Sec. 378. Program on assistance for child care for certain veterans
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Subchapter I of chapter 17 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary shall carry out a program to provide, subject to subsection (b), assistance to qualified veterans described in subsection
(c)to obtain child care so that such veterans can receive health care services described in subsection (c). Assistance may only be provided to a qualified veteran under this section for receipt of child care during the period that the qualified veteran— receives health care services described in subsection
(c)at a facility of the Department; and requires travel to and from such facility for the receipt of such health care services. For purposes of this section, a qualified veteran is a veteran who is— the primary caretaker of a child or children; and receiving from the Department— regular mental health care services; intensive mental health care services; or such other intensive health care services that the Secretary determines that provision of assistance to the veteran to obtain child care would improve access to such health care services by the veteran; or in need of regular or intensive mental health care services from the Department, and but for lack of child care services, would receive such health care services from the Department. The Secretary shall carry out the program in no fewer than three Veterans Integrated Service Networks selected by the Secretary for purposes of the program. Child care assistance under this section may include the following: Stipends for the payment of child care offered by licensed child care centers (either directly or through a voucher program) which shall be, to the extent practicable, modeled after the Department of Veterans Affairs Child Care Subsidy Program established pursuant to section 630 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002 ( Public Law 107–67 ; 115 Stat. 552). Direct provision of child care at an on-site facility of the Department. Payments to private child care agencies. Collaboration with facilities or programs of other Federal departments or agencies. Such other forms of assistance as the Secretary considers appropriate. In the case that child care assistance under this section is provided as a stipend under paragraph (1)(A), such stipend shall cover the full cost of such child care. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1709A the following new item: 1709B. Assistance for child care for certain veterans receiving health care. . Section 205(e) of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended by inserting but not after the date of the enactment of the before the period at the end. Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 Subchapter I of chapter 17, as amended by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary shall carry out a program to provide, subject to subsection (b), assistance to qualified individuals described in subsection
(c)to obtain child care so that such individuals can receive readjustment counseling and related mental health services. Assistance may only be provided to a qualified individual under this section for receipt of child care during the period that the qualified individual receives readjustment counseling and related health care services at a Vet Center. For purposes of this section, a qualified individual is an individual who is— the primary caretaker of a child or children; and receiving from the Department regular readjustment counseling and related mental health services; or in need of readjustment counseling and related mental health services from the Department, and but for lack of child care services, would receive such counseling and services from the Department. The Secretary shall carry out the program under this section in no fewer than three Readjustment Counseling Service Regions selected by the Secretary for purposes of the program. Child care assistance under this section may include the following: Stipends for the payment of child care offered by licensed child care centers (either directly or through a voucher program) which shall be, to the extent practicable, modeled after the Department of Veterans Affairs Child Care Subsidy Program established pursuant to section 630 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2002 ( Public Law 107–67 ; 115 Stat. 552). Payments to private child care agencies. Collaboration with facilities or programs of other Federal departments or agencies. Such other forms of assistance as the Secretary considers appropriate. In the case that child care assistance under this subsection is provided as a stipend under paragraph (1)(A), such stipend shall cover the full cost of such child care. In this section, the term Vet Center means a center for readjustment counseling and related mental health services for individuals under section 1712A of this title. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17, as amended by subsection (a)(2) of this section, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1709B the following new item: 1709C. Assistance for child care for individuals receiving readjustment counseling and related mental health services. .
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- Pub. L. 107-67
- 115 Stat. 552
- Pub. L. 111-163
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Sec. 378
Program on assistance for child care for certain veterans
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107-67
Stat.115 Stat. 552
Pub. L.Pub. L. 111-163
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