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OCR Page 1 of 17CHILD CARE LEGISLATION -- 106th CONGRESS
1999
BILL
Funding Amount
Subsidies
Quality Activities
Other Targeted Child
Dependent Care Tax
Employer Incentives
Other Features
Care Activities
Credits (DCTC)
President's Child
$19.3 billion over 5
Provides an additional
Establishes a new Early
Expands the 21st Century
Invests $5 billion over 5
Includes approximately
Care Initiative
years (plus $182
$7.5 billion in
Learning Fund -- $3 billion
Community Learning
years in the DCTC,
$500 million over 5 years
million per year for
mandatory funding
over 5 years -- which provides
Center program by $2
increasing tax credits for
for tax credits to businesses
quality and research
over 5 years through
challenge grants to
billion over 5 years to
three million working
that provide child care
activities)
the CCDBG to
communities (distributed to
provide funds to school-
families with incomes below
services for their
increase the amount
states) to support programs that
community partnerships to
$60,000.
employees, building or
of child care subsidies
promote early learning and the
establish or expand the
expanding child care
available to working
quality and safety of child care
supply of afterschool care
Invests $1.3 billion over 5
facilities, operating existing
families. Will
for children ages zero to five.
for school-age children.
years in the DCTC for
facilities, training child care
increase the number
Funds may be used for a variety
parents who stay at home
workers, reserving slots for
of children served by
of activities.
with a child under age one,
employees at child care
1.15 million by FY
to benefit 1.7 million
facilities, or providing child
2004.
families. Families take
care resource and referral
advantage of the credit by
services to employees. The
assuming up to $500 of child
credit covers 25% of the
care expenses per year.
qualified costs (maximum
credit -- $150,000/year).
March 19, 1999 (2:40pm) -- HHS -- ASL
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