Senate Bill 133
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 28, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
133
Congress
117
Policy Area
Families
Families
Primary focus of measure is child and family welfare, services, and relationships; marriage and family status; domestic violence and child abuse. Measures concerning public assistance programs or aging may fall under Social Welfare policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide states and tribal entities with grants to increase access to licensed child care services.
The grants may be used to develop and expand the child care workforce or child care facilities in locations with insufficient available child care. Specifically, grants cover 50% of the cost of programs to support the education and training of caregivers or projects to build, expand, or renovate child care facilities in these areas.
January 28, 2021
01/28/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
01/28/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:47:31 PM