Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025

Sponsored bySen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]MN· Introduced 21 January 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

21 January 2025·1 year ago

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Introduced in Senate · Updated 15 April 2025

Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide states and tribal entities with grants to increase access to licensed child care services.

The grants may be used to develop and expand the child care workforce or child care facilities in locations with insufficient available child care. Specifically, grants cover 50% of the cost of programs to support the education and training of caregivers or projects to build, expand, or renovate child care facilities in these areas.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
21 January 2025 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
21 January 2025 · IntroReferral

Sponsorship

7 cosponsors

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Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]MN

Cosponsors

Democrat571%
Republican114%
Independent114%

Democrat:Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]IL
Independent:Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]ME
Democrat:Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]NH
Democrat:Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]RI
Democrat:Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]OR
Republican:Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]AK
Democrat:Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]NY

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Families

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Child care and developmentCongressional oversightEducation programs fundingHigher educationIndian social and development programsStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curriculaVocational and technical education

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