Rise Up for Child Care Act of 2026

This bill changes the federal child care funding program under the Social Security Act. States receiving these funds would have to guarantee child care services to people receiving assistance under the state welfare program and to former recipients for up to 24 months after leaving the program. It removes the fixed yearly funding amount and state funding caps, replacing them with "such sums as are necessary" each year. It sets a 75 percent federal matching rate for state spending that supplements wages and benefits of home-based child care workers. It also directs a federal study of that change, with reports to Congress and $20 million per year in funding.

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Sponsors

• Gwen Moore Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors