Create a new HHS-administered grant program to help child care providers in small and rural communities upgrade or build facilities and improve services.

Today Congressman Chris Pappas introduced the Rural Child Care Access Act, legislation to help child care providers serving small and rural areas upgrade existing or construct new facilities and strengthen services by creating a new grant program administered by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Pappas says his legislation would establish a federal grant program for rural child care providers to improve facilities and services.

Pappas Introduces the Rural Child Care Access Act | Congressman Chris Pappas
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Last week he introduced the Rural Child Care Access Act, legislation to help child care providers serving small and rural areas upgrade existing facilities or construct new ones and strengthen services by creating a new grant program administered by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Pappas says he introduced legislation to create an HHS grant program for rural child care providers to improve facilities and services.

Pappas Backs Bills to Improve and Strengthen Child Care | Congressman Chris Pappas
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The bill text provides for HHS-administered child care facility grants that can be used by state or tribal entities to construct, expand, or renovate facilities of eligible child care providers, including in child care deserts.

The source describes a bill establishing HHS-administered grants for child care facilities, including construction, expansion, and renovation.

Text - H.R.9068 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2024
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The bill text creates a "Child care Facilities Grant Program" and says the Secretary will establish it to support improvement, renovation, and construction of child care facilities.

Creates a federal child care facilities grant program for improvement, renovation, construction, and planning grants, with priority for rural or underserved areas.

Text - H.R.9901 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Child Care for America Act of 2024
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H.R.581 - Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025

Chris Pappas reintroduced a bill to establish a child care workforce and facilities program, indicating a commitment to create federal support for child care providers.

All Information (Except Text) for H.R.581 - Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025
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The bill text creates a "Child care Facilities Grant Program" and says the Secretary will establish it to support improvement, renovation, and construction of child care facilities. The eligibility/prioritization language includes facilities in rural areas or places without enough child care options, and the funding can be used for renovation, construction, and planning grants.

This is the clearest official evidence that Pappas advanced the core policy concept: an HHS-administered facilities grant program with explicit rural prioritization. It shows introduction of the proposal, not enactment or implementation.

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Text - H.R.9901 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Child Care for America Act of 2024
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The bill text provides for HHS-administered child care facility grants that can be used by state or tribal entities to construct, expand, or renovate facilities of eligible child care providers, including in child care deserts.

This is a closely related companion effort showing serious concrete legislative action toward facility funding for underserved and rural child care markets. It supports effort, but not delivery of the exact requested program as law or a live agency program.

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Text - H.R.9068 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2024
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The official bill page shows the 119th Congress reintroduction on 01/21/2025, referral to the House Committee on Education and Workforce, and no subsequent enactment in the page's actions overview as of the captured record.

This shows continued legislative pursuit into a later term, but still only at the introduction/committee stage in the available official record. That indicates the promised policy remained unresolved, not delivered.

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All Information (Except Text) for H.R.581 - Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025
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