H.R. 5000: Working Families Child Care Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-06-26 · Families · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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Where it came from: introduced 2014-06-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Working Families Child Care Act of 2014

Plain summary

Working Families Child Care Act of 2014 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to create a supplemental state entitlement for child care assistance for families with infants or toddlers under age three. Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to enable eligible states (including Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) to improve the quality of care for infants and toddlers, especially those from low-income families. Authorizes the use of grant funds to: (1) make grants to organizations with expertise in providing child care and related technical assistance, to establish new staffed family child care networks or to operate existing staffed family child care networks or systems that offer, to eligible infant and toddler care providers, technical assistance, training, administrative support, or direct services including monitoring visits to providers; (2) support a statewide network of infant and toddler care specialists; and (3) support initiatives to improve the quality of the provider workforce. Allows the use of such funds also to: (1) develop infant and toddler components for the state's Quality Rating and Improvement System or a similar rating system, child care licensing regulations, or voluntary early learning guidelines; (2) improve the ability of parents to obtain information about high-quality infant and toddler care; or (3) assist eligible infant and toddler care providers seeking to increase their ranking on the state's Quality Rating and Improvement System or similar rating system, meet performance standards applicable to an Early Head Start agency, or become accredited by a national accrediting body.

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Working Families Child Care Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] · 72 cosponsors

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Gwen Moore (D-WI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Judy Chu (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA) and 12 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] reported raising $2.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr5000.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr5000 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113