Bill > H4293

This bill aims to provide immediate child care assistance to homeless families. Specifically, it amends the state's General Laws to make families placed in temporary emergency assistance shelters, domestic violence shelters, substance abuse and recovery shelters, or non-emergency assistance shelters, and receiving TAFDC (Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children) assistance, eligible for the Department of Early Education and Care's homeless child care assistance vouchers. It also requires the Department of Transitional Assistance to provide a full-time child care referral to families receiving TAFDC assistance and living in any type of shelter, and stipulates that a letter verifying shelter residency will qualify a family for this referral. Additionally, the bill mandates that the initial voucher be written for no less than 12 months.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4293