Child Care Scholarship Program - Freeze in Enrollment - Exceptions and Waitlist

Summary

The bill stops the Department of Education from applying a blanket freeze on new participants in the Child Care Scholarship Program to families receiving cash assistance, Social Security, siblings of enrolled children, recently unemployed workers, government employees furloughed by a shutdown, and child‑care staff. It also requires the department to set up a waitlist and give those exempt groups priority placement, and to gather additional information on new applications. The goal is to keep child‑care subsidies available to those who need them most.

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