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Title II — Child Care and Development Block Grant Program

S. 3168 · 116th Congress · Jan 8, 2020 · Lineage

II Child Care and Development Block Grant Program

Sec. 201 Eligibility

(a)
In general— Section 658P(4)(C)(i) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n(4)(C)(i)) is amended by striking “job training or educational program” and inserting “job training or educational program (which may be a program of study at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), a program of secondary education, or a program of study leading to the recognized equivalent of a secondary school diploma)”.
(b)
Plan requirements— Section 658E(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(W) Eligibility standards—The plan shall contain an assurance that the State will not use any requirement for the eligibility of a child under this subchapter that is more restrictive than the requirements of (including regulations issued under) this subchapter, such as a family income standard, or a work, training, or education standard, that is more restrictive than the standards specified in section 658P(4).”

Sec. 202 Conforming amendments

Section 658H(c) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858f(c)) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “or a child care center covered by section 123(b) of the Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Childhood Teachers Act” before “if such”; and
(2)
in paragraph (2), by inserting “, including a child care center covered by section 123(b) of the Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Childhood Teachers Act,” before “shall be ineligible”.

Sec. 203 Increased Federal matching payments for child care

Section 418(a)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(2)(C)) is amended to read as follows:

“(C) Federal matching of state expenditures—The Secretary shall pay to each eligible State for a fiscal year an amount equal to the lesser of—

“(i) the State's allotment under subparagraph (B); or

“(ii) the sum of—

“(I) in the case of a State that provides payments for child care assistance for infants and toddlers (within the meaning of section 658G of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990) at not less than 75 percent of the market rates, based on the most recent market rate survey conducted under section 658E(c)(4)(B), taking into account the geographic area, type of child care, and age of the child, 90 percent of the State's expenditures for such assistance; and

“(II) the amount equal to the Federal medical assistance percentage that applies to the State for the fiscal year under section 1905(b) (without regard to any adjustments to such percentage applicable under that section or any other provision of law) of so much of the State's expenditures for child care in that fiscal year for children other than infants and toddlers.”