An Act to Amend Title 31 of the Delaware Code Relating to Child Care Assistance.
It became law on Mar 29, 2018.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 7
- Latest action
- Mar 29, 2018
What it does
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 mandated that states allow families that receive child care assistance to continue receiving that assistance for at least 90 days after losing their job provided they are seeking employment during that time. The federal law did not expressly stipulate that states must allow families to qualify for and begin receiving assistance so that they could search for a job, however 14 states have enacted policies to expand eligibility to those families. This legislation codifies the federal intent that families be eligible to continue receiving assistance for 90 non-consecutive days in a year, and extends that eligibility to families who want to…
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This bill passed and is now law.
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Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Delaware.