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§9858r Studies on waiting lists

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 105— - COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II–B— - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT › § 9858r

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Comptroller General must study, for each State, how many families can get help under the Child Care and Development Block Grant, how many have applied (noting the kind of help), and how many are on waiting lists. The Comptroller General must send a report with the results to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the House Education and the Workforce Committee by 2 years after November 19, 2014, and every 2 years after that. "State" means the term as defined in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.

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Title 42, §9858r

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(a)The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct studies to determine, for each State, the number of families that—
(1)are eligible to receive assistance under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 [42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.];
(2)have applied for the assistance, identified by the type of assistance requested; and
(3)have been placed on a waiting list for the assistance.
(b)The Comptroller General shall prepare a report containing the results of each study and shall submit the report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives—
(1)not later than 2 years after November 19, 2014; and
(2)every 2 years thereafter.
(c)In this section, the term “State” has the meaning given the term in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n).

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The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is subchapter C (§ 658A et seq.) of chapter 8 of subtitle A of title VI of Pub. L. 97–35, as added by Pub. L. 101–508, title V, § 5082(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–236, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 9857(a) of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014, and not as part of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, which comprises this subchapter.

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42 U.S.C. § 9858r

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

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Apr 6, 2026

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