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Rise Up for Child Care Act of 2026
To increase child care supply availability and affordability and invest in home based child care, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Guarantees that states provide child care services to recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and former recipients for up to 24 months after leaving the program.
- Eliminates state caps on federal child care funding allocations under TANF child care provisions.
- Converts federal child care funding to an open-ended entitlement, removing fixed appropriation limits and requiring funding of "such sums as are necessary."
- Establishes a 75 percent federal matching rate for state expenditures to supplement wages and benefits for home-based child care providers.
- Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct research on the effects of wage and benefits supplementation for home-based child care providers.
- Appropriates twenty million dollars annually for research on home-based child care provider wage and benefit supplementation.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI)
Actions (2)
- Jul 30, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Jul 30, 2026 Introduced in House
Text versions (1)
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 30, 2026
Ms. Moore of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To increase child care supply availability and affordability and invest in home based child care, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Rise Up for Child Care Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. CHILD CARE ENTITLEMENT.
(a) Replacement of Requirement That Portion of Funds Be Used for Certain Populations, With Child Care Guarantee.—
(1) In general.—Section 418(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
“(2) Child care guarantee for certain populations.—As a condition of receiving funds under this section, a State shall guarantee the provision of child care services to—
“(A) each recipient of assistance under the State program funded under this part or under a State program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)); and
“(B) each individual who is a former recipient of assistance under such a program, for any portion of the 24-month period beginning with the date the individual left the program involved.”.
(2) Conforming amendment.—Section 418(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 618(c)) is amended by inserting “except to the extent that such a requirement or limitation would interfere with the provision of child care services required by subsection
(b)(2)” before the period.
(b) Elimination of State Caps.—Section 418(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (D) and redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and
(B) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), by striking “the lesser of the State’s allotment under subparagraph (B) or”; and
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking “(2)(C)” and inserting
“(2)(B)”.
(c) Open-Ended Entitlement.—Section 418(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “Subject to the amount appropriated under paragraph (3), each” and inserting “Each”; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking “$3,550,000,000” and all that follows and inserting “such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each fiscal year.”.
(d) Home-Based Child Care Investments.—
(1) Separate matching rate for expenditures to supplement wages and benefits for home-based child care providers.— Section 418(a)(2)(B) of such Act, as so redesignated by subsection (b)(1)(A) of this section, is amended by inserting “, except that, with respect to the excess expenditures that are made to carry out a State plan to supplement the wages and benefits of persons working for a child care provider in a home-based child care setting, that percentage shall be 75 percent” before the period.
(2) Study.—
(A) In general.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this paragraph referred to as the “Secretary”) shall direct the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families to study the effects of the amendment made by paragraph (1), and conduct research and maintain a research portfolio with respect to the effects.
(B) Personnel involved.—In employing and retaining career civil servants for the conduct and maintenance of the research portfolio, the Secretary shall give priority to persons with any of the following characteristics:
(i) Prior work experience at the Department of Health and Human Services.
(ii) Prior experience working on or evaluating discretionary grant programs.
(iii) Prior experience administering Federal grants, child care programs, or means- tested public assistance programs.
(C) Report to congress.—During each Congress, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on the results of the study required by subparagraph (A).
(D) Funding.—Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated $20,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out this paragraph. <all>
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