Sec. 114. Definitions
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Section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858n ) is amended— in paragraph (2)— by inserting child care provider on behalf of a before parent ; and by striking who may use such certificate only as payment ; in paragraph (3)— by striking subparagraph (B); and by redesignating subparagraphs
(C)and
(D)as subparagraphs
(B)and (C), respectively; in paragraph (4)— in subparagraph (B), by striking 85 percent and inserting 150 percent (100 percent for fiscal year 2022, 115 percent for fiscal year 2023, and 130 percent for fiscal year 2024) ; and by striking subparagraph
(C)and inserting the following: who— resides with a parent or parents who are participating in an eligible activity; is receiving, or needs to receive, protective services and resides with a parent or parents not described in clause (i), which shall include homeless children, children in foster care, and children who are in contact with child protective services; or resides with a parent or parents who are more than 65 years of age. ; and by adding at the end the following: In paragraph (4), the term eligible activity shall include, at minimum, activities consisting of— full-time or part-time employment, including self-employment; job search activities; job training; secondary, postsecondary, or adult education, such as education through a program of high school classes, a course of study at an institution of higher education, classes toward an equivalent of a high school diploma recognized by State law, or English as a Second Language classes; health treatment (including mental health and substance use treatment) for a condition that prevents the individual from participating in other eligible activities; activities to prevent child abuse and neglect, or family violence prevention or intervention activities; employment and training activities under the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); work activities under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); and taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ( 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) (or equivalent provisions for Federal employees), a State or local paid or unpaid family, medical, or disability leave program, or a program of employer-provided leave. The term foster care means 24-hour substitute care for a child placed away from the child’s parents or guardians and for whom the State or tribal agency has placement and care responsibility. The term includes care through a placement in a foster family home, a foster home of a relative, a group home, an emergency shelter, a residential facility, a child care institution, or a pre-adoptive home. A child shall be considered to be in foster care in accordance with subparagraph
(A)regardless of— whether the foster care facility is licensed and payments are made by the State, tribal, or local agency for the care of the child; whether adoption subsidy payments are being made prior to the finalization of an adoption; or whether there are Federal matching funds for any payments described in clause
(i)or
(ii)that are made. The term high-quality and inclusive , used with respect to care (including child care), means care provided by an eligible child care provider— that is at the highest tier of the State’s tiered and transparent system for measuring the quality of child care providers, under section 658E(c)(2)(W)(i); for whom the percentage of children served by the provider who are children with disabilities and infants and toddlers with disabilities reflects the prevalence of children with disabilities and infants and toddlers with disabilities among children within the State; and that provides care for children with disabilities and infants and toddlers with disabilities alongside children who are— not infants and toddlers with disabilities; and not children with disabilities. The term homeless child means an individual who is a homeless child or youth under section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11434 ). 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 key programmatic strategies means strategies related to— nutrition and physical activity; recommended practices for age-appropriate exposure to screen media; and the integration and utilization of instructional methods to assist learning across disciplines, including methods that use the arts, language, literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies. .
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