Child Care Workforce Act
Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 6
- Latest action
- Mar 19, 2026
What it does
The Child Care Workforce Act would establish a pilot program to provide competitive grants to states, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations to supplement the wages of eligible child care workers, with the goal of attracting and retaining workers, improving their well-being, enhancing child care quality, and increasing access to affordable care. Grants must be used primarily to provide quarterly wage supplements to low-wage child care workers, with up to 10% allowed for administrative costs, and recipients must submit plans detailing how funds will be targeted to high-need areas and how impacts will be measured. The Secretary of Health and Human Services would evaluate the program and…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.