Sec. 3. Child care funding for infants and toddlers
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Part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 418 the following: From the amount reserved under subsection (g)(1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall make a grant— to each eligible State that is not a territory, in an amount that bears the same ratio to 95 percent of the amount so reserved as the number of infants and toddlers from low-income families in the State bears to the total number of such infants and toddlers in all eligible States that are not territories; and to each eligible State that is a territory, in an amount that bears the same ratio to 5 percent of the amount so reserved as the number of infants and toddlers from low-income families in the territory bears to the total number of such infants and toddlers in all eligible States that are territories.
A State to which a grant is made under this subsection shall use the grant— to expand access to high-quality child care for infants and toddlers who do not receive child care funded through the Child Care and Development Fund; to increase, as described in this section, the quality of child care for infants and toddlers who receive child care funded through the Child Care and Development Fund; and to support payment rates, for child care providers that serve infants and toddlers, that reflect the cost of high-quality child care and are sufficient to attract, support, and retain providers who meet quality standards that relate to the unique needs of infants and toddlers, including infants and toddlers with disabilities; and to increase the compensation of, and provide other financial incentives for, the highly-qualified infant and toddler child care workforce.
From the amount reserved under subsection (g)(6) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall make a grant— to each eligible State that is not a territory, in an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount so reserved as the amount payable to the State under section 418(a)(2)(B) for the fiscal year bears to the total of the amounts payable under such section for the fiscal year to all eligible States that are not territories; and to each eligible State that is a territory, in an amount that bears the same ratio to 5 percent of the amount so reserved as the amount payable to the territory under section 418(a)(2)(B) for the fiscal year bears to the total of the amounts payable under such section for the fiscal year to all eligible States that are territories.
In order to ensure that Indian and Native Hawaiian children have equal access to high-quality infant and toddler child care, the Secretary shall develop a formula for allotting the amount reserved under subsection (g)(2) among Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and shall make a grant to each Indian tribe and tribal organization in an amount equal to the amount allotted to the Indian tribe or tribal organization under the formula. In developing the formula, the Secretary shall— provide for a level of funding that will ensure that, by the end of fiscal year 2026, the Indian and Native Hawaiian infants and toddlers in eligible families will receive a level of services that is equivalent to the high-quality child care received by infants and toddlers in the general population under this section; take into consideration the unique needs and circumstances of individuals in Indian and Native Hawaiian communities, such as unemployment rates; and the cost of providing high-quality child care that addresses Indian and Native Hawaiian culture and language.
An Indian tribe or tribal organization to which a grant is made under this subsection shall use the grant to provide high-quality child care to infants and toddlers in low-income families. From the amount reserved under subsection (g)(5) for each fiscal year, the Secretary may make a grant— to each eligible State that is not a territory, in an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount so reserved as the total of the amounts payable to the State under section 418 and this section for the fiscal year bears to the total of the amounts payable under such sections for the fiscal year to all eligible States that are not territories; and to each eligible State that is a territory, in an amount that bears the same ratio to 5 percent of the amount so reserved as the total of the amounts payable to the territory under section 418 and this section for the fiscal year bears to the total of the amounts payable under such sections for the fiscal year to all eligible States that are territories.
A State to which a grant is made under this subsection shall use the grant to enable the provision of child care during nontraditional and unpredictable hours. Subsections (a)(2)(D), (a)(5), (b), and
(c)of section 418 shall apply with respect to this section in the same way such subsections apply with respect to section 418. For grants under this section, there are appropriated— $3,745,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; $4,212,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; $4,926,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; $5,972,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; $7,038,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; $8,146,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; $9,775,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; $11,416,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; $13,169,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and $15,222,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. From the amounts appropriated under subsection
(f)for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall— reserve an amount for grants under subsection
(a)(relating to expanding access to high-quality child care); reserve not less than 2 percent for grants under subsection
(c)(relating to Indian and Native Hawaiian child care); reserve not more than 0.5 percent for research and evaluation of activities under this section; reserve not more than 0.5 percent for the provision of technical assistance relating to activities under this section; reserve 6 percent for grants under subsection
(d)(relating to child care provided during nontraditional and unpredictable hours); and reserve the remainder for grants under subsection
(b)(relating to maintaining access to child care). In this section: The term Child Care and Development Fund means the funds appropriated under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) and the funds appropriated under section 418 of this Act. The term eligible family means a low-income family that has, and needs child care for, an infant or toddler. The term eligible infant or toddler means an infant or toddler from a low-income family. This term high-quality , used with respect to child care (including early care and learning), means child care that— meets the needs of working families, including full-day and full-year options; provides adequate compensation to attract, retain, and develop a well-qualified workforce, and provides opportunities for caregivers to progress through professional development goals; promotes age-appropriate social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development; coordinates activities with Head Start and other public and private agencies to ensure that infants and toddlers are referred to other appropriate community services; and engages with parents in their roles as first teachers and partners with parents in their child’s early care and learning and transition to pre-kindergarten or a Head Start program. The term infant or toddler means a child who has not attained 4 years of age. The term infant or toddler with a disability has the meaning given the term in section 632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1432 ). The term low-income family means a family with a family income of not more than 200 percent of the applicable Federal poverty guideline. The term Native Hawaiian has the meaning given the term in section 6207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7517 ). The term territory means the Virgin Islands of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands The term tribal organization has the meaning given the term in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858n ). .
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