Child Care Infrastructure Support: Safety and Accessibility
This act aims to improve the safety and quality of child care facilities across the United States. It provides grants to states and organizations to help build, renovate, and improve daycare centers and preschools. This is intended to increase access to child care, especially for low-income families and in rural areas, and to ensure fair wages for construction workers.
Key points
Grants for building and renovating child care facilities, including home-based ones.
Prioritized support for facilities serving low-income families, young children, and those operating non-traditional hours or in rural areas.
Requirement for fair wages for construction workers involved in projects funded by these grants.
Conducting a needs assessment of child care facilities nationwide to better understand their condition and requirements.
Introduced
Citizen Poll