Bill > S848

This bill, the Preparing and Resourcing Our Student Parents and Early Childhood Teachers Act (or the PROSPECT Act), aims to expand access to affordable, high-quality infant and toddler child care for students at community colleges and minority-serving institutions. It authorizes $9 billion in funding over 5 years to establish competitive grants that would enable these institutions to become hubs for infant and toddler child care, grow the pipeline of early childhood educators, and provide training and support to local child care providers. The bill also seeks to increase federal matching payments for child care assistance for infants and toddlers, and requires more outreach to inform students about the dependent care allowance for financial aid.