Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025

House Bill

H.R. 581

119th Congress

Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Feb 25, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Darren Soto

Representative

Democratic

FL-9

Cosponsors

2

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Families

Summary

This bill provides HHS grants to states and tribal entities to increase licensed child care access. Grants cover 50 percent of costs for workforce development programs and facilities construction, expansion, or renovation in areas with insufficient child care availability.

Latest Action

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

AI Summary

Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill provides HHS grants to states and tribal entities to increase licensed child care access. Grants cover 50 percent of costs for workforce development programs and facilities construction, expansion, or renovation in areas with insufficient child care availability.

Last updated: 1/5/2026

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide states and tribal entities with grants to increase access to licensed child care services. The grants may be used to develop and expand the child care workforce or child care facilities in locations with insufficient available child care. Specifically, grants cover 50% of the cost of programs to support the education and training of caregivers or projects to build, expand, or renovate child care facilities in these areas.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Provides grants to expand licensed child care access
Covers 50 percent of workforce development costs
Funds child care facility construction and renovation
Targets areas with insufficient child care
Available to states and tribal entities

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

Communities with child care shortages would receive federal support for training caregivers and building facilities. Parents could have better access to licensed care as workforce and capacity expand.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Families

Related Subjects

Child care and development

Congressional oversight

Education programs funding

Higher education

Indian social and development programs

Student aid and college costs

Teaching, teachers, curricula

Vocational and technical education

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

581, 119th Congress (2025). "Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-581