Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act

This bill changes the federal Health Profession Opportunity Grant program, which funds projects that train people for jobs in health care. Each funded project would have to test participants' basic skills and provide basic skills or English language education when needed to enter and finish training. Each project would also have to make sure child care is available and affordable for participants, such as by helping them enroll in subsidized child care, paying a provider directly, or covering co-payments. Projects could also help participants complete high school equivalency or adult basic education courses. The changes would take effect on October 1, 2025.

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