Parental Workforce Training Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Parental Workforce Training Act creates a Labor Department child care grant program tied to employment and training. Within one year after enactment, the Secretary of Labor must competitively award grants to local workforce boards. Recipient boards provide funds to eligible individuals who have one or more dependent children and participate in an employment and training activity in the local area. The assistance must cover child care services as supportive services, and parents may use the child care provider of their choice so long as the provider complies with applicable State and local quality requirements and standards. The Secretary must report to Congress within one year after the first grant on the effect of the grants, including enrollment and completion rates in employment and training activities. The bill authorizes $10,000,000.
Who Benefits and How
Parents in workforce training benefit because child care costs can be covered while they participate in employment and training. Local workforce boards benefit from new competitive grant funding to add child care support to supportive services. Child care providers benefit when eligible parents can direct grant-funded assistance to a compliant provider of their choice. Workforce programs benefit if child care assistance improves enrollment and completion rates.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Labor Department must design the competition, award grants, and report outcomes to Congress. Local workforce boards must apply, administer payments, verify eligibility, and ensure provider compliance with State and local quality rules. Child care providers must meet applicable quality standards to receive funds. Federal taxpayers fund the $10,000,000 authorization.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes the Labor Secretary to award competitive child care grants to local workforce boards within one year.
- Provides assistance to parents with dependent children who are participating in employment and training activities.
- Allows parents to choose any child care provider that complies with State and local quality requirements.
- Requires a congressional report on enrollment and completion effects within one year after the first grant.
- Authorizes $10,000,000 to carry out the program.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorizes $10,000,000 for Labor Department competitive grants to local workforce boards that provide child care assistance to parents participating in employment and training activities, with provider choice, compliance with State and local quality rules, and a congressional outcomes report.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Child Care, Education, Social Services
Primary Purpose
Authorizes $10,000,000 for Labor Department competitive grants to local workforce boards that provide child care assistance to parents participating in employment and training activities, with provider choice, compliance with State and local quality rules, and a congressional outcomes report.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Parents in workforce training
- Local workforce boards
- Child care providers
- Employment training programs
- Congressional labor overseers
Identified Costs
- Labor Department grant administrators
- Local workforce board staff
- Child care compliance reviewers
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Menendez (for himself, Ms. Omar, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Simon, …
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
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