Sec. 626. RECALCULATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PROVIDERS OF CHILD CARE SERVICES AND YOUTH PROGRAM SERVICES FOR DEPENDENTS

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## SEC. 626 RECALCULATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PROVIDERS OF CHILD CARE SERVICES AND YOUTH PROGRAM SERVICES FOR DEPENDENTS ###

(a)In General Not later than July 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall develop a method by which to determine and implement appropriate amounts of financial assistance under section 1798 of title 10, United States Code. In such development, the Secretary shall take into consideration the following: ####

(1)Grades of members of the Armed Forces. ####

(2)The cost of living in an applicable locale. ####

(3)Whether a military installation has a military child development center, including any wait list length. ####

(4)Whether a military child development center has vacant child care employee positions. ####

(5)The capacity of licensed civilian child care providers in an applicable locale. ####

(6)The average cost of licensed civilian child care services available in an applicable locale. ####

(7)The sufficiency of the stipend furnished by the Secretary to members of the Armed Forces for civilian child care. ###

(b)Report Not later than August 1, 2021, the Secretary shall submit a report the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the method developed under this section. ###

(c)Definitions In this section, the terms “child care employee” and “military child development center” have the meanings given those terms in section 1800 of title 10, United States Code.