HR 7027 · 116th Congress · Families
Child Care Is Essential Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.(2020-07-30)
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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.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 7027, Child Care is Essential Act
Jul 17, 2020As posted on the House Rules Committee website (Rules Committee Print 116-58 https://rules.house.gov/bill/116/hr-7027)
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
20 Democrats