Expand Pentagon child care assistance by allowing more providers to participate, creating worker preclearance, and tracking child care capacity and needs department-wide.

Ernst championed her HERO Child Care for Military Families Act, which cuts through red tape, increases child care availability, and reduces hiring delays. The HERO Act expands access to Pentagon child care assistance by allowing more providers to participate... establishes a preclearance system... Finally, it creates a department-wide data system to track child care capacity, waitlists, vacancies, and unmet needs.

Ernst promoted her HERO Act provisions in the FY2027 NDAA to expand military family child care access, speed hiring, and track shortages.

Ernst Increases Access to Child Care for Military Families and Transparency for Defense Spending
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