S. 4130 · 118th Congress
Expanding Access to Child Care for Military Families Act of 2024
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Expanding Access to Child Care for Military Families Act of 2024
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 16, 2024
Expanding Access to Child Care for Military Families Act of 2024
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to direct the military departments to implement a pilot program to improve the access of members of the Armed Forces and their families to high quality early child care opportunities. Under the pilot program, the military departments must establish partnerships with 12 child care providers to (1) increase the capacity of the providers, (2) improve early child care workforce development, and (3) increase recruitment and retention of employees for eligible child care providers.
Child care providers under the program may not reduce early child care slots for nonmilitary families after entering into the partnership or enter into the construction of new child care facilities.
DOD must direct the military departments to provide annual briefings to Congress on the implementation of the pilot program.
The Government Accountability Office must submit an interim and a final report on the progress and results of the pilot program.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Expanding Access to Child Care for Military Families Act of 2024
Latest action (Apr 16, 2024): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 16, 2024
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.