119th Congress
S. 169
Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Amy Klobuchar(D-MN)
- Introduced
- Jan 21, 2025
- Policy area
- Families
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (7)
Original cosponsors (6)
- Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Added later (1)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) · Feb 11, 2025
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jan 21, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. - Jan 21, 2025
Introduced in Senate