Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Latest action
- Sep 16, 2025
What it does
The Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act would amend the Health Profession Opportunity Grant program under the Social Security Act to require demonstration projects to provide foundational educational support—such as English language proficiency and adult basic skills training—and guarantee access to affordable child care for participants. It affects individuals seeking to enter health profession training programs who need basic skills remediation or child care assistance to enroll, persist, and complete their education. The bill mandates specific services including skill assessments, partner networks for pre-training, ongoing skill support, and child care assistance…
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Where it stands
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Who is involved
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Where it goes next
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