S. Res. 594 — Calling for Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (May 21, 2020)
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Senate resolution 594 of the 116th Congress, 2d Session, submitted in the Senate of the United States on May 21, 2020, by Loeffler with Ernst and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The resolution is titled as calling for the payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant program to be sufficient to cover losses experienced by child care providers due to the COVID–19 pandemic. Its recitals state that the Child Care and Development Block Grant program provided access to affordable child care each month to nearly 850,000 families. The closing clauses refer to maintenance grants for eligible child care providers to support paying costs associated with closures, or decreased attendance or enrollment, related to coronavirus.
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“S. Res. 594 — Calling for Payments to States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (May 21, 2020).”
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. RES. 594
Calling for the payments to States for the Child Care and Development
Block Grant program to be sufficient to cover losses experienced by
child care providers due to the COVID–19 pandemic.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 21, 2020
Mrs. LOEFFLER (for herself and Ms. ERNST) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions
RESOLUTION
Calling for the payments to States for the Child Care and
Development Block Grant program to be sufficient to
cover losses experienced by child care providers due to
the COVID–19 pandemic.
Whereas the COVID–19 pandemic has disrupted the child
care market and has resulted in decreased demand for
child care, closures of child care providers, and unemploy-
ment for parents;
Whereas before the pandemic, many working families faced
challenges of increasing costs of child care, and a lack of
access to child care, including a lack of access in child
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Whereas in the months before the pandemic, the Child Care
and Development Block Grant program provided access
to affordable child care each month to nearly 850,000
families, and over 1,400,000 children;
Whereas child care providers have lost significant income
from families who cannot pay and from reduced State re-
imbursements;
Whereas in March 2020, in a nationwide survey of child care
providers, 30 percent of the child care providers said they
would not withstand a closure of more than 2 weeks
without significant public investment and support, an ad-
ditional 17 percent of the child care providers said they
would not withstand a closure of any amount of time
without that investment and support, and only 11 per-
cent of the child care providers were confident they could
withstand a closure of an indeterminate length without
that investment and support;
Whereas child care providers that remain open are supporting
our Nation’s front line of defense by providing child care
for essential workers who are first responders, health
care, public transit, and grocery store workers, and work-
ers in essential industries, and who have an estimated
6,000,000 children under the age of 13 in need of emer-
gency care;
Whereas those providers are facing challenges of increased
costs for cleaning their facilities and providing a safe en-
vironment for children;
Whereas the CARES Act provided $3,500,000,000 for the
Child Care and Development Block Grant program and
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much-needed relief for families and businesses;
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Whereas an estimated additional $25,000,000,000 is still
needed for the Child Care and Development Block Grant
program to provide minimum sufficient funds to States,
ensuring that many child care providers remain open and
many others are able to reopen their facilities; and
Whereas the United States is beginning to recover and acces-
sible child care is crucial for working parents to return
to work: Now, therefore, be it
1 Resolved, That the Senate calls for—
2 (1) significant funds, in addition to the amount
3 provided under the CARES Act (Public Law 116–
4 136), to be made available through payments to
5 States for the Child Care and Development Block
6 Grant program; and
7 (2) those funds to be used for the purposes of
8 making maintenance grants for eligible child care
9 providers under the Child Care and Development
10 Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.)—
11 (A) to support the providers in paying
12 costs associated with closures, or decreased at-
13 tendance or enrollment, related to coronavirus;
14 and
15 (B) to assure the providers are able to re-
16 main open or reopen as appropriate.
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