Sec. 12. Child care supply and facilities grants
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The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The purposes of this section are to provide grants to States, territories described in section 658O(a)(1) (referred to individually in this part as a territory ), Indian Tribes, and Tribal organization to— expand the supply and capacity of child care providers so that working parents have multiple high-quality child care options to choose from in making their own decisions regarding the child care services that best suit their family’s needs; and ensure child care facilities are designed and equipped to keep children healthy and safe and to enhance children’s physical, cognitive, and behavioral development.
In this section, the term qualified child care provider means— an eligible child care provider as defined in section 658A(7)(A) that is providing, or seeking to provide, child care services to children eligible for services under this subchapter; or a child care provider that has applied under this subchapter to become an eligible child care provider as defined in section 658A(7)(A) and that commits to provide child care services to children eligible for services under this subchapter.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028. From funds made available under subsection (c), the Secretary shall make grants to States, territories, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations to carry out the activities described in subsection (f). The Secretary shall reserve not more than 1 percent of the amount appropriated under subsection
(c)for a fiscal year to carry out this section to pay for the costs of the Federal administration of this section. From the amount appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year that remains after the Secretary makes the reservation under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall award to each lead agency with an approved plan under subsection (e), a child care supply and facilities grant in accordance with paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of subsection (a), and subsection (b), of section 658O, for the grants authorized under paragraph (1). A grant made under this paragraph in accordance with paragraph
(1)or
(2)of that subsection shall be for the purpose of carrying out the program described in this section, consistent, to the extent practicable as determined by the Secretary, with the requirements applicable to States. In order to receive a grant under this section, a State shall submit a plan to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each plan submitted by a State under this section shall include each of the following: A description of how the State will use funds received under this section for State-level activities under subsection (f)(1). A description of how the State will ensure that qualified child care providers in rural, suburban, and urban areas can readily apply for and access funding under this section, which shall include providing technical assistance either directly or through a third party which may include a resource and referral agency or a staffed family child care provider network. A description of how the State will determine the prioritization of subgrants to qualified child care providers in accordance with subsection (f)(5). An assurance that the State will make available to the public, which shall include, at a minimum, posting to an internet website of the lead agency— a notice of funding availability through subgrants for qualified child care providers under this section; and the criteria for awarding subgrants for qualified child care providers, including the methodology the lead agency will use to determine the amounts of such subgrants for qualified child care providers. A lead agency that receives a grant under subsection
(d)shall reserve not more than 10 percent of the grant funds for State-level activities, consisting of administering subgrants and providing technical assistance and support, for activities supported under this section. The lead agency shall use the remainder of the grant funds awarded pursuant to subsection
(d)to make subgrants as described in paragraphs
(3)and (4). The lead agency shall make startup and supply expansion subgrants to qualified child care providers that are providing, or seeking to provide, child care services under this subchapter to eligible children, to— support the providers in paying for startup and expansion costs; assist such providers in meeting— the health and safety requirements (including the requirements referred to in section 658E(c)(2)(I)) of the State, territory, Indian Tribe, or local government involved, as the case may be; licensing and other regulatory standards of the State, territory, Indian Tribe, or local government involved, as the case may be, for child care providers; and as applicable, the requirements of a State’s tiered quality rating system for child care providers; and establishing or expanding the operation of community- or neighborhood-based family child care networks. As a condition of receiving a startup or supply expansion subgrant under this paragraph, a qualified child care provider shall commit to meeting the requirements for an eligible child care provider under this subchapter and to providing child care services under this subchapter to eligible children, on an ongoing basis. The lead agency shall make facilities subgrants to qualified child care providers that are providing, or seeking to provide, child care services under this subchapter to eligible children, for, notwithstanding section 658F(b)— remodeling, renovation, or repair of a building or facility used for providing direct child care services; and construction, permanent improvement, or major renovation of a building or facility used for providing direct child care services. As a condition of receiving a facilities subgrant under this paragraph, a child care provider shall commit to meeting the requirements for an eligible child care provider under this subchapter and to providing child care services under this subchapter to eligible children on an ongoing basis. Federal law regarding a Federal interest in real property shall not apply to the renovation, remodeling, repair, or permanent improvement of privately owned family child care homes with funds provided under this paragraph, and the Secretary shall develop parameters for the use of such funds for family child care homes. If the Secretary retains a Federal interest in any facility constructed, renovated, remodeled, repaired, or permanently improved with funds provided under this paragraph, the Secretary shall not retain the Federal interest for more than 10 years. In awarding subgrants under paragraphs
(3)and (4), the lead agency shall give priority to qualified child care providers providing or seeking to provide child care services to priority populations of children described in section 658E(c)(2)(M). Amounts made available to carry out this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to increase the supply of child care and to improve child care facilities. A State receiving a grant under subsection
(d)shall provide documentation of any State expenditures from grant funds received under subsection
(d)in accordance with section 658K(b), to the independent entity described in that section. A lead agency receiving a grant under subsection
(d)shall, not later than 12 months after receiving such grant, submit a report to the Secretary that includes, for the State involved, a description of each lead agency program of subgrants carried out to meet the objectives of this section, including— the number of eligible child care providers in operation at the start of the grant period, and the number of such providers 11 months later, disaggregated by age of children served, geographic region, and child care setting (including whether the provider was in a center-based or family child care setting); the number of child care slots, in the capacity of eligible child care providers given applicable group size limits and staff-to-child ratios, that were open for attendance of children at the start of the grant period and the number of such slots 11 months later, disaggregated by age of children served, geographic region, and child care setting (including whether the slot was in a center-based or family child care setting), and each priority population of children described in section 658E(c)(2)(M); the number and percentage of qualified child care providers that received a subgrant under subsection (f)(3), disaggregated by age of children served, geographic region, and child care setting (including whether the provider was in a center-based or family child care setting), and the average and range of the amounts of the subgrants awarded; and the number and percentage of qualified child care providers that received a subgrant under subsection (f)(4), disaggregated by age of children served, geographic region, and child care setting (including whether the provider was in a center-based or family child care setting), and the average and range of the amounts of the subgrants awarded; and information concerning how qualified child care providers receiving subgrants under subsection (f)(3) or (f)(4) used the subgrant funding received. The Secretary shall transmit annually to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives a report that provides national and State-level data for the information collected under subparagraph (A). No reference in part 1 to this subchapter shall be considered to refer to a provision of this part. .
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