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PUBLIC LAW 113-186-NOV. 19, 2014 128 STAT. 1971
Public Law 113-186
113th Congress
An Act
To reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act Nov. 19, 2014
of 1990, and for other purposes. [S. 1086]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, Child Care and
Development
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Block Grant Act
This Act may be cited as the Child Care and Development of 2014.
42 USC 9801
Block Grant Act of 2014. note.
SEC. 2. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSES. 42 USC 9858
Section 658A of the Child Care and Development Block Grant note.
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9801 note) is amended to read as follows:
SEC. 658A. SHORT TITLE AND PURPOSES.
(a) SHORT TITLE.-This subchapter may be cited as the 'Child
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990'.
(b) PURPOSES.-The purposes of this subchapter are-
(1) to allow each State maximum flexibility in developing
child care programs and policies that best suit the needs of
children and parents within that State;
(2) to promote parental choice to empower working parents
to make their own decisions regarding the child care services
that best suit their family's needs;
(3) to encourage States to provide consumer education
information to help parents make informed choices about child
care services and to promote involvement by parents and family
members in the development of their children in child care
settings;
(4) to assist States in delivering high-quality, coordinated
early childhood care and education services to maximize par-
ents' options and support parents trying to achieve independ-
ence from public assistance;
(5) to assist States in improving the overall quality of
child care services and programs by implementing the health,
safety, licensing, training, and oversight standards established
in this subchapter and in State law (including State regula-
tions);
(6) to improve child care and development of participating
children; and
(7) to increase the number and percentage of low-income
children in high-quality child care settings..
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 658B of the Child Care and Development Block Grant
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended by striking subchapter](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.statute/statspl0008&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)