Sec. 201. Purposes
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The purposes of this title are to make child care services more accessible for families and to support the stability and quality of eligible child care providers by— promoting the stability of the child care sector by providing a source of stable funding to eligible child care providers to help offset their operating expenses; supporting sustained and increased wages for early childhood educators or other staff of eligible child care providers, in order to stabilize and grow the child care workforce; expanding the supply and capacity of eligible child care providers to ensure working families have a range of high-quality, affordable child care options, in a variety of settings, that meet their unique needs; and supporting access to child care services for communities facing a particular shortage of child care options, including child care services for infants and toddlers, child care services during nontraditional or extended hours, and inclusive child care services for children with disabilities.