# 119-s-1411: PROSPECT Act

119-s-1411, PROSPECT Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1411
- Congress: 119
- Title: PROSPECT Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Families
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would create a federal grant program to expand free infant and toddler care for student parents and build educator career pipelines across community colleges and minority-serving institutions.** It focuses on boosting access in child care deserts and diversifying the early childhood workforce.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Changes to child-care block grant rules: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would change Child Care and Development Block Grant rules in several ways. It would let parents in college, secondary education, or high school equivalency programs qualify as in an "educational program." States would have to promise not to impose stricter child care eligibilit…
- Free on-campus care for student parents: benefit, high. If enacted, access grants could pay for free infant and toddler care for community college and MSI student parents at on-campus centers, licensed off-campus centers, or registered home providers. On-campus centers supported must be state licensed, meet high-quality standards, give priority to stude…
- Grants to grow child care supply: benefit, high. If enacted, impact grants could help create new licensed infant and toddler child care slots and improve quality. Grants could pay for technical help, family child care networks, licensure costs, trainer pay, and microgrants to licensed providers or qualified professionals to open or expand program…
- New federal grants and rules: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would create a new competitive federal grant program for community colleges and minority-serving schools to expand infant and toddler care. The program would be authorized about $9 billion for fiscal years 2026–2030. Grants would usually run four years, with planning grants for…
- Support to build educator pipelines: benefit, medium. If enacted, pipeline grants could fund associate degree programs and other training for early childhood educators focused on infants and toddlers. Grants could pay for faculty, practicums, on-campus lab schools, articulation agreements, and microgrants to students for tuition, books, licensing, tra…
- Local planning rules and reports: benefit, low. If enacted, recipients of one-year planning grants would have to form a community infant and toddler child care committee and do a detailed needs assessment. They must start outreach and planning and submit their assessment and a detailed proposal within 30 days after the planning grant ends. This…
- Student aid info on dependent care: benefit, low. If enacted, federal student aid materials would have to explain that students with dependents may be able to include a dependent care allowance in their cost of attendance. Materials must explain how that allowance can affect institutional aid and how to apply.

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-5134: Green New Deal for Health Act
- 119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1411 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1411)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-5134: Green New Deal for Health Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5134)
- [119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2763)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1411 (as of 2026-04-21).