Will push legislation to make child care more affordable and accessible for working families by strengthening the child care workforce.

Shaheen, King, Klobuchar Push Legislation to Make Child Care More Affordable for Working Families; Senators’ legislation seeks to strengthen the child care workforce to make services more accessible for working families.

Shaheen joined senators in pushing legislation intended to make child care more affordable and accessible for working families by strengthening the child care workforce.

Shaheen, King, Klobuchar Push Legislation to Make Child Care More Affordable for Working Families
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Congress.gov records H.R.1319 as Public Law No. 117-2 and summarizes sections 2201 and 2202 as additional funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant and grants to child care agencies and providers for personnel costs, facility costs, PPE, and related costs.

A child care funding bill became law in Shaheen's 2021-2027 Senate term, including funds usable for child care assistance and provider personnel costs, which is concrete delivery toward affordability, access, and workforce stability.

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H.R.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
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The Senate roll call for H.R.1319 shows the bill passed 50-49 on March 6, 2021, and lists Shaheen (D-NH) as voting Yea.

Shaheen voted for the American Rescue Plan Act, the enacted vehicle that included child care assistance and provider stabilization funding.

delivered same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117th Congress, Vote 110
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Congress.gov lists Sen. Shaheen as an original cosponsor of S.1354, the Child Care for Working Families Act, on April 27, 2023. The bill was referred to the Senate HELP Committee and did not advance beyond introduction in the 118th Congress.

Shaheen took concrete legislative action by original-cosponsoring a comprehensive child care affordability and workforce bill, though that bill itself remained unresolved.

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Cosponsors - S.1354 - Child Care for Working Families Act
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The bill text would cap family child care copayments at 7 percent of family income, require payment rates sufficient to provide living wages for child care staff, support training and professional development for the early childhood workforce, and support sustained and increased wages to stabilize and grow the child care workforce.

The bill Shaheen cosponsored directly matches the commitment's substance: affordability, access, and strengthening the child care workforce through wages and professional development.

delivered same_term A for effort

Text - S.1354 - Child Care for Working Families Act
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Congress.gov lists Sen. Shaheen as an original cosponsor of S.2777, the Child Care Stabilization Act, on September 13, 2023. The bill was referred to the Senate HELP Committee and remained at introduced status.

Shaheen also backed follow-on child care stabilization legislation aimed at supporting providers, including workforce-related costs, but that measure was not enacted.

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Cosponsors - S.2777 - Child Care Stabilization Act
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The CRS summary says S.2777 would provide additional funding through FY2028 for child care stabilization grants, with subgrants to child care providers for personnel costs, facility costs, PPE, and other costs related to providing child care services.

The underlying bill Shaheen cosponsored would strengthen child care providers through personnel-cost funding, supporting the workforce component of the commitment, although it was not enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

S.2777 - Child Care Stabilization Act
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