U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10614: Providing Child Care for Firefighters and EMS Act
Status: In committee, September 24, 2026
To establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of emergency services personnel to accommodate the shift work and nontraditional work hours of such personnel, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such personnel.
What the bill says
To establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of emergency services personnel to accommodate the shift work and nontraditional work hours of such personnel, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such personnel.
From the introduced text, September 24, 2026:
A BILL To establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of emergency services personnel to accommodate the shift work and nontraditional work hours of such personnel, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such personnel. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Providing Child Care for Firefighters and EMS Act . SECTION 2. Child care grant program to support emergency services personnel (a) Establishment The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families, shall establish a program to award grants to lead agencies, on a competitive basis, to assist lead agencies in providing funds to encourage the establishment and operation of child care programs to provide child care services for the minor children of emergency services personnel during the shift work and nontraditional work hours of such personnel. (b) Application To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a lead agency shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including an assurance that the funds required under subsection (e) will be provided. (c) Period of grant The Secretary shall award a grant under this section for a period of 3 years. …
Sponsors
- Eugene Vindman (D, HD-007) · primary sponsor
- Donald Davis (D, HD-001)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Families
Common questions
- What is HB10614?
- HB10614 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Providing Child Care for Firefighters and EMS Act.
- What does HB10614 do?
- In its own words: To establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of emergency services personnel to accommodate the shift work and nontraditional work hours of such personnel, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such personnel.
- What is the status of HB10614?
- In committee as of September 24, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (September 24, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10614?
- Eugene Vindman (D, HD-007), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB10614?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10614
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