Child care development fund.
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Official record
Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit> Bill No.: HB0025 Drafter: JWL LSO No.: 10LSO-0047 Effective Date: 7/1/2010 Enrolled Act No.: HEA0022 Chapter No.: 31 Prime Sponsor: Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee Catch Title: Child care development fund. Subject: Establishes a formula for parents' copayments in the Child Care and Development Block Grant program Summary/Major Elements: The Department of Family Services administers the child care and development fund, as part of a state public assistance plan approved by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The child care and development fund provides child care assistance to low income families, in order to enable a parent(s) to maintain employment. This act: o Creates a sliding scale formula for the calculation of eligible parents' hourly child care copayment; o Authorizes the Department to increase formula copayments if funding appears inadequate for the biennium; o Authorizes expenditure of funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to complete an electronic benefit transfer system, and to make grants to child care facilities for materials and supplies. Comments: Report required from DFS to Joint Labor Committee if Department determines the copayment formula should be adjusted.
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Why they voted this way
The speaker explains that the bill addresses concerns about child care subsidy formulas for low-income working families and students, aiming to create a more rational strategy to help these families achieve independence.
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Adopted Committee of the Whole by LANDON
Adopted Standing Committee by H10
Adopted Standing Committee by SCOTT