 |
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| 970 | 970 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 971 | 971 | | UPPLY ASSESSMENT.—In evaluating 14 |
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| 972 | 972 | | the extent to which there are improvements in 15 |
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| 973 | 973 | | the supply of child care in the areas determined 16 |
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| 974 | 974 | | to be in particular need of child care, the Sec-17 |
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| 975 | 975 | | retary shall focus on the following areas: 18 |
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| 976 | 976 | | ‘‘(i) General availability of child care 19 |
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| 977 | 977 | | services. 20 |
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| 978 | 978 | | ‘‘(ii) Availability of child care services 21 |
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| 979 | 979 | | that— 22 |
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| 980 | 980 | | ‘‘(I) are provided during non-23 |
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| 981 | 981 | | traditional hours; 24 |
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| 986 | 986 | | ers, children with disabilities, children 2 |
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| 987 | 987 | | experiencing homelessness, children in 3 |
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| 988 | 988 | | foster care, children from low-income 4 |
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| 989 | 989 | | families, or infants and toddlers; 5 |
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| 990 | 990 | | ‘‘(III) serve a high proportion of 6 |
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| 991 | 991 | | children whose families are eligible for 7 |
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| 992 | 992 | | subsidies under the Child Care and 8 |
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| 993 | 993 | | Development Block Grant Act of 9 |
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| 994 | 994 | | 1990; and 10 |
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| 995 | 995 | | ‘‘(IV) operate in rural commu-11 |
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| 996 | 996 | | nities with a low supply of child care. 12 |
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| 997 | 997 | | ‘‘(iii) Opportunity for parental choice 13 |
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| 998 | 998 | | in child care services. 14 |
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| 999 | 999 | | ‘‘(iv) Improvement in workforce re-15 |
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| 1000 | 1000 | | cruitment and retention for child care serv-16 |
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| 1001 | 1001 | | ices. 17 |
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| 1002 | 1002 | | ‘‘(C) Q |
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| 1003 | 1003 | | UALITY ASSESSMENT .—In evalu-18 |
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| 1004 | 1004 | | ating the extent to which there are improve-19 |
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| 1005 | 1005 | | ments in the quality of child care in the areas 20 |
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| 1006 | 1006 | | determined to be in particular need of child 21 |
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| 1007 | 1007 | | care, the Secretary shall focus on at least 5 of 22 |
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| 1008 | 1008 | | the following areas: 23 |
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| 1009 | 1009 | | ‘‘(i) Ratios of staff to children and 24 |
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| 1010 | 1010 | | group size. 25 |
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| 1016 | 1016 | | ‘‘(iii) Approaches to instruction. 3 |
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| 1017 | 1017 | | ‘‘(iv) Relationship quality between 4 |
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| 1018 | 1018 | | children and staff. 5 |
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| 1019 | 1019 | | ‘‘(v) Children’s learning and develop-6 |
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| 1020 | 1020 | | ment. 7 |
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| 1021 | 1021 | | ‘‘(vi) Physical environment quality 8 |
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| 1022 | 1022 | | and ability to protect children and staff 9 |
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| 1023 | 1023 | | from illness and injury. 10 |
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| 1024 | 1024 | | ‘‘(vii) Qualifications, experience, and 11 |
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| 1025 | 1025 | | specialized training of staff. 12 |
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| 1026 | 1026 | | ‘‘(viii) Opportunities for staff profes-13 |
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| 1027 | 1027 | | sional development. 14 |
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| 1028 | 1028 | | ‘‘(ix) Wages and benefits for staff. 15 |
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| 1029 | 1029 | | ‘‘(x) Ability to foster relationships 16 |
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| 1030 | 1030 | | with families and communities. 17 |
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| 1031 | 1031 | | ‘‘(xi) Leadership and management ca-18 |
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| 1032 | 1032 | | pacity. 19 |
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| 1033 | 1033 | | ‘‘(xii) Creating a stable work environ-20 |
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| 1034 | 1034 | | ment for staff retention. 21 |
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| 1035 | 1035 | | ‘‘(xiii) Pursuit or earning of national 22 |
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| 1036 | 1036 | | accreditation. 23 |
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| 1042 | 1042 | | ‘‘(i) submit a report to the appro-1 |
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| 1043 | 1043 | | priate committees of Congress regarding 2 |
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| 1044 | 1044 | | the evaluations of the impact of the activi-3 |
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| 1045 | 1045 | | ties carried out by lead agencies with funds 4 |
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| 1046 | 1046 | | from grants paid under this subsection— 5 |
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| 1047 | 1047 | | ‘‘(I) within 180 days of the com-6 |
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| 1048 | 1048 | | pletion of each such evaluation; and 7 |
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| 1049 | 1049 | | ‘‘(II) at least once every 5 years; 8 |
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| 1050 | 1050 | | and 9 |
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| 1051 | 1051 | | ‘‘(ii) make each such report, along 10 |
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| 1052 | 1052 | | with the data and report for each evalua-11 |
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| 1053 | 1053 | | tion, publicly available. 12 |
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| 1055 | 1055 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 13 |
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| 1056 | 1056 | | ‘‘(A) A |
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| 1057 | 1057 | | PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -14 |
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| 1058 | 1058 | | GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of 15 |
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| 1059 | 1059 | | Congress’ means the Committee on Appropria-16 |
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| 1060 | 1060 | | tions, the Committee on Ways and Means, and 17 |
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| 1061 | 1061 | | the Committee on Education and Workforce of 18 |
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| 1062 | 1062 | | the House of Representatives and the Com-19 |
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| 1063 | 1063 | | mittee on Appropriations, the Committee on Fi-20 |
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| 1064 | 1064 | | nance, and the Committee on Health, Edu-21 |
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| 1065 | 1065 | | cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 22 |
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| 1066 | 1066 | | ‘‘(B) L |
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| 1068 | 1068 | | agency’ has the meaning given that term in sec-24 |
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| 1073 | 1073 | | ment Block Grant Act of 1990.’’. 2 |
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| 1075 | 1075 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 3 |
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| 1076 | 1076 | | this section take effect on October 1, 2025. 4 |
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