Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025
- Bill Number
- S. 169
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Congress
- 119th Congress, Session 1
- Policy Area
- Families
- Status
- Introduced
- Latest Action
- 2025-01-21: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Last Updated
- 2025-12-05T21:53:15Z
Official Summary
Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide states and tribal entities with grants to increase access to licensed child care services.
The grants may be used to develop and expand the child care workforce or child care facilities in locations with insufficient available child care. Specifically, grants cover 50% of the cost of programs to support the education and training of caregivers or projects to build, expand, or renovate child care facilities in these areas.
Sponsor
Cosponsors (7)
Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Recent Actions
- 2025-01-21: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2025-01-21: Introduced in Senate
Bill Versions
- Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025 — issued 2025-01-21 — PDF (15 pages)