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    "ocrText": "-14-\nwidely, depending on the number of children and marital status. It will have a far less\ndramatic impact than one might have expected. Because the credit is not refundable, it\nis useless for many families with incomes below $30,000. In addition, the alternative\nminimum tax diminishes the benefit for single taxpayers with incomes of approximately\n$30,000 or more.\nQuality Initiatives\nFinally, President Clinton has proposed a series of initiatives designed to\nimprove the quality of care for children. Included are:\nAn early learning fund.- providing challenge grants to States for distribution\nto communities to improve early learning and child care for children zero to\nfive. A wide range of activities are permitted, designed to improve the\ntraining and education of providers, help in meeting accreditation\nrequirements, establish better linkages to health professionals and permit\nsmaller child-to-staff ratios. A total of $3 billion over 5 years would be made\navailable to the fund.\nAn expansion of Head Start.-- investing $3.4 billion over five years to deliver\non the President's commitment to serving one million children by 2002, and to\ndouble the number of infants and toddlers in Early Head Start to 80,000.\nMore detail on this proposal will be available as part of the discussions on\nreauthorizing Head Start, later this year.\nFunds to improve licensing and enforce health and safety standards.--\nfunding State efforts, including increased unannounced inspections of child\ncare settings, and based, in part, on the military's model child care program.\nA total of $500 million over 5 years would be available for this purpose.\nSeparately, the President has already taken steps to facilitate background\nchecks on child care providers.\nScholarships and training for child care providers.-- investing $250\nmillion over 5 years to support 50,000 scholarships per year to students\nworking toward a child care credential.\nInvestments in research.-- totaling $150 million over 5 years to support data\ncollection, research and evaluation. This includes support for a National\nCenter on Child Care Statistics and a child care hotline that would help\nparents find appropriate quality child care for children.\nBetter after-school care.-- including an $800 million expansion of the 21st\nCentury Community Learning Center Program which provides start-up funds"
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