Introducing the Child Care Choices Act
I introduced my first bill as a Member of Congress this week, the Child Care Choices Act. The legislation prioritizes parental choice and open the doors for more home-, family-, and faith-based child care options and is aimed at easing the child care shortage felt by many families.
The Child Care Choices Act would reform the Child Care Development Block Grant by directing states to prioritize direct child care assistance payments to families in the form of vouchers. In an effort to limit potential bias against certain types of child care providers and bring additional price transparency to families, the legislation would require states to detail how payment rates to providers are set. While states would retain the ability to differentiate payment rates, the Child Care Choices Act would prohibit them from doing so based solely on whether a provider is home-, family-, or faith-based.
It is imperative that working families have access to affordable child care options in their own communities. |