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H.R.7027 - Child Care Is Essential Act116th Congress (2019-2020)

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Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (Introduced 05/27/2020)
Committees: House - Appropriations; Budget | Senate - Appropriations
Committee Prints: H.Prt. 116-58
Latest Action: Senate - 07/30/2020 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.  (All Actions)

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Passed House (07/29/2020)

Child Care Is Essential Act

This bill establishes and provides $50 billion in appropriations for the Child Care Stabilization Fund to award grants to child care providers during and after the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

The bill establishes the fund within the existing Department of Health and Human Services Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program, and the grants must be administered by the existing CCDBG lead agencies of states, tribes, or territories.

Child care providers that are currently open or temporarily closed due to COVID-19 are eligible to receive grant awards, which are based on the provider's operating costs before the COVID-19 public health emergency and adjusted to account for the increased costs of providing child care as a result of COVID-19.