Extend the “Child Care In Your Home” Pilot Program that provides financial assistance for service members in Hawaiʻi who hire a nanny or other in-home child care provider, helping to address long waitlists for child care.
Extend the Child Care In Your Home pilot program that provides financial assistance for service members who hire in-home child care providers.
Occurrences
A 3.8 percent pay increase for military personnel, extending the “Child Care In Your Home” Pilot Program, and creating a new initiative to provide TRICARE coverage of obstetrical and gynecological care without the need for a referral.
Evidence
Tokuda's June 5 NDAA release says she helped advance H.R. 8800 for FY2027 and lists the provisions she secured: faster disaster response, barracks maintenance, local food procurement, patient chaperones at military clinics, anti-trafficking contracting rules, missing-service-member notice timing, behavioral-health programs, JROTC pay, burial benefits, and extreme-weather reporting.
Tokuda's campaign issues page says the high cost of childcare is a barrier and that she supports bills expanding affordable childcare options for families.
Assessments
The evidence shows Tokuda working on the annual defense bill and supporting general childcare affordability, but it does not document that she secured or materially advanced an extension of the Child Care In Your Home pilot program. Without a specific enactment or a clear failed attempt tied to this exact program, the claim cannot be marked delivered or never with confidence.