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OCR Page 1 of 122-03-1998 48PM
FROM MARY BOURDETTE 96905750
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Summary of Dodd Child Care Bill
Total investment of approximately $30 billion over 5 years.
Improving the Affordability of Child Care - Provide an additional $7.5 billion in mandatory
funding over 5 years through the Child Care and Development Block Grant to Increase the
amount of child care subsidies available to working families. This investment will double the
number of children served by the block grant to 2 million by 2003.
Enhancing the Quality of Child Care and Early Childhood Development - Provide $3
billion in mandatory funding over 5 years through the block grant to encourage states to
invest in activities known to produce significant improvements in the quality of child care and
early childhood development, such as the following:
Bringing provider-child ratios to standards recommended by nationally-recognized
child care accrediting bodies.
Improving the enforcement of licensing standards, including the use of unannounced
inspections of child care providers
Conducting background checks on child care providers
Providing increased payment rates for child care services for infants and for children
with special health care needs
Providing increased payment rates for child care services offered by licensed or
accredited providers.
Improving the compensation of child care providers
Assisting child care providers in become licensed or accredited.
Expanding activities to educate parents on the availability and quality of child care,
including the development and operation of resource and referral systems
Creating support networks for family child care providers
Establishing linkages between child care services and health care services
Offering training and education to child care providers, including offering scholarship
and tax credits to assist with the expenses of obtaining such training and education
Providing family support and parent education
Ensuring the availability and quality of child care for children with special health care
needs.
Increasing the Availability and Quality School-age Child Care
Provide $3 billion in mandatory funds over 5 years through the block grant to increase
the supply and quality of school-age care. Also, increase the age of children eligible
to be served with block grant funds to 15 from 13 years old.
Through the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, provide $1 billion/5 years to
encourage schools to create before and after-school programs.
Allow schools to use the National School Lunch Program to provide nutritious meals or
snacks to children in afterschool programs.
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