Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§9859e Use of funds

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 105— - COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II–C— - CHILD CARE SAFETY AND HEALTH GRANTS › § 9859e

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a State gets money under this program, it must spend it on at least two different activities from a list of nine. The options include training child care providers on health and injury prevention; improving, enforcing, or helping providers meet licensing or registration rules (including fixing facilities and doing more surprise inspections); giving health consultants; helping providers serve children with disabilities; running criminal background checks; giving parents safety information; and making child-transportation safer. The money must add to other federal, State, and local public funds used for these services. It cannot replace those other public funds.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §9859e

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)A State that receives an allotment under section 9859c of this title shall use the funds made available through the allotment to carry out two or more activities consisting of—

(1)providing training and education to eligible child care providers on preventing injuries and illnesses in children, and promoting health-related practices;

(2)strengthening licensing, regulation, or registration standards for eligible child care providers;

(3)assisting eligible child care providers in meeting licensing, regulation, or registration standards, including rehabilitating the facilities of the providers, in order to bring the facilities into compliance with the standards;

(4)enforcing licensing, regulation, or registration standards for eligible child care providers, including holding increased unannounced inspections of the facilities of those providers;

(5)providing health consultants to provide advice to eligible child care providers;

(6)assisting eligible child care providers in enhancing the ability of the providers to serve children with disabilities and infants and toddlers with disabilities;

(7)conducting criminal background checks for eligible child care providers and other individuals who have contact with children in the facilities of the providers;

(8)providing information to parents on what factors to consider in choosing a safe and healthy child care setting; or

(9)assisting in improving the safety of transportation practices for children enrolled in child care programs with eligible child care providers.

(b)Funds appropriated pursuant to the authority of this subchapter shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to provide services for eligible individuals.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 9859e

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73