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119-hr-5375119th CongressWALLET

Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act

Sponsored By: Representative Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]

Introduced

Summary

Guarantees foundational education and childcare supports for people training for health jobs. The bill would require Health Profession Opportunity Grant demonstration projects to provide adult basic skills supports and affordable childcare and would take effect October 1, 2025.

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  • Families with children: Projects must ensure childcare is available and affordable by referring participants to subsidized programs, paying providers directly when slots are not available, and covering co-payments or fees.
  • Low-skilled adults and trainees: Projects would assess basic skills and provide adult basic education, English-language help, and ongoing skill maintenance so participants can enroll in and complete postsecondary health training. Projects may also help participants finish high school equivalency or adult education.
  • Program operators: HPOG demonstrations would be required to build partner networks for pre-training activities, embed adult skills support into career coaching, and add the childcare and education services described above.

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Child care and basic skills for health trainees

This bill would add supports to health job training projects funded under the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG) program. Grantees would have to make child care available and affordable for participants. They could refer and help enroll participants in subsidized care, pay a provider if no subsidized slot is available or reasonably accessible, and cover co-pays and fees. Grantees would also have to assess adult basic skills for lower-skilled participants and provide help before training, while enrolled, and after graduation through coaching and mentoring. Projects could also help with high school equivalency or adult basic education if needed. These requirements would start October 1, 2025.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]

CA • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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